Result of AGM
13 May 2010
NORTHERN 2 VCT PLC ("the Company")
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Company announces that at the annual general meeting held on 13 May 2010 all
of the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed by
shareholders.
The resolutions included those to re-elect as directors Mr A M Conn and
Mr E M P Denny.
The resolutions included the following ordinary resolution amending the
Company's investment policy:
"That the investment policy of the Company in respect of assets which are held
for future investment in qualifying venture capital holdings be amended to
provide that the Company shall invest such assets with a view to producing an
enhanced return whilst avoiding undue capital volatility."
The resolutions included the following special resolution amending the Company's
constitution:
"That:
a        the articles of association of the company be amended by deleting all
the provisions contained in the company's memorandum of association (including
those relating to the objects of the company and the share capital of the
company) which by virtue of Section 28 of the Companies Act 2006 are treated as
provisions of the company's articles of association; and
b        the articles of association, in the form produced to the meeting and
signed by the chairman of the meeting for the purposes of identification, be
adopted as the articles of association of the company in substitution for and to
the exclusion of the existing articles of association."
In accordance with the Listing Rules, copies of the resolution proposed and
passed which amended the company's constitution has been submitted to the UK
Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Details of proxy voting on the resolutions put to shareholders at the annual
general meeting are as follows:
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|Number|Resolution | For|Discretionary|Against|Vote withheld|
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|1 |To receive the financial |4,919,627| 273,124| 7,126| Nil|
| |statements for the year | | | | |
| |ended 31 March 2010 | | | | |
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|2 |To declare a final |4,940,976| 251,545| 7,356| Nil|
| |dividend of 3.5p per | | | | |
| |share in respect of the | | | | |
| |year ended 31 January | | | | |
| |2010 | | | | |
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|3 |To approve the directors'|4,690,341| 273,124|142,881| 93,531|
| |remuneration report | | | | |
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|4 |To re-elect Mr A M Conn |4,687,516| 281,531|100,984| 129,846|
| |as a director | | | | |
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|5 |To re-elect Mr E M P |4,555,432| 273,124|239,475| 131,846|
| |Denny as a director | | | | |
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|6 |To reappoint KPMG Audit |4,826,530| 273,124| 65,495| 34,728|
| |Plc as independent | | | | |
| |auditors | | | | |
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|7 |To authorise the |4,896,837| 273,124| 17,126| 12,790|
| |directors to fix the | | | | |
| |remuneration of the | | | | |
| |independent auditors | | | | |
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|8 |To authorise the |4,668,623| 258,593|242,903| 29,758|
| |directors to allot shares| | | | |
| |pursuant to Section 551 | | | | |
| |of the Companies Act 2006| | | | |
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|9 |To disapply Section 561 |4,630,286| 252,216|248,636| 68,739|
| |of the Companies Act | | | | |
| |2006 in relation to | | | | |
| |certain allotments of | | | | |
| |equity securities and the| | | | |
| |sale of treasury shares | | | | |
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|10 |To authorise the Company |4,838,026| 269,194| 82,657| 10,000|
| |to make market purchases | | | | |
| |of ordinary shares in | | | | |
| |accordance with Section | | | | |
| |701 of the Companies Act | | | | |
| |2006 | | | | |
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|11 |To amend the investment |4,662,520| 269,194|232,009| 36,154|
| |policy relating to the | | | | |
| |use of uninvested funds | | | | |
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
|12 |To adopt new articles of |4,727,548| 258,593|164,844| 48,892|
| |association | | | | |
+------+-------------------------+---------+-------------+-------+-------------+
Enquiries:
Alastair Conn/Christopher Mellor, NVM Private Equity Limited - 0191 244 6000
Website:Â www.nvm.co.uk <
http://www.nvm.co.uk/>
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