MONTANARO UK SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
At the Annual General Meeting held today, the following Ordinary Resolutions were passed on a show of hands, the proxy votes received were:
1. To receive the Strategic Report, the Reports of the Directors and the Auditor and the audited financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2015.
Votes for: 18,029,080
Votes against: 0
Votes at the Chairman’s discretion: 0
Votes withheld: 0
2. To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2015.
Votes for: 17,637,685
Votes against: 2,600
Votes at the Chairman’s discretion: 0
Votes withheld: 388,795
3. To declare a final dividend of 8.9p per Ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2015.
Votes for: 18,029,080
Votes against: 0
Votes at the Chairman’s discretion: 0
Votes withheld: 0
4. To elect Kate Bolsover as a Director of the Company.
Votes for: 18,023,480
Votes against: 5,600
Votes at the Chairman’s discretion: 0
Votes withheld: 0
5. To re-elect Kathryn Matthews as a Director of the Company
Votes for: 18,026,080
Votes against: 3,000
Votes at the Chairman’s discretion: 0
Votes withheld: 0
6. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor to the Company and to authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration.
Votes for: 13,839,313
Votes against: 4,189,767
Votes at the Chairman’s discretion: 0
Votes withheld: 0
In addition the following Resolutions were passed on a show of hands as Special Business of which Resolutions 7, 9 and 11 were Special Resolutions. The proxy votes received were:
7. To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company’s own Ordinary shares.
Votes for: 18,023,462
Votes against: 5,618
Votes at the Chairman’s discretion: 0
Votes withheld: 0
8. To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.
Votes for: 16,794,980
Votes against: 1,234,100
Votes at the Chairman’s discretion: 0
Votes withheld: 0
9. To allot equity securities for cash and to disapply pre-emption rights, in accordance with Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006.
Votes for: 18,023,480
Votes against: 5,600
Votes at the Chairman’s discretion: 0
Votes withheld: 0
10. To authorise the Directors in certain circumstances to issue shares held in Treasury at a discount to NAV.
Votes for: 16,585,911
Votes against: 1,443,169
Votes at the Chairman’s discretion: 0
Votes withheld: 0
11. To hold a General Meeting other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.
Votes for: 17,568,979
Votes against: 460,101
Votes at the Chairman’s discretion: 0
Votes withheld: 0
In response to shareholder concerns regarding the tenure of the incumbent Auditor, the Board has resolved to review the position later on this year.