Aurora Investment Trust PLC Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 5309Q

Aurora Investment Trust PLC

28 June 2022

Aurora Investment Trust plc

LEI: 2138007OUWIZFMAGO575

Result of AGM

Aurora Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put forward at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today were passed.

The full text of all the resolutions is contained in the Notice of 2022 Annual General Meeting, a copy of which can be found on the Company's website at www.aurorainvestmenttrusts.com.

The proxy votes received were as follows:

 
 Resolution                                       In favour                             Against              Withheld 
       To receive and adopt the financial 
        statements for the year ended 31 
        December 2021, with the 
        reports of the directors and auditors 
  1     thereon.                                    30,779,459     100.00%          50               0.00%       2,825 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
  2    To approve the Directors' Remuneration 
        Report included in the Annual Report        30,754,032      99.99%       3,992               0.01%      24,310 
        for the year to 
        31 December 2021. 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
  3    To approve a final dividend of 1.84 
        pence per share in respect of the year      30,779,509     100.00%           0               0.00%       2,825 
        ended 
        31 December 2021. 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
  4    To re-elect Lucy Walker as a Director of 
        the Company.                                30,564,456      99.30%     215,053               0.70%       2,825 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
  5    To re-elect Lady Rachael Robathan as a 
        Director of the Company .                   30,555,667      99.27%     223,842               0.73%       2,825 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
  6    To re-elect Mr David Stevenson as a 
        Director of the Company.                    30,200,903      99.25%     228,106               0.75%     353,325 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
  7    To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as 
        auditors to the Company.                    30,766,406      99.96%      13,103               0.04%       2,825 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
  8    To authorise the Directors to fix the 
        auditor's remuneration.                     30,779,459     100.00%          50               0.00%       2,825 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
  9    To approve the continuation of the 
        Company as an investment trust company      30,779,509     100.00%           0               0.00%       2,825 
        for a further three 
        year period. 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
 10    To increase the maximum aggregate for 
        the Director's remuneration from            30,768,475      99.98%       4,716               0.02%       9,143 
        GBP200,000 to GBP250,000. 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
 11    To authorise the Directors in accordance 
        with section 551 of the Companies Act       30,738,867      99.99%       4,192               0.01%      39,275 
        2006, to allot 
        Ordinary Shares up to a maximum of 20% 
        of the issued share capital in the 
        Company as at the 
        date of passing this resolution. 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
 12    To empower the Directors pursuant to 
        section 570 of the Companies Act 2006,      30,627,462      99.51%     152,047               0.49%       2,825 
        to allot equity 
        securities for cash either pursuant to 
        the authority conferred by resolution 
        11 or by way 
        of a sale of treasury shares as if 
        section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 
        did not apply to 
        any such allotment or sale. 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
 13    To authorise the Company to make market 
        purchases of its Ordinary Shares of 25p     30,779,509     100.00%           0               0.00%       2,825 
        each up to 
        14.99% of the issued share capital of 
        the Company at the date of passing this 
        resolution. 
      -----------------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ----------  ------------------  ---------- 
 

On the record date for voting at the time of the above meeting, the Company's issued share capital was 76,608,771 Ordinary Shares, therefore the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in the Company was 76,608,771 . A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the % of shares voted "For" or "Against" a resolution.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of all special resolutions passed and the ordinary resolution passed concerning the share capital of the Company will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

28 June 2022

Enquiries

Sanne Fund Services (UK) Limited

Brian Smith/ Jenny Thompson 020 3327 9720

Company Secretary

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