Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6154W

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund PLC

19 August 2020

 

19 August 2020

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc

(the "Company")

LEI: 213800GPUNVGG81G4O21

Result of Annual General Meeting

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc, announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions were passed on a poll and the results of the proxy votes received are set out below.

Resolutions 1 to 11 (inclusive) were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 15 (inclusive) were proposed as special resolutions.

	Resolution	Votes For*	%	Votes Against	%	Total votes validly cast	Total votes cast as % of issued share capital	Vote Withheld **
1	Receive annual accounts for period ended 31 March 2020	30,561,345	100.00	1,000	0.00	30,562,345	39.60	2,100
2	Approve directors' remuneration report	30,512,395	99.88	36,300	0.12	30,548,695	39.58	15,750
3	Approve the company's dividend policy	30,561,345	100.00	1,000	0.00	30,562,345	39.60	2,100
4	Re-elect Patrick Cox as a director	30,542,703	100.00	1,000	0.00	30,543,703	39.58	20,742
5	Re-elect Caroline Banszky as a director	30,547,845	100.00	1,000	0.00	30,548,845	39.58	15,600
6	Re-elect Malcolm King as a director	30,542,703	100.00	1,000	0.00	30,543,703	39.58	20,742
7	Re-elect Thomas Murley a director	30,542,703	100.00	1,000	0.00	30,543,703	39.58	20,742
8	To appoint EY LLP as the Company's auditor	29,829,345	97.67	711,961	2.33	30,541,306	39.57	23,139
9	To authorise the board of directors to determine the auditors remuneration	29,483,750	96.51	1,066,095	3.49	30,549,845	39.58	14,600
10	To authorise the Directors to allot shares under section 551 Companies Act 2006	30,550,997	99.99	3,848	0.01	30,554,845	39.59	9,600
11	Subject to the passing of resolution 10, to authorise the Directors to allot additional shares under section 551 Companies Act 2006	30,541,386	99.97	10,209	0.03	30,551,595	39.59	12,850
12	Subject to the passing of resolution 10, to disapply statutory pre-emption rights under section 570 Companies Act 2006	27,659,889	90.70	2,836,559	9.31	30,496,448	39.52	67,997
13	Subject to the passing of resolution 11, to disapply statutory pre-emption rights under section 570 Companies Act 2006	27,664,889	90.55	2,886,559	9.46	30,551,448	39.59	12,997
14	To authorise the Company to make market purchase of its own ordinary shares	29,858,821	97.75	687,911	2.25	30,546,732	39.58	17,713
15	To permit general meetings to be called on 14 days' notice	30,166,572	98.71	395,626	1.30	30,562,198	39.60	2,247

* Includes discretionary votes

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

Notes:

Every shareholder has one vote for every Ordinary Share held. As at 23 July 2020, the share capital of the Company consisted of 77,176,180 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm  

Gore Street is London's first listed energy storage fund and seeks to provide shareholders with a significant opportunity to invest in a diversified portfolio of utility scale energy storage projects. In addition to growth through exploiting its considerable pipeline, the Company aims to deliver consistent and robust dividend yield as income distributions to its shareholders.

Further information is available at www.gorestreetcap.com/energy-storage-fund/  

 

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