HgCapital Trust PLC Result of AGM (8417L)

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RNS Number : 8417L

HgCapital Trust PLC

23 April 2018

HgCapital Trust plc

(the "Company")

23 April 2018

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 on a show of hands by the requisite majority. The proxy votes received in relation to the resolutions were as follows:

 
Resolution                          For         For     Against   Against  Votes 
 * indicates Special                 (No. of     (%)     (No. of   (%)      Withheld 
 Resolution                          shares)             shares)            (No. of 
                                                                            shares) 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  --------- 
      1. To receive the 
       Annual Report and 
       Financial Statements.        14,873,559  99.99    2,025     0.01         0 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      2. To approve the 
       Directors' Remuneration 
       Report.                      14,873,445  99.99    2,140     0.01         0 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      3. To declare a 
       final dividend.              14,875,585  100.00     0       0.00         0 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      4. To re-elect Mr 
       R Brooman as a Director      14,365,388  96.57   510,196    3.43         0 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      5. To re-elect Mr 
       P Dunscombe as a 
       Director                     14,874,739  99.99     846      0.01         0 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      6. To re-elect Mr 
       R Mountford as a 
       Director.                    13,974,966  96.46   512,260    3.54      388,358 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      7. To elect Mr J 
       Strang as a Director.        14,874,739  99.99     846      0.01         0 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      8. To elect Mr G 
       Wakeley as a Director.       14,874,739  99.99     846      0.01         0 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      9. To re-appoint 
       Grant Thornton LLP 
       as Auditor of the 
       Company.                     14,875,585  100.00     0       0.00         0 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      10. To authorise 
       the Directors to 
       determine the remuneration 
       of the Auditor.              14,874,167  99.99    1,418     0.01         0 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      11. To authorise 
       the Directors to 
       allot Ordinary shares.       14,875,013  99.99     572      0.01         0 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      12. To authorise 
       the Directors to 
       allot equity securities 
       for cash and to 
       sell Ordinary shares 
       from treasury for 
       cash.*                       14,874,058  99.99     961      0.01        566 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      13. To authorise 
       the Company to make 
       market purchases 
       of Ordinary shares 
       of the Company.*             14,873,634  99.99    1,951     0.01         0 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      14. To authorise 
       the Directors to 
       hold general meetings 
       on not less than 
       14 clear days' notice.*      14,694,808  98.79   180,211    1.21        566 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
      15. To approve and 
       adopt the revised 
       and restated investment 
       policy.                      15,309,936  100.00     0       0.00        846 
----------------------------------  ----------  ------  --------  -------  ----------- 
 

*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 at 6:00 p.m. 
           on 23 April 2018 was 37,324,698 (the "Share 
           Capital") 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.       A copy of resolutions 11-15 passed at the 
           AGM will shortly be submitted to the National 
           Storage Mechanism and will be available 
           for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 
 

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