Result of AGM

Odyssean Investment Trust PLC

04 September 2024

 

ODYSSEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

(the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 4 September 2024

The Board is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions as detailed below were duly passed by shareholders on a show of hands. The proxy voting figures are shown below:

Resolutions	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes Cast	Votes Withheld
Ordinary Resolutions
1.    To receive and accept the Strategic Report, Report of the Directors, Auditor's Report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.	49,826,768	100.00%	0	0.00%	49,826,768	0
2.    To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2024.	49,814,081	99.99%	6,441	0.01%	49,820,522	6,246
3.    To elect Ms Linda Wilding as a Director of the Company.	49,824,983	100.00%	999	0.00%	49,825,982	786
4.    To re-elect Miss Arabella Cecil as a Director of the Company.	49,826,768	100.00%	0	0.00%	49,826,768	0
5.    To re-elect Mr Peter Hewitt as a Director of the Company.	49,826,768	100.00%	0	0.00%	49,826,768	0
6.    To re-elect Mr Richard King as a Director of the Company.	49,726,983	100.00%	999	0.00%	49,727,982	98,786
7.    To re-elect Mr Neil Mahapatra as a Director of the Company.	49,825,982	100.00%	0	0.00%	49,825,982	786
8.    To approve the Company's dividend policy for the year ended 31 March 2024.	49,826,768	100.00%	0	0.00%	49,826,768	0
9.    To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor of the Company.	49,819,753	99.99%	7,015	0.01%	49,826,768	0
10.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration.	49,816,948	99.99%	3,574	0.01%	49,820,522	6,246
11.  To authorise the Directors to allot 10% of ordinary shares in issue.	48,935,964	98.21%	890,804	1.79%	49,826,768	0
12.  To authorise the Directors to allot a further 10% of ordinary shares in issue.	48,931,965	98.20%	894,803	1.80%	49,826,768	0
Specials Resolutions
13.  To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights in respect of up to 10% of ordinary shares in issue.	48,162,746	98.06%	952,772	1.94%	49,115,518	711,250
14.  To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights in respect of up to a further 10% of ordinary shares in issue.	48,162,746	98.06%	952,772	1.94%	49,115,518	711,250
15.  To authorise the Company to re-purchase shares in the market.	49,823,768	99.99%	3,000	0.01%	49,826,768	0
16.  To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than the AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	49,755,642	99.86%	67,924	0.14%	49,823,566	3,202

Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculations of votes cast by proxy. 

At the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of Ordinary shares of 1p each in issue was 130,269,212.  

At the deadline date for receiving proxy votes, 2 September 2024, the total number of Ordinary shares of 1p each in issue was 130,269,212. Therefore, the total number of voting rights for counting proxy votes was 130,269,212.

The proxy voting figures will shortly also be available on the Company's website at www.oitplc.com

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the resolutions passed have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism . Resolutions 11 to 16 will additionally be filed at Companies House.

4 September 2024

For further information contact:

Mark Pope, Frostrow Capital LLP 

Company Secretary, 020 3008 4913

 

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