HgCapital Trust PLC Result of AGM (7852Z)

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RNS Number : 7852Z

HgCapital Trust PLC

17 May 2023

HgCapital Trust plc

(the "Company", "HGT")

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800J7QUJJBEFSIN38

17 May 2023

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. All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

 
Resolution                       For          For     Against     Against  Votes        Total Votes  Issued 
                                  (No. of      (%)     (No. of     (%)      Withheld                  Share 
                                  shares)              shares)              (No.                      Capital 
                                                                            of shares)                voted 
                                                                                                      (%) 
      1. To receive 
       the Annual Report 
       and Financial 
       Statements.               206,025,729  99.99%    19,963     0.01%     10,930     206,045,692   45.01% 
      2. To approve 
       the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
       Report.                   205,188,651  99.65%   711,573     0.35%     156,398    205,900,224   44.98% 
      3. To approve 
       the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
       Policy.                   205,740,253  99.92%   164,980     0.08%     151,389    205,905,233   44.98% 
      4. To approve 
       a final dividend 
       of 4.5 pence 
       per share.                206,031,360  99.99%    19,963     0.01%      5,299     206,051,323   45.02% 
      5. To elect Mrs 
       E Schraner as 
       a Director.               200,226,346  97.19%  5,787,032    2.81%     43,244     206,013,378   45.01% 
      6. To re-elect 
       Mr R Brooman 
       as a Director.            184,001,866  89.31%  22,021,254  10.69%     33,502     206,023,120   45.01% 
      7. To re-elect 
       Mrs P Junco as 
       a Director.               204,134,307  99.08%  1,888,224    0.92%     34,091     206,022,531   45.01% 
      8. To re-elect 
       Mr J Strang as 
       a Director.               201,970,116  98.03%  4,053,005    1.97%     33,501     206,023,121   45.01% 
            9. To re-elect 
             Mr G Wakeley 
             as a Director.      204,167,474  99.10%  1,855,647    0.90%     33,501     206,023,121   45.01% 
      10. To re-elect 
       Mrs A West as 
       a Director.               204,092,589  99.07%  1,915,532    0.93%     48,501     206,008,121   45.01% 
      11. To re-appoint 
       Grant Thornton 
       UK LLP as Auditor 
       of the Company.           200,118,852  99.54%   919,377     0.46%    5,018,393   201,038,229   43.92% 
            12. To authorise 
             the Directors 
             to determine 
             the remuneration 
             of the Auditor.     205,166,683  99.58%   869,260     0.42%     20,679     206,035,943   45.01% 
            13. To authorise 
             the Directors 
             to allot Ordinary 
             shares.             205,918,745  99.94%   133,243     0.06%      4,634     206,051,988   45.02% 
      14. To approve 
       the revised investment 
       policy.                   200,994,779  99.98%    42,285     0.02%    5,019,558   201,037,064   43.92% 
      15. To dis-apply 
       pre-emption rights.*      205,706,097  99.85%   304,115     0.15%     46,410     206,010,212   45.01% 
      16. To authorise 
       the Company to 
       make market purchases 
       of Ordinary shares 
       of the Company. 
       *                         205,827,538  99.89%   223,423     0.11%      5,661     206,050,961   45.02% 
      17. To approve 
       the increase 
       on the limit 
       of Directors' 
       fees in Article 
       106 of Articles 
       of Association 
       from GBP450,000 
       to GBP480,000             205,739,612  99.88%   245,854     0.12%     71,156     205,985,466   45.00% 
 

*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 on 16 May 2023 was 457,728,500 
           ordinary shares, carrying one vote each, 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.       In accordance with listing rule 9.6.2R, a copy of resolutions 
           13-17 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to 
           the National Storage Mechanism and will be available 
           for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 
 

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