HgCapital Trust PLC Result of AGM (7880E)

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RNS Number : 7880E

HgCapital Trust PLC

10 May 2017

HgCapital Trust plc

(the "Company")

10 May 2017

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed on a show of hands by the requisite majority. The proxy votes received in relation to the resolutions were as follows:

 
Resolution                             For               For     Against           Against  Votes Withheld 
 * indicates Special Resolution         (No. of shares)   (%)     (No. of shares)   (%)      (No. of shares) 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ---------------- 
      1. To receive the Annual 
       Report and Accounts.               15,985,227     100.00         0           0.00            0 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      2. To approve the Directors' 
       Remuneration Report.               15,979,821     99.99         906          0.01          4,500 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      3. To approve the Remuneration 
       Policy                             15,976,722     99.99        1,237         0.01          7,268 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      4. To declare a final 
       dividend.                          15,985,227     100.00         0           0.00            0 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      5. To re-elect Mr R Brooman 
       as a Director                      15,984,381     100.00         0           0.00           846 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      6. To re-elect Mr R Mountford 
       as a Director.                     15,984,185     100.00        196          0.00           846 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      7. To re-elect Mrs A West 
       as a Director.                     15,984,381     100.00         0           0.00           846 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      8. To appoint Grant Thornton 
       LLP as auditors of the 
       Company.                           15,981,613     100.00         0           0.00          3,614 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      9. To authorise the Directors 
       to determine the auditors' 
       remuneration.                      15,981,613     99.99         846          0.01          2,768 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      10. To authorise the Directors 
       to allot ordinary shares.          15,980,251     99.97        4,976         0.03            0 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      11. To authorise the Company 
       to purchase its own ordinary 
       shares.*                           15,982,459     99.98        2,768         0.02            0 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      12. To disapply pre-emption 
       rights.*                           15,979,984     99.97        5,243         0.03            0 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      13. To disapply pre-emption 
       rights for financing.*             15,980,284     99.97        4,943         0.03            0 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
      14. To authorise the Directors 
       to hold general meetings 
       on not less than 14 clear 
       days' notice.*                     15,775,605     98.69       209,622        1.31            0 
-------------------------------------  ----------------  ------  ----------------  -------  ------------------ 
 

*Special Resolution

 
 NOTES: 
 1.       All resolutions were passed. 
 2.       Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman 
           of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for 
           the appropriate resolution. 
 3.       Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed 
           as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution. 
 4.       A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted 
           in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted 
           "For" or "Against" any resolution. 
 5.       The number of shares in issue at 6:00 p.m. on 10 May 
           2017 was 37,324,698 (the "Share Capital") and at that 
           time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury. 
 
 6.       The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can 
          be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which 
          is available on the Company's website at www.hgcapitaltrust.com 
 7.       A copy of resolutions 10-14 passed at the AGM will shortly 
           be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will 
           be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 
 
 
 
 
 

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