Result of AGM

Montanaro UK Smlr Cos Inv Tst PLC

25 July 2024

 

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, 25 July 2024, 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 2024.	72,357,986	99.99%	9,972	0.01%	43.25	22,344
Resolution 2: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	72,136,412	99.70%	215,737	0.30%	43.25	38,153
Resolution 3: To approve the Company's dividend policy to continue to pay four quarterly interim dividends.	72,377,153	99.97%	25,149	0.03%	43.26	-
Resolution 4: To elect Yuuichiro Nakajima as a Director of the Company.	72,322,822	99.96%	30,634	0.04%	43.26	48,846
Resolution 5: To re-elect Arthur Copple as a Director of the Company.	72,320,763	99.95%	35,549	0.05%	43.26	45,990
Resolution 6: To re-elect Catriona Hoare as a Director of the Company.	72,324,438	99.96%	30,029	0.04%	43.26	47,835
Resolution 7: To elect Barbara Powley as a Director of the Company	68,228,247	94.30%	4,124,898	5.70%	43.26	49,157
Resolution 8: To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor to the Company.	72,355,942	99.95%	33,729	0.05%	43.26	12,631
Resolution 9: To authorise the Audit and Management Engagement Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration.	72,359,515	99.96%	31,733	0.04%	43.26	11,054
Resolution 10: To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares.	72,356,777	99.94%	45,525	0.06%	43.26	-
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 11 To disapply statutory pre-emption rights.	72,138,169	99.65%	252,091	0.35%	43.26	12,042
Resolution 12 To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.	72,373,640	99.96%	28,662	0.04%	43.26	-

# 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 24 July 2024 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 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

Enquiries: 0131 378 0500

 

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