British Smaller Companies VCT PLC Result of AGM (4200F)

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British Smaller Companies VCT PLC

27 July 2016

BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

British Smaller Companies VCT plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 27 July 2016 the following resolutions proposed at the meeting ("Resolutions") were duly passed.

In accordance with the Company's obligations under Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Ordinary Resolutions

   (1)        That the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2016 be received. 

(2) That the final dividend of 3.5 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2016 be approved.

(3) That the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2016 be approved other than the part of such report containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy.

   (4)        That Ms H Sinclair be re-elected as a director. 
   (5)        That Mr C W E R Buchan be re-elected as a director. 
   (6)        That Mr P S Cammerman be re-elected as a director. 

(7) That BDO LLP be re-appointed as auditor to the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company and that the directors be authorised to fix their remuneration.

(8) That the directors 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 shares in the Company or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP4,000,000, during the period commencing on the passing of this Resolution and expiring on the later of 15 months from the passing of this Resolution or the next Annual General Meeting of the Company (unless previously revoked, varied or extended by the Company in general meeting), but so that this authority shall allow the Company to make before the expiry of this authority offers or agreements which would or might require shares to be allotted, or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted, after such expiry and that all previous authorities given to the directors be and they are hereby revoked, provided that such revocation shall not have retrospective effect.

Special Resolution

(9) That the directors be and are hereby empowered in accordance with Section 570(1) of the Act during the period commencing on the passing of this Resolution and expiring at the conclusion of the Company's next Annual General Meeting, or on the expiry of 15 months following the passing of this Resolution, whichever is the later, (unless previously revoked, varied or extended by the Company in general meeting), to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the general authority conferred upon the directors in Resolution 8 above as if Section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power is limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with the allotment for cash of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP4,000,000, but so that this authority shall allow the Company to make offers or agreements before the expiry and the directors may allot securities in pursuance of such offers or agreements as if the powers conferred hereby had not so expired. This power applies in relation to a sale of shares which is an allotment of equity securities by virtue of Section 560(2) of the Act as if in the first paragraph of this Resolution the words "pursuant to the general authority conferred upon the directors in Resolution 8 above" were omitted.

Proxy votes received were:

 
                                                          % 
   Resolution                                       For and     % Against       Shares 
                                                 Discretion                   Withheld 
---------------------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Ordinary Resolutions 
---------------------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
      To receive the annual report 
 1.    and accounts                                  100.00             -            - 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
      To approve a final dividend 
       of 3.5 pence per ordinary 
 2.    share                                          99.86          0.14            - 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
      To approve the Directors' 
 3.    Remuneration Report                            92.83          7.17       48,576 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
      To re-elect Ms H Sinclair 
 4.    as a director                                  97.94          2.06            - 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
      To re-elect Mr C W E R Buchan 
 5.    as a director                                  98.01          1.99            - 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
      To re-elect Mr P S Cammerman 
 6.    as a director                                  97.21          2.79            - 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 7.   To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor                98.37          1.63        6,000 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
      To authorise the directors 
       to allot shares (other than 
       pursuant to the dividend re-investment 
 8.    scheme)                                        99.60          0.40       43,542 
---  ----------------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Special Resolution 
---------------------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
      To waive pre-emption rights 
       in respect of the allotment 
       of shares (other than pursuant 
       to the dividend re-investment 
 9.    scheme)                                        94.84          5.16       87,314 
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27 July 2016

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