Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2011B

Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund PLC

28 January 2020

 

28 January 2020

Annual General Meeting

Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 1 London Wall Place, London EC2Y 5AU on Tuesday 28 January 2020, resolutions numbered 1 to 14 as set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed on a show of hands.

The proxy votes received by the Company were as follows:

	Resolution	For (including discretionary)	%	Against	%	Withheld	Total % of Voting Capital voted (Including Withheld)
1	To receive the Annual Report & Accounts	10,804,696	100.00%	0	0.00%	854	30.56%
2	To approve the final dividend	10,805,550	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	30.56%
3	To approve the Directors Remuneration Policy	10,793,283	99.91%	9,561	0.09%	2,706	30.56%
4	To approve the Remuneration report	10,796,204	99.94%	6,640	0.06%	2,706	30.56%
5	To elect Ms Wendy Colquhoun	10,804,102	99.99%	1,055	0.01%	393	30.56%
6	To re-elect Mr Eric Sanderson	10,777,712	99.77%	24,933	0.23%	2,904	30.56%
7	To re-elect Mrs Claire Dobie	10,778,626	99.78%	24,020	0.22%	2,904	30.56%
8	To re-elect Mr Andrew Page	10,801,763	99.99%	883	0.01%	2,904	30.56%
9	To re-elect Mr Robert Talbut	10,801,479	99.99%	883	0.01%	3,188	30.56%
10	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor	10,798,663	99.94%	6,193	0.06%	694	30.56%
11	To approve the auditor's remuneration	10,801,866	99.97%	3,291	0.03%	393	30.56%
12	To renew the authority to allot shares	10,803,164	99.98%	2,386	0.02%	0	30.56%
13*	To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights	10,789,144	99.91%	10,224	0.09%	6,182	30.56%
14*	To renew the authority to purchase own shares	10,795,798	99.96%	3,854	0.04%	5,898	30.56%

*Resolutions 13 and 14 were passed as special resolutions.  Copies of resolutions 12, 13 and 14 will be filed at Companies House.

Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.

The total number of ordinary shares of 25p each in issue is 35,361,190. The total number of voting rights is: 35,361,190.

The Company also announces that Robert Rickman retired as a director of the Company at the annual general meeting held on 28 January 2020.  The board would like to take this opportunity to thank Robert for his invaluable contribution to the Company over the last 9 years.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM will be available for inspection on the Company's website at http://www.schroders.co.uk/ukmidcap.

    Enquiries:

Matthew Riley

Schroder Investment Management Limited                                        

020 7658 6596

 

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