Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8417L

HgCapital Trust PLC

23 April 2018

 

HgCapital Trust plc

(the "Company")

23 April 2018

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

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 on a show of hands by the requisite majority.  The proxy votes received in relation to the resolutions were as follows:

Resolution * indicates Special Resolution	For (No. of shares)	For (%)	Against (No. of shares)	Against (%)	Votes Withheld (No. of shares)
1.   To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements.	14,873,559	99.99	2,025	0.01	0
2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	14,873,445	99.99	2,140	0.01	0
3.   To declare a final dividend.	14,875,585	100.00	0	0.00	0
4.   To re-elect Mr R Brooman as a Director	14,365,388	96.57	510,196	3.43	0
5.   To re-elect Mr P Dunscombe as a Director	14,874,739	99.99	846	0.01	0
6.   To re-elect Mr R Mountford as a Director.	13,974,966	96.46	512,260	3.54	388,358
7.   To elect Mr J Strang as a Director.	14,874,739	99.99	846	0.01	0
8.   To elect Mr G Wakeley as a Director.	14,874,739	99.99	846	0.01	0
9.   To re-appoint Grant Thornton LLP as Auditor of the Company.	14,875,585	100.00	0	0.00	0
10.  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor.	14,874,167	99.99	1,418	0.01	0
11.  To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary shares.	14,875,013	99.99	572	0.01	0
12.  To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities for cash and to sell Ordinary shares from treasury for cash.*	14,874,058	99.99	961	0.01	566
13.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares of the Company.*	14,873,634	99.99	1,951	0.01	0
14.  To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*	14,694,808	98.79	180,211	1.21	566
15.  To approve and adopt the revised and restated investment policy.	15,309,936	100.00	0	0.00	846

*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 at 6:00 p.m. on 23 April 2018 was 37,324,698 (the "Share Capital") 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.	A copy of resolutions 11-15 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

 

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