Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0470A

Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC

06 September 2018

 

Polar Capital Technology Trust plc ("the Company")

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300TN1O5392UC4K19

Results of the 22nd Annual General Meeting held at 14:30 on 6 September 2018

AGM Presentation

A presentation on the investment performance of the Company was given by Mr. Ben Rogoff, covering the portfolio and markets and including information on the portfolio. A copy of this presentation will be available shortly from the Company's website: www.polarcapitaltechnologytrust.co.uk along with a video of Mr Rogoff's talk.

AGM Results

Mr. Brian Ashford-Russell retired as a Director having not sought re-election.

At the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all the resolutions were passed on a show of hands. All the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting are set out in the Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website.

The following table indicates the number of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions. It should be noted that votes withheld do not constitute votes in law.  

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 12 and 13, having been passed as special resolutions, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of the AGM was 133,825,000.

Resolution		In favour	Discretionary	Against	Withheld
		Number of shares	Number of shares	Number of shares	Number of shares
1	To receive the Annual Report for the year ended 30 April 2018	47,163,386	121,233	5,446	56,817
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	46,595,912	126,033	310,254	314,683
3	To elect Mr Park as a Director	47,052,484	118,433	65,674	110,291
4	To elect Mr White as a Director	47,049,201	120,933	72,041	104,707
5	To re-elect Mrs Bates as a Director	47,090,969	120,933	40,214	94,766
6	To re-elect Mr Hames as a Director	46,999,589	120,933	115,726	110,634
7	To re-elect Ms Ginman as a Director	44,291,162	120,933	2,840,870	93,916
8	To re-elect Mr Cruttenden as a Director	46,860,833	119,109	265,155	101,784
9	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	47,110,230	119,833	87,958	28,861
10	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	47,117,650	118,433	100,104	10,695
11	To renew the authority to allot ordinary shares	47,016,161	118,633	83,288	128,800
12	To disapply statutory pre-emption Rights	46,923,107	131,960	152,481	139,334
13	To authorise the purchase of ordinary shares	46,989,799	134,360	143,466	79,257

Enquiries:

Tracey Lago

Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

6 September 2018

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Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

 

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