AGM
The Board of Foresight 4 VCT plc announces that at the AGM held on 2 October 2015 all of the resolutions were duly passed.
The proxy voting was as follows:
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against |
1 - To Receive the Report and Accounts | 6,354,167 (98.27%) | 111,916 (1.73%) |
2 - Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report | 5,549,747 (84.82%) | 993,297 (15.18%) |
3 - Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 5,581,009 (85.06%) | 980,440 (14.94%) |
4 - To re-elect Philip Stephens as director | 5,295,685 (77.29%) | 1,556,009 (22.71%) |
5 - To re-elect Peter Dicks as director | 5,647,471 (85.42%) | 964,162 (14.58%) |
6 - To re-appoint Simon Jamieson as director | 5,917,395 (89.52%) | 692,788 (10.48%) |
7- To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor and to authorise the directors' remuneration | 6,143,770 (95.37%) | 297,954 (4.63%) |
8 - Authority to Allot Shares | 6,179,105 (91.91%) | 544,042 (8.09%) |
9 - Allotment of Equity Securities | 5,306,199 (79.81%) | 1,342,651 (20.19%) |
10 - Market Purchases of Own Shares | 6,056,343 (93.53%) | 419,269 (6.47%) |
The Company notes that, although all of the Resolutions have been passed, there was a significant vote against Resolutions 2, 4 and 9. The Company intends to increase communication and engage with shareholders in order to fully understand their concerns.
For further information please contact:
Gary Fraser, Foresight Group: 020 667 8109