Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0908K

Herald Investment Trust PLC

17 April 2020

 

Herald Investment Trust plc

Annual General Meeting held on 17 April 2020

Herald Investment Trust plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today all resolutions proposed in the Notice of AGM were duly passed by way of poll and the results are as follows:

	Resolutions	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld	Votes cast as a % of total voting rights
1	To receive and adopt the annual report and financial statements	35,883,068	100.00	218	0.00	2,280	53.50
2	To approve the new Remuneration policy	35,853,918	99.95	19,055	0.05	12,643	53.49
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	35,853,218	99.95	18,585	0.05	13,813	53.49
4	To re-elect Ian Russell	34,347,539	95.75	1,524,718	4.25	13,358	53.49
5	To re-elect Stephanie Eastment	35,870,720	100.00	1,755	0.00	13,141	53.49
6	To re-elect Tom Black	35,480,107	98.91	392,151	1.09	13,358	53.49
7	To re-elect Karl Sternberg	30,197,796	84.18	5,674,462	15.82	13,358	53.49
8	To re-elect James Will	35,870,050	99.99	2,208	0.01	13,358	53.49
9	To elect Henrietta Marsh	35,871,009	99.99	2,636	0.01	11,971	53.49
10	To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as statutory auditor of the Company	35,869,450	99.97	12,525	0.03	3,641	53.50
11	To authorise the audit committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor	35,874,536	99.99	5,196	0.01	5,884	53.50
12	To authorise the Company to repurchase its shares*	35,882,438	100.00	1,115	0.00	2,063	53.50
13	To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than the AGM) on 14 days' clear notice*	35,547,377	99.07	335,426	0.93	2,813	53.50

*Special Resolutions

NOTES:

1.  Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.

2.  Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.

3.  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 the total voting rights for any resolution.

4. The number of shares in issue at 11:30 a.m. on 15 April 2020 was 67,066,777 (the "Share Capital") and, at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.

5.  The proportion of total votes cast as a % of the Share Capital for any resolution is the total of votes validly cast "For" and "Against" that resolution expressed as a percentage of the Share Capital.

6. 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://heralduk.com/ .

7. A copy of special resolutions 12-13 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at  www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM .

Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited, Corporate Secretary

17 April 2020

Contact:  Debbie Fish, Tel: [phone]

Herald Investment Trust plc is registered in England at 10-11 Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6EE, company registration number 2879728.

Herald Investment Trust plc LEI number - 213800U7G1ROCTJYRR70

 

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