Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5177W

Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC

29 July 2009

 

Polar Capital Technology Trust Plc - 29 July 2009

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 29 July 2009

AGM Results

Polar Capital Technology Trust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today that all the resolutions were passed on a show of hands including special resolutions permitting the Company to make market purchases of its own shares and issue new shares.

The following table indicates the number of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions. It should be noted that votes withheld do not constitute votes in law. 

The number of shares in issues at the date of the AGM was 126,497,914

Resolution		In favour	Discretion	Against	Withheld
No		No.	No.	No.	No.
1	To receive the directors' report and the accounts for the year ended 30 April 2009	48,137,592	83,700	425	10,092
2	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 April 2009	47,974,419	84,800	145,363	27,227
3	To re-appoint  Mr. R Wakeling as a director	47,093,766	90,642	944,263	103,138
4	To re-appoint Mr. B Ashford-Russell as a director	47,087,120	90,300	803,778	250,611
5	To re-appoint Mr. P Dicks as a director	47,211,171	90,300	817,068	113,270
6	To re-appoint Mr. D Gamble as a director	47,563,941	94,296	365,491	208,081
7	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP as auditors	47,971,692	83,600	142,173	34,344
8	To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration	47,953,914	89,000	32,830	156,065
9	To authorise the allotment of unissued shares	48,003,217	87,800	113,993	26,799
10	To authorise the allotment of shares on a non pre-emptive basis	47,796,783	93,937	152,348	188,741
11	To grant the company authority to make market purchases of its own shares	47,887,510	91,071	45,378	207,850

All of the resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting are set out in the AGM circular available on Polar Capital Technology Trust's website at www.Polarcapitaltechnologytrust.co.uk

 

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