Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8498W

HgCapital Trust PLC

23 April 2019

 

HgCapital Trust plc

(the "Company")

23 April 2019

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.	15,047,862	99.90	2,096	0.01	1,305
2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	15,045,014	99.90	1,630	0.01	4,620
3.   To declare a final dividend.	15,049,959	99.91	0	0.00	1,305
4.   To re-elect Mr R Brooman as a Director	14,199,276	94.39	830,479	5.52	21,508
5.   To re-elect Mr P Dunscombe as a Director	15,049,959	99.91	0	0.00	1,305
6.   To re-elect Mr R Mountford as a Director.	12,880,161	86.17	2,053,986	13.74	117,116
7.   To re-elect Mr J Strang as a Director.	15,049,959	99.91	0	0.00	1,305
8.   To re-elect Mr G Wakeley as a Director.	15,049,959	99.91	0	0.00	1,305
9.   To re-elect Ms Anne West as a Director.	15,049,959	99.91	0	0.00	1,305
10.  To re-appoint Grant Thornton LLP as Auditor of the Company.	15,049,621	99.91	332	0.00	1,305
11.  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor.	15,049,621	99.91	332	0.00	1,305
12.  To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary shares.	15,049,341	99.91	52	0.00	1,305
13.  To approve the sub-division of the Ordinary Shares.	15,049,043	99.91	350	0.00	1,305
14.  To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights. *	15,049,377	99.91	132	0.00	1,305
15.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares of the Company. *	15,049,776	99.90	1,987	0.01	120

*Special Resolution

NOTES:
1.	All resolutions were passed.
2.	Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.
3.	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.
4.	The number of shares in issue at 6:00pm on 17 April 2019 was 37,324,698 (the "Share Capital") and at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.
5.	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
6.	A copy of resolutions 14 and 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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