Result of AGM

Montanaro European Smaller C.TstPLC

07 September 2023

 

Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust PLC

("the Company")

LEI: 213800CWSC5B8BG3RS21

Results of Annual General Meeting

Following the Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") which was held today, 7 September 2023, the Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a vote taken by poll. 

Valid proxy votes received were as follows:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS	For	%	Against	%	% Of ISC# Voted	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1: To receive the annual report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023.	46,844,812	99.95	13,859	0.03	24.75	25,252
Resolution 2: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	46,396,462	99.25	343,155	0.73	24.75	144,306
Resolution 3: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	46,455,300	99.27	334,159	0.71	24.75	94,464
Resolution 4: To approve the final dividend.	46,744,115	99.68	132,258	0.28	24.75	350
Resolution 5: To re-elect Richard Curling as a Director of the Company.	45,756,720	97.87	987,558	2.11	24.75	139,645
Resolution 6: To re-elect Caroline Roxburgh as a Director of the Company.	40,741,487	87.15	6,000,791	12.84	24.75	141,645
Resolution 7: To re-elect Gordon Neilly as a Director of the Company.	45,770,181	97.90	972,097	2.08	24.75	141,645
Resolution 8: To re-appoint PWC LLP as Auditor to the Company.	41,732,751	89.02	5,140,342	10.96	24.75	10,830
Resolution 9: To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration.	46,670,559	99.53	211,820	0.45	24.75	1,544
Resolution 10: To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares.	46,713,518	99.69	136,095	0.29	24.75	34,310
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 11 To disapply statutory pre-emption rights.	46,577,250	99.41	267,403	0.57	24.75	39,270
Resolution 12 To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.	41,804,365	89.21	5,047,092	10.77	24.75	32,466

# issued share capital

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, nor in the calculation of the proportion of "ISC voted" for any resolution.
5.	The number of shares in issue at close of business on 6 September 2023 was 189,427,600 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury and therefore the number of total voting rights as at the date of the AGM was 189,427,600.
6.	The proportion of "ISC voted" for any resolution is the total of votes validly cast for that resolution (i.e. the total votes "For" and "Against" that resolution) expressed as a percentage of the Issued Share Capital.
7.	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 https://montanaro.co.uk/trust/montanaro-european-smaller-companies-trust/.
8.	In accordance with listing rule 9.6.2R, a copy of resolutions 10 - 12 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.

Juniper Partners Limited

Company Secretary

7 September 2023

 

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