RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
In accordance with Principle 19 of the AIC Code of Corporate Governance, the Company advises that for the annual general meeting held on 2 August, 2018 valid proxy appointments were made in respect of 49,717,628 voting shares and voting was as follows:
ORDINARY BUSINESS - ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
IT WAS RESOLVED to receive the annual financial report for the year ended 31 December, 2017.
IT WAS RESOLVED to reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP as auditor of the Company, to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next general meeting to be held in 2019 under section 199 of The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008, as amended (the "Law"), and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration.
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr Vic Holmes as a director.
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Miss Sarita Keen as a director.
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr Steve Le Page as a director.
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr Paul Meader as a director.
SPECIAL BUSINESS - ORDINARY RESOLUTION
IT WAS RESOLVED that, in replacement for all previous authorities, the Company be authorised to make market purchases of Shares in the capital of the Company on the terms set out in the notice of the AGM.
SPECIAL BUSINESS - SPECIAL RESOLUTION
IT WAS RESOLVED that the pre-emption rights granted to Shareholders pursuant to Article 12(2) of the Company's Articles of Incorporation be disapplied, provided that this authority shall be limited by the terms set out in the notice of the AGM.
The Board is pleased to announce that none of the above resolutions attracted a significant number of votes cast against pursuant to section E.2.2 of the UK Corporate Governance Code and Principle 19 of the AIC Code of Corporate Governance.
Mr Paul Le Page was appointed as a director of the Company subsequent to the notice of annual general meeting being sent to shareholders. Following the Company's annual general meeting, Mr Paul Le Page was re-appointed to the Board of directors and will stand for re-election at the Company's next annual general meeting.
For further information contact:
JTC Fund Solutions (Guernsey) Limited
Secretary
Tel: +44 (0) 1481 702 400
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