Results of 2021 Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 2554F

Draper Esprit PLC

14 July 2021

 

14 July 2021

Draper Esprit plc

("Draper Esprit" or the "Company")

Results of 2021 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Draper Esprit (LSE: GROW, Euronext Growth: GRW), a leading venture capital firm investing in and developing high growth digital technology businesses, is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at its AGM held on 14 July 2021 were duly passed by shareholders on a poll. The poll results on each resolution proposed are set out below:-

Resolution	For1	% of votes cast	Against	% of votes cast	Withheld2
1.  To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2021.	119,528,600	100.00%	6	0.00%	84,620
2.  To approve the Remuneration and Nomination Committee Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2021, which sets out the remuneration paid to Directors during the year.	116,604,005	97.48%	3,009,221	2.52%	0
3.  To re-elect Karen Slatford as a Director.	101,182,924	85.96%	16,519,620	14.04%	1,910,682
4.  To re-elect Martin Davis as a Director.	119,396,592	99.82%	216,096	0.18%	538
5.  To re-elect Stuart Chapman as a Director.	119,386,787	99.81%	225,901	0.19%	538
6.  To re-elect Ben Wilkinson as a Director.	119,310,781	99.75%	301,907	0.25%	538
7.  To re-elect Grahame Cook as a Director.	118,960,422	99.45%	652,266	0.55%	538
8.  To re-elect Richard Pelly as a Director.	119,096,219	99.57%	516,469	0.43%	538
9.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the AGM until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company at which the Company's accounts are laid.	116,608,571	97.49%	3,002,854	2.51%	1,801
10.  To authorise the Audit, Risk and Valuations Committee of the Company to determine the remuneration of the auditors.	119,587,765	99.98%	23,660	0.02%	1,801
11.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	111,321,065	93.07%	8,292,161	6.93%	0
12.  Authority to disapply statutory pre-emption  rights.	119,606,186	99.99%	7,040	0.01%	0
13.  Additional authority to disapply statutory pre-emption  rights.	116,604,286	97.48%	3,008,940	2.52%	0
14.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.	116,588,278	97.49%	3,003,012	2.51%	21,936
15.  To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	110,977,107	92.78%	8,635,329	7.22%	790

1.  Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chair has been included in the "for" totals.

2.  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.

Enquiries
Draper Esprit plc Martin Davis (Chief Executive Officer) Ben Wilkinson (Chief Financial Officer)	[phone]
Numis Securities Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker Richard Thomas Jamie Loughborough Simon Willis	[phone]
Goodbody Stockbrokers UC Euronext Growth Advisor & Joint Corporate Broker Don Harrington Charlotte Craigie Linda Clarke	[phone]
Powerscourt Public relations Elly Williamson Jane Glover	[phone] / [phone]

 

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