Result of AGM & Directorate Changes

HgCapital Trust PLC

16 May 2024

 

HgCapital Trust plc

(the "Company", "HgT")

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800J7QUJJBEFSIN38

16 May 2024

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results & Directorate Changes

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed. All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll.  The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

Resolution	For (No. of shares)	For (%)	Against (No. of shares)	Against (%)	Votes Withheld (No. of shares)	Total Votes	Issued Share Capital voted (%)
1.  To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements.	214,410,552	100%	3,734	0.00%	14,559	214,414,286	46.84%
2.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	214,068,304	99.88%	250,087	0.12%	110,404	214,318,391	46.82%
3.  To approve a final dividend of 4.5 pence per share.	214,411,486	100%	3,525	0.00%	13,834	214,415,011	46.84%
4.  To elect Ms H Coles as a Director.	214,290,592	99.96%	75,121	0.04%	63,132	214,365,713	46.83%
5.  To re-elect Mr R Brooman as a Director.	202,191,935	94.32%	12,175,329	5.68%	61,581	214,367,264	46.83%
6.  To re-elect Ms P Junco as a Director.	214,267,277	99.95%	101,436	0.05%	60,132	214,368,713	46.83%
7.  To re-elect Ms E Schraner as a Director.	208,619,972	97.32%	5,750,122	2.68%	58,751	214,370,094	46.83%
8.  To re-elect Mr J Strang as a Director.	209,974,487	99.97%	55,000	0.03%	4,399,358	210,029,487	45.89%
9.  To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as Auditor of the Company.	209,573,978	97.78%	4,760,535	2.22%	94,332	214,334,513	46.83%
10.         To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor.	209,701,317	97.81%	4,695,914	2.19%	31,614	214,397,231	46.84%
11.         To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary shares.	214,265,728	99.95%	108,909	0.05%	54,208	214,374,637	46.83%
12.         To dis-apply pre-emption rights.*	212,579,750	99.19%	1,742,178	0.81%	106,917	214,321,928	46.82%
13.         To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares of the Company. *	214,373,774	99.99%	31,448	0.01%	23,623	214,405,222	46.84%

 *special resolution

NOTES:
1.	All resolutions were passed.
2.	Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.
3.	Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.
4.	A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.
5.	The number of shares in issue on 16 May 2024 was 457,728,500 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each, and at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.
6.	The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.hgcapitaltrust.com
7.	In accordance with listing rule 9.6.2R, a copy of resolutions 11-13 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Directorate Changes

Earlier today, HgT announced that Mr John Billowits joined the HgT Board. John is replacing Anne West, a Non-Executive Director and our Senior Independent Director, who did not seek re‑election at today's AGM, after 10 years of service on the Board.

With Anne retiring from the Board today, Erika Schraner, our Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Management Engagement Committee, takes up the role of our Senior Independent Director, and Helena Coles, our Non-Executive Director, becomes our Chair of the Management Engagement Committee in Erika's place.

 

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