Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2037V

HarbourVest Global Priv. Equity Ltd

19 July 2018

 

19 July 2018

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HARBOURVEST GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY LIMITED (the "Company")

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited (the "Company") hereby announces the results  of  its  Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held on Thursday, 19 July, 2018 at 1.30 p.m. at The Douglas and Dalrymple Rooms, The Old Government House Hotel,  Ann's Place, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1JL.

In accordance with Principle 19 of the AIC Code of Corporate Governance, the Company advises that for the General Meeting held on 19 July, 2018 valid proxy appointments were made in respect of 56,283,366 voting shares, representing 70.47% of the issued share capital as at 1 June 2018, and voting was as follows:

ORDINARY BUSINESS

IT WAS  RESOLVED to receive the Annual Financial Statements of the Company and the reports of the Directors and Auditor for the year ended 31 January 2018.

(56,278,559 votes cast in favour, 4,806 against and none withheld).

IT WAS RESOLVED to approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 January 2018.

(56,281,847 votes cast in favour, 1,500 against and 19 withheld).

IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Sir Michael Bunbury as a Director of the Company.

(53,363,422 votes cast in favour, 2,492,482 against and 425,461 withheld).

IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Ms Francesca Barnes as a Director of the Company.

(56,283,366 votes cast in favour, none against, and none withheld).

IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr Keith Corbin as a Director of the Company.

(53,865,830 votes cast in favour, 2,373,395 against and 44,140 withheld).

IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr Alan Hodson as a Director of the Company.

(56,281,866 votes cast in favour, 1,500 against and none withheld).

IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr Andrew Moore as a Director of the Company.

(53,864,330 votes cast in favour, 2,374,895 against and 44,140 withheld).

IT WAS RESOLVED to elect Mr Steven Wilderspin as a Director of the Company.

(56,283,366 votes cast in favour, none against and none withheld).

IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr Peter Wilson as a Director of the Company.

(53,865,830 votes cast in favour, 2,417,535 against and none withheld).

IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr Brooks Zug as a Director of the Company.

(53,864,330 votes cast in favour, 2,419,035 against and none withheld).

IT WAS RESOLVED to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the independent Auditor of the Company.

(55,740,685 votes cast in favour, 542,680 against and none withheld).

IT WAS RESOLVED to authorise the Directors to agree the Auditor's remuneration.

(54,448,266 votes cast in favour, 1,835,099 against and none withheld).

SPECIAL BUSINESS

IT WAS RESOLVED that, in replacement for all previous authorities, the Company be authorised to make market purchases of ordinary shares of no par value each in the capital of the Company on the terms set out in the notice of the AGM.

(56,283,277 votes cast in favour, 89 against and none withheld).

Special Resolution

IT WAS RESOLVED to adopt the proposed articles of association in substitution for and to the exclusion of the existing articles.

(56,283,277 votes cast in favour, 70 against and 19 withheld).

For further information, please contact:

BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A., Guernsey Branch

Secretary

[phone]

 

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