Result of AGM

Herald Investment Trust PLC

23 April 2024

 

HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEI: 213800U7G1ROCTJYRR70

Result of AGM

Herald Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Resolutions 1 to 11 put forward at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today were passed on a poll. Every resolution put forward passed with more than 21 million of votes, representing 39% of the total voting rights, cast in favour.

The full text of all the resolutions is contained in the notice of meeting in the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2023.

The results were as follows:

Resolution		In Favour/ Discretionary**		Against		Withheld
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
1	To receive and adopt the directors' report, the strategic report, the financial statements and auditor's report for the year ended 31 December 2023.	21,050,625	99.998	438	0.002	2,265
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report, other than the Company's remuneration policy, for the year ended 31 December 2023.	21,021,798	99.937	13,218	0.063	18,312
3	To re-elect Andrew Joy.	21,032,848	99.947	11,108	0.053	9,372
4	To re-elect Stephanie Eastment.	21,034,424	99.950	10,543	0.050	8,361
5	To re-elect Henrietta Marsh.	21,034,438	99.950	10,529	0.050	8,361
6	To re-elect James Will.	21,032,148	99.944	11,808	0.056	9,372
7	To elect Priya Guha.	21,037,250	99.950	10,523	0.050	5,555
8	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor to the Company.	21,027,002	99.906	19,845	0.094	6,481
9	To authorise the audit committee to determine the remuneration of the independent auditor.	21,040,796	99.980	4,215	0.020	6,517
10	To authorise the Company to repurchase its shares.*	21,046,508	99.990	2,052	0.010	4,768
11	That a general meeting be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*	21,039,469	99.946	11,292	0.054	2,567

*Special resolutions

** Chairman's discretionary votes included

The Company has 54,551,642 ordinary shares of 25p each in issue, therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in the Company was 54,551,642.

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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

23 April 2024

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