Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0470A
Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC
06 September 2018
 

Polar Capital Technology Trust plc ("the Company")

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300TN1O5392UC4K19

 

Results of the 22nd Annual General Meeting held at 14:30 on 6 September 2018

 

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

Mr. Brian Ashford-Russell retired as a Director having not sought re-election.

 

At the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all the resolutions were passed on a show of hands. All the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting are set out in the Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website.

 

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.  

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 12 and 13, having been passed as special resolutions, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of the AGM was 133,825,000.

 

Resolution

In favour

Discretionary

Against

Withheld



Number of

shares

Number of shares

Number of shares

Number of shares

1

To receive the Annual Report for the year ended 30 April 2018

47,163,386

121,233

5,446

56,817

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

46,595,912

126,033

310,254

314,683

3

To elect Mr Park as a Director

47,052,484

118,433

65,674

110,291

4

To elect Mr White as a Director

47,049,201

120,933

72,041

104,707

5

To re-elect Mrs Bates as a Director

47,090,969

120,933

40,214

94,766

6

To re-elect Mr Hames as a Director

46,999,589

120,933

115,726

110,634

7

To re-elect Ms Ginman as a Director

44,291,162

120,933

2,840,870

93,916

8

To re-elect Mr Cruttenden as a Director

46,860,833

119,109

265,155

101,784

9

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

47,110,230

119,833

87,958

28,861

10

To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration

47,117,650

118,433

100,104

10,695

11

To renew the authority to allot ordinary shares

47,016,161

118,633

83,288

128,800

12

To disapply statutory pre-emption Rights

46,923,107

131,960

152,481

139,334

13

To authorise the purchase of ordinary shares

46,989,799

134,360

143,466

79,257

 

Enquiries:

Tracey Lago

Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC

020 7227 2700

 

6 September 2018

 

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