Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7117C

Ground Rents Income Fund PLC

23 January 2018

 

23 January 2018

Ground Rents Income Fund plc (the "Company")

Result of AGM

The Company announces that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 11.00 a.m. today, Ordinary resolutions (numbers 1 - 5) and Special resolutions (number 6 and 7) put to shareholders were passed.

A summary of the votes lodged by proxy is as follows:

Resolution		For (see note 1)		Against (see note 1)		Number of votes withheld (see note 2)	Total votes cast
		Number of votes	%	Number of votes	%
1	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts	25,832,360	100.0	-	-	-	25,832,360
2	To re-elect Simon Wombwell	25,134,874	97.3	697,486	2.7	-	25,832,360
3	To reappoint PwC as auditors	25,827,150	99.99	609	0.01	4,601	25,827,759
4	To approve the auditor's remuneration	25,832,360	100.0	-	-	-	25,832,360
5	To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares	25,806,277	99.92	21,399	0.08	4,684	25,827,676
6*	To disapply pre-emption rights	25,805,668	99.9	25,008	0.1	1,684	25,830,676
7*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases	24,996,652	99.83	41,799	0.17	793,909	25,038,451

*Special resolution

Notes:

1. "Votes For" includes those giving the Chairman discretion and votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.

2. A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

3. Total number of ordinary shares in issue at 11.00 a.m. on 23 January 2018 was 96,712,100 ordinary shares. 26.7% of voting capital was instructed.

A copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM is available for viewing online at: http://www.groundrentsincomefund.com/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ground Rents Income Fund plc
Simon Wombwell (Director)	0207 499 6424
Brooks Macdonald Funds Limited
James Agar (Director)	0207 659 3454
N+1 Singer (Broker)
James Maxwell / Liz Yong	0207 496 3000
Tavistock (Media)
Jeremy Carey / James Whitmore	0207 920 3150
Appleby Securities (Channel Islands) Limited (Sponsor)
Kate Storey / Danielle Machon	01481 755 600

 

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