17 JULY 2013
NORTHERN 3 VCT PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Northern 3 VCT PLC ("the Company") announces that at the annual general meeting held on 17 July 2013 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 Chris Fleetwood and Mr Tim Levett. The resolutions included the following special resolution to extend the life of the company:
"That the articles of association of the Company be amended in the first sentence of Article 147 by deleting the date '2015' and substituting the date '2019'."
Details of proxy voting on the resolutions put to shareholders at the annual general meeting are as follows:
No | Resolution | For | Discretionary | Against | Vote withheld |
1 | To receive the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2013 | 4,933,724 | 105,113 | 7,933 | 0 |
2 | To approve a final dividend of 3.5p per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2013 | 4,959,349 | 79,488 | 7,933 | 0 |
3 | To approve the directors' remuneration report in respect of the year ended 31 March 2013 | 4,640,806 | 118,146 | 117,465 | 170,353 |
4 | To re-elect Mr C J Fleetwood as a director | 4,824,933 | 115,032 | 57,981 | 48,824 |
5 | To re-elect Mr T R Levett as a director | 4,814,700 | 115,032 | 70,467 | 46,571 |
6 | To appoint KPMG LLP as independent auditor | 4,761,678 | 129,468 | 137,293 | 18,331 |
7 | To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the independent auditor | 4,822,478 | 110,032 | 92,011 | 22,249 |
8 | To authorise the directors to allot shares pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 4,806,638 | 98,797 | 66,086 | 75,249 |
9 | To disapply Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 in relation to certain allotments of equity securities | 4,630,524 | 98,797 | 167,914 | 149,535 |
10 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in accordance with Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 | 4,798,500 | 98,797 | 112,741 | 36,732 |
11 | To amend the articles of association of the Company | 4,771,229 | 98,797 | 79,992 | 96,752 |
Enquiries:
Alastair Conn/Christopher Mellor, NVM Private Equity Limited - 0191 244 6000
Website: www.nvm.co.uk
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