CAPITAL GEARING TRUST P.L.C.
(the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting
The Board is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on Tuesday, 2 July 2024 all resolutions as detailed below were duly passed by shareholders on a poll.
Resolutions | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes Cast | VotesWithheld* |
1. To receive the audited financial statements and the directors and auditors reports thereon for the year ended 31 March 2024. | 6,110,544 | 99.99 | 713 | 0.01 | 6,111,257 | 5,239 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2024. | 6,061,887 | 99.30 | 42,857 | 0.70 | 6,104,744 | 11,752 |
3. To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2024 of 78 pence per Ordinary share. | 6,110,832 | 99.99 | 675 | 0.01 | 6,111,507 | 4,989 |
4. To re-elect Jean Matterson as a Director. | 6,084,243 | 99.70 | 18,563 | 0.30 | 6,102,806 | 13,690 |
5. To elect Ravi Anand as a Director. | 6,080,102 | 99.62 | 22,904 | 0.38 | 6,103,006 | 13,490 |
6. To re-elect Wendy Colquhoun as a Director. | 6,087,624 | 99.75 | 15,382 | 0.25 | 6,103,006 | 13,490 |
7. To re-elect Paul Yates as a Director. | 6,088,164 | 99.78 | 13,309 | 0.22 | 6,101,473 | 15,023 |
8. To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor. | 6,097,803 | 99.83 | 10,306 | 0.17 | 6,108,109 | 8,387 |
9. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors. | 6,106,019 | 99.96 | 2,432 | 0.04 | 6,108,451 | 8,045 |
10. To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company. | 6,104,674 | 99.91 | 5,377 | 0.09 | 6,110,051 | 6,445 |
11#. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares. | 5,801,751 | 94.97 | 307,318 | 5.03 | 6,109,069 | 7,427 |
12#. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares in the Company. | 5,895,206 | 96.44 | 217,481 | 3.56 | 6,112,687 | 3,809 |
13#. That the Directors be permitted to hold General Meetings (excluding the AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 6,086,710 | 99.63 | 22,860 | 0.37 | 6,109,570 | 6,926 |
# - Special Resolution
* Please note that a `vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes `For' and `Against' a resolution.
Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.
At the date of the AGM, the total number of voting rights was 20,839,608.
The proxy voting figures will shortly be made available on the Company's website at www.capitalgearingtrust.com
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the special business resolutions passed will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. The special business resolutions will also be filed at Companies House.
2 July 2024
For further information please contact:
Katherine Manson | Frostrow Capital LLP - Company Secretary | 020 3709 8734 |