MITON GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES PLC
(THE “Companyâ€)
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on Friday, 5 October 2018
The Board is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions as detailed below were duly passed by shareholders on a show of hands. The proxy voting figures are shown below:
Resolutions | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes Cast | Votes Withheld |
Ordinary Resolutions | ||||||
1.To receive and accept the Strategic Report, Report of the Directors, Auditor’s Report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2018. | 3,979,499 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3,979,499 | 0 |
2. To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 April 2018. | 3,977,324 | 99.95 | 2,175 | 0.05 | 3,979,499 | 0 |
3. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy. | 3,977,324 | 99.95 | 2,175 | 0.05 | 3,979,499 | 0 |
4. To re-elect Michael Phillips as a Director of the Company. | 3,979,499 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3,979,499 | 0 |
5. To re-elect Hugh van Cutsem as a Director of the Company. | 3,979,499 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3,979,499 | 0 |
6. To elect Ekaterina Thomson as a Director of the Company. | 3,979,499 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3,979,499 | 0 |
7. To elect Richard Davidson as a Director of the Company. | 3,979,499 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3,979,499 | 0 |
8. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company. | 3,821,699 | 96.03 | 157,800 | 3.97 | 3,979,499 | 0 |
9. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor’s remuneration. | 3,979,499 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3,979,499 | 0 |
SPECIAL BUSINESS | ||||||
10. To authorise the Directors to allot shares. | 3,979,499 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3,979,499 | 0 |
Special Resolutions | ||||||
11. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights. | 3,940,324 | 99.89 | 4,175 | 0.11 | 3,979,499 | 35,000 |
12. To authorise the Company to re-purchase shares in the market. | 3,979,499 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3,979,499 | 0 |
13. To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than the AGM) on not less than 14 clear days’ notice. | 3,979,499 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3,979,499 | 0 |
At the conclusion of the AGM of the Company, Anthony Townsend (Chairman) and James Fox (Audit Committee Chairman) retired from the Board of Directors. As already announced in the annual report for the year ended 30 April 2018, Richard Davidson and Ekaterina Thomson have taken over the roles of Chairman and Chairman of the Audit Committee respectively.
Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the “for†total. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculations of votes cast by proxy.
At the date of the General Meeting, the total number of Ordinary shares of 1p each in issue and the total number of voting rights was 28,004,985.
The proxy voting figures will shortly also be available on the Company’s website at www.mitongroup.com/private/fund/miton-global-opportunities-plc
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the special business resolutions passed have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm . The special business resolutions will additionally be filed at Companies House.
5 October 2018
For further information contact:
Kerstin Rucht, Frostrow Capital LLP – Company Secretary, 020 3709 8734