Miton Global Opp Plc Result of AGM

 
TIDMMIGO 
 
MITON GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES PLC 
 
                                (the "Company") 
 
   Results of the Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday, 19 September 2017 
 
Statement from the Board 
 
In the Chairman's Statement of the Company's annual report for the year ended 
30 April 2017, the Chairman undertook to initiate a board refreshment process. 
At the Company's AGM held today, the Chairman reported to shareholders that the 
Board has appointed Trust Associates, a director search agency, to assist with 
the search for a new Chairman and Audit Committee Chairman.  Therefore, Mr 
Townsend (Chairman) and Mr Fox (Audit Committee Chairman) hereby announce their 
intention to retire from the Board early next year, after a suitable handover 
period.  The effective date of their retirement will be confirmed in due 
course.  The Board will keep shareholders informed of the progress of the 
recruitment process. 
 
Annual General Meeting 
 
The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM held today, all resolutions as 
detailed below were duly passed by shareholders on a show of hands.  The proxy 
voting figures are shown below: 
 
Resolutions                                                           Votes For     %      Votes     %     Total      Votes 
                                                                                          Against        Votes Cast Withheld 
 
Ordinary Resolutions 
 
1. To receive and accept the Strategic Report, Report of the          7,225,759    100       0       0   7,225,759      0 
Directors, Auditor's Report and the audited financial statements for 
the year ended 30 April 2017. 
 
2. To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the  7,223,584   99.97    2,175   0.03  7,225,759      0 
year ended 30 April 2017. 
 
3. To re-elect Anthony Townsend as a Director of the Company.         7,225,759    100       0       0   7,225,759      0 
 
4. To re-elect James Fox as a Director of the Company.                7,225,759    100       0       0   7,225,759      0 
 
5. To re-elect Michael Phillips as a Director of the Company.         7,225,759    100       0       0   7,225,759      0 
 
6. To re-elect Hugh van Cutsem as a Director of the Company.          7,225,759    100       0       0   7,225,759      0 
 
7. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the         7,225,759    100       0       0   7,225,759      0 
Company. 
 
8. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's        7,225,759    100       0       0   7,225,759      0 
remuneration. 
 
SPECIAL BUSINESS 
 
9. To authorise the Directors to allot shares.                        7,223,759   99.97    2,000   0.03  7,225,759      0 
 
Special Resolutions 
 
10. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights.       7,219,584   99.91    6,175   0.09  7,225,759      0 
 
11. To authorise the Company to re-purchase shares in the market.     7,225,759    100       0       0   7,225,759      0 
 
12. To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than   7,225,759    100       0       0   7,225,759      0 
the AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. 
 
Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included 
in the "for" total. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in 
the calculations of votes cast by proxy. 
 
At the date of the AGM the total number of Ordinary shares of 1p each in issue 
and the total number of voting rights was 25,279,985. 
 
The proxy voting figures will shortly also be available on the Company's 
website at www.mitongroup.com/migo 
 
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the special business 
resolutions passed have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and 
will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm 
.  The special business resolutions will additionally be filed at Companies 
House. 
 
19 September 2017 
 
For further information please contact: 
 
Katherine       Frostrow Capital LLP - Company Secretary      0203 709 8734 
Manson 
 
 
 
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