Pembroke VCT plc (the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Thursday 12 September 2024 at 10.00am, the following resolutions were duly passed.
Ordinary Resolutions
1. To receive the Directors' and the Independent Auditor's Reports and the Company's
Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.
2. To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended
31 March 2024.
3. To re appoint BDO LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion
of the next annual general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.
4. To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor.
5. To elect Chris Allner as a Director of the Company.
6. To re-elect Mark Stokes as a Director of the Company.
7. To re-elect Louise Wolfson as a Director of the Company.
8. To re-elect David Till as a Director of the Company.
9. That, in accordance with article 147 of the Company's articles of association (the
"Articles") and in addition to existing authorities, the Directors of the Company be and are
hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 551 of the
Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot and
issue the following B Ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company
("B Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the terms and conditions of the dividend investment
scheme adopted by the Company on 3 December 2015 and in connection with any
dividend declared or paid in the period commencing on the date of this resolution 9 and
ending on the later of the date of the Company's next annual general meeting or the date
falling 15 months after the date of the passing of this resolution:
B Ordinary Shares up to an aggregate nominal amount representing 10% of the issued
B Ordinary Share capital from time to time (approximately 21,967,327 B Ordinary Shares
at the date of this notice).
10. That, in addition to any existing authorities, in accordance with section 551 of the Act,
the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all
the powers of the Company to allot:
a. B Ordinary Shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £600,000 in connection
with offer(s) for subscription; and
b. B Ordinary Shares up to an aggregate nominal amount representing 20% of the issued
B Ordinary Shares from time to time; and
that, in connection with the use of the authority, the Directors may pay commission(s)
including in the form of fully or partly paid shares in accordance with article 9 of the
Articles and provided that this authority shall, unless renewed, extended, varied or
revoked by the Company, expire on the later of the date of the Company's next annual
general meeting or the date falling 15 months after the date of the passing of this
resolution save that the Company may, before such expiry, make offers or agreements
which would or might require B Ordinary Shares to be allotted and the Directors may
allot B Ordinary Shares in pursuance of such offers or agreements notwithstanding that
the authority conferred by this resolution has expired.
Special Resolutions
11. That, in accordance with section 570(1) of the Act, the Directors be and are hereby given
power to allot or make offers or agreements to allot equity securities (as defined in
section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authorities conferred by resolution 9
above as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, and so that:
a. Reference to the allotment in this resolution shall be construed with section 560
of the Act; and
b. The power conferred by this resolution shall enable the Company to make offers
or agreements before the expiry of said power which would or might require equity
securities to be allotted after the expiry of the said power and the Directors may
allot equity securities of such offers or agreements notwithstanding the expiry of
such power.
12. That, in accordance with section 570(1) of the Act, the Directors be and are hereby given
power to allot or make offers or agreements to allot equity securities (as defined in
section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authorities conferred by resolution 10
above as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, and so that:
a. Reference to the allotment in this resolution shall be construed with section 560
of the Act, and
b. The power conferred by this resolution shall enable the Company to make offers or
agreements before the expiry of the said power which would or might require equity
securities to be allotted after the expiry of the said power and the Directors may allot
equity securities in pursuance of such offers or agreements notwithstanding the
expiry of such power.
13. That the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised within the
meaning of section 701 of the Act to make market purchases of B Ordinary Shares
provided that:
(i) the maximum number of B Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be purchased is an
amount equal to 14.99% of the issued B Ordinary Share capital of the Company from
time to time;
(ii) the minimum price which may be paid for a B Ordinary Share is 1 pence per share,
the nominal amount thereof;
(iii) the maximum price which may be paid for a B Ordinary Share is an amount equal to
the higher of (a) 105% of the average of the middle market quotation per B Ordinary
Share taken from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business
days immediately preceding the day on which such B Ordinary Share is to be
purchased and (b) the amount stipulated by Article 5(6) of the Market Abuse
Regulation;
(iv) the authority hereby conferred shall (unless previously renewed or revoked) expire
on the earlier of the AGM of the Company to be held in 2025 and the date which is
15 months after the date on which this resolution is passed; and
(v) the Company may make a contract or contracts to purchase its own B Ordinary Shares
under this authority before the expiry of the authority which will or may be executed
wholly or partly after the expiry of the authority, and may make a purchase of its own
B Ordinary Shares in pursuance of any such contract or contracts as if the authority
conferred hereby had not expired.
|
Resolution |
% For & Discretionary |
% Against
|
Shares Withheld |
1. |
Directors' and Independent Auditor's Reports and Financial Statements |
99.69 |
0.31 |
11,800 |
2. |
Directors' Remuneration Report |
97.31 |
2.69 |
29,548 |
3. |
Re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor |
97.65 |
2.35 |
24,171 |
4. |
Auditor remuneration |
98.73 |
1.27 |
17,223 |
5. |
To elect Chris Allner |
98.63 |
1.37 |
108,259 |
6. |
To re-elect Mark Stokes |
99.19 |
0.81 |
63,352 |
7. |
To re-elect Louise Wolfson |
99.00 |
1.00 |
63,352 |
8. |
Re-elect David Till |
98.27 |
1.73 |
72,003 |
9. |
Allot shares re DIS |
99.44 |
0.56 |
11,800 |
10. |
Allot shares re offer and generally |
99.13 |
0.87 |
11,800 |
11. |
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights re DIS allotments |
95.70 |
4.30 |
48,273 |
12. |
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights re offer and general allotments |
95.87 |
4.13 |
48,273 |
13. |
Share buyback authority |
99.67 |
0.33 |
34,194 |
For further information, please contact:
Andrew Wolfson / Chris Lewis
Pembroke Investment Managers LLP (Manager)
+44 20 7766 6900
Robin Smeaton
The City Partnership (UK) Limited (Company Secretary)
Keith Lassman
Howard Kennedy Corporate Services LLP
keith.lassman@howardkennedy.com