Miton Global Opportunites Plc - Result of AGM

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 Against	%	Total Votes Cast	Votes Withheld
Ordinary Resolutions
1. To receive and accept the Strategic Report, Report of the Directors, Auditor’s Report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2017.	7,225,759	100	0	0	7,225,759	0
2. To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 April 2017.	7,223,584	99.97	2,175	0.03	7,225,759	0
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 Company.	7,225,759	100	0	0	7,225,759	0
8. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor’s remuneration.	7,225,759	100	0	0	7,225,759	0
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 the AGM) on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.	7,225,759	100	0	0	7,225,759	0

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 Manson

Frostrow Capital LLP – Company Secretary

0203 709 8734

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