Result of AGM

Montanaro UK Smlr Cos Inv Tst PLC

27 July 2023

 

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC

("the Company")

LEI: 213800UDDXXTXIF29P85

Results of Annual General Meeting

Following the Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") which was held today, 27 July 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	79,115,569	100.00%	0	0.00%	47.27%	11,867
Resolution 2: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	79,020,613	99.87%	106,246	0.13%	47.27%	577
Resolution 3: To approve the Company's dividend policy to continue to pay four quarterly interim dividends	79,120,316	99.99%	6,543	0.01%	47.27%	577
Resolution 4: To re-elect Arthur Copple as a Director of the Company.	77,937,570	98.51%	1,177,132	1.49%	47.27%	12,734
Resolution 5: To re-elect Catriona Hoare as a Director of the Company.	77,892,276	98.50%	1,189,926	1.50%	47.25%	45,234
Resolution 6: To elect Barbara Powley as a Director of the Company	77,782,363	98.32%	1,332,339	1.68%	47.27%	12,734
Resolution 7: To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor to the Company.	79,064,739	99.92%	59,408	0.08%	47.27%	3,289
Resolution 8: To authorise the Audit and Management Engagement Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration.	79,094,565	99.96%	31,927	0.04%	47.27%	944
Resolution 9: To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares.	79,092,220	99.97%	21,004	0.03%	47.27%	14,212
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 10 To disapply statutory pre-emption rights.	79,030,417	99.90%	80,031	0.10%	47.26%	16,988
Resolution 11 To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.	78,966,835	99.81%	147,318	0.19%	47.27%	13,283

# 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 26 July 2023 was 167,379,790 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 167,379,790.
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-uk-smaller-companies-investment-trust/.
8.	In accordance with listing rule 9.6.2R, a copy of resolutions 9 - 11 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

27 July 2023

 

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