Ground Rents Income Fund PLC Result of Annual General Meeting (2372H)

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RNS Number : 2372H

Ground Rents Income Fund PLC

23 March 2020

23 March 2020

Annual General Meeting

Ground Rents Income Fund plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 1 London Wall Place, London EC2Y 5AU on Monday 23 March 2020, resolutions numbered 1 to 11 as set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed on a show of hands.

The proxy votes received by the Company were as follows:

 
          Resolution        For (including      %     Against    %     Withheld      Total 
                             discretionary)                                        % of Voting 
                                                                                     Capital 
                                                                                      voted 
                                                                                   (Including 
                                                                                    Withheld) 
      Annual Report 
 1     and Accounts              34,759,113     100         0      0          0         35.83% 
     --------------------  ----------------  ------  --------  -----  ---------  ------------- 
      Election of 
 2     Bill Holland              34,759,113     100         0      0          0         35.83% 
     --------------------  ----------------  ------  --------  -----  ---------  ------------- 
      Re-election 
       of Malcolm 
 3     Naish                     34,660,733   99.87    45,463   0.13     52,917         35.83% 
     --------------------  ----------------  ------  --------  -----  ---------  ------------- 
      Re-election 
 4     of Paul Craig             34,713,209   99.87    45,904   0.13          0         35.83% 
     --------------------  ----------------  ------  --------  -----  ---------  ------------- 
      Re-appointment 
       of Pricewaterhouse 
       Coopers LLP 
 5     as auditor                34,758,063   99.99     1,050   0.01          0         35.83% 
     --------------------  ----------------  ------  --------  -----  ---------  ------------- 
      Authority 
       to determine 
       the auditor's 
 6     remuneration              34,758,672   99.99       441   0.01          0         35.83% 
     --------------------  ----------------  ------  --------  -----  ---------  ------------- 
      Approval of 
 7     dividend policy           34,759,113     100         0      0          0         35.83% 
     --------------------  ----------------  ------  --------  -----  ---------  ------------- 
      Authority 
 8     to allot shares           34,754,512   99.99     4,601   0.01          0         35.83% 
     --------------------  ----------------  ------  --------  -----  ---------  ------------- 
      Disapplication 
       of pre-emption 
       rights (first 
 9     resolution)               34,715,903   99.88    43,210   0.12          0         35.83% 
     --------------------  ----------------  ------  --------  -----  ---------  ------------- 
      Disapplication 
       of pre-emption 
       rights (second 
 10    resolution)               34,715,903   99.88    43,210   0.12          0         35.83% 
     --------------------  ----------------  ------  --------  -----  ---------  ------------- 
      Authority 
       to purchase 
 11    own shares                34,719,308   99.89    39,805   0.11          0         35.83% 
     --------------------  ----------------  ------  --------  -----  ---------  ------------- 
 

*Resolutions 9, 10 and 11 were passed as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 8, 9, 10, and 11 will be filed at Companies House.

Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.

The total number of ordinary shares of 50p each in issue is 97,006,497. The total number of voting rights is: 97,006,497 .

A copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM will be available for inspection on the Company's website at http://www.groundrentsincomefund.com

Enquiries:

Matthew Riley

Schroder Investment Management Limited

020 7658 6596

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