Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5970Y

Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC

09 September 2015

 



Polar Capital Technology Trust plc ("the Company")

Results of the 19th Annual General Meeting held at 14.30 on 9 September 2015

AGM Presentation

A presentation on the investment performance of the Company was given by Mr. Ben Rogoff, covering the portfolio and markets and including information on the portfolio. A copy of this presentation will be available shortly from the Company's website: www.polarcapitaltechnologytrust.co.uk along with a video of Mr Rogoff's talk.

AGM Results

Polar Capital Technology Trust plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today that all the resolutions were passed on a show of hands.

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 ordinary shares in issue at the date of the AGM was 132,336,159.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 14, 15 and 16, having been passed as special resolutions will be submitted to Companies House, as well as the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do 

All of the resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting are set out in the AGM Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website at: www.polarcapitaltechnologytrust.co.uk

Resolution		In favour	Discretionary	Against	Withheld
No		Number of shares	Number of shares	Number of shares	Number of shares
1	To receive and consider the Report of the Directors and the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 30 April 2015	53,011,119	979,017	3,000	1,969,435
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation  report for the year ended 30 April 2015	52,637,299	987,955	209,055	2,128,262
3	To re-elect  Mr. R Montagu as a Director	52,928,140	979,017	79,389	1,976,025
4	To re-elect  Mr. M  Moule as a  Director	52,933,931	988,055	86,251	1,954,334
5	To re-elect  Mr. B Ashford-Russell as a  Director	52,834,084	983,674	174,637	1,970,176
6	To re-elect Mrs. S Bates as a Director	52,888,536	979,017	62,736	2,032,282
7	To re-elect Mr. P Hames as a Director	52,923,832	979,017	79,961	1,979,761
8	To elect Ms. C Ginman as a Director	52,947,780	982,152	61,558	1,971,081
9	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP as auditors	52,904,464	976,517	118,184	1,963,406
10	To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration	52,935,382	985,555	80,090	1,961,544
11	To approve the increase of the aggregate of all directors' fees to £250,000 per annum	52,364,389	978,517	417,462	2,202,203
12	To approve the continuation as an investment company for a further five years	62,727,035	56,044	7,039	16,150
13	To authorise the allotment of unissued shares	52,958,019	976,517	31,747	1,996,288
14	To authorise the allotment of shares on a non pre-emptive basis	52,570,429	1,166,805	98,992	2,126,345
15	To grant the company authority to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares	52,684,394	1,166,805	21,121	2,090,251
16	To approve new Articles of Association	52,643,640	1,169,205	72,670	2,077,056

Enquiries:

N P Taylor

Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

9 September 2015

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Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

 

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