Result of AGM & Directorate Changes
RNS Number : 7732O
HgCapital Trust PLC
16 May 2024
 

 

HgCapital Trust plc

(the "Company", "HgT")

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800J7QUJJBEFSIN38

 

16 May 2024

 

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results & Directorate Changes

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

(No. of shares)

For

(%)

Against

(No. of shares)

Against

(%)

Votes Withheld

(No. of shares)

 

Total Votes

 

Issued Share Capital voted (%)

1.  To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements.

214,410,552

100%

3,734

0.00%

14,559

214,414,286

46.84%

2.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.

214,068,304

99.88%

250,087

0.12%

110,404

214,318,391

46.82%

3.  To approve a final dividend of 4.5 pence per share.

214,411,486

100%

3,525

0.00%

13,834

214,415,011

46.84%

4.  To elect Ms H Coles as a Director.

214,290,592

99.96%

75,121

0.04%

63,132

214,365,713

46.83%

5.  To re-elect Mr R Brooman as a Director.

202,191,935

94.32%

12,175,329

5.68%

61,581

214,367,264

46.83%

6.  To re-elect Ms P Junco as a Director.

214,267,277

99.95%

101,436

0.05%

60,132

214,368,713

46.83%

7.  To re-elect Ms E Schraner as a Director.

208,619,972

97.32%

5,750,122

2.68%

58,751

214,370,094

46.83%

8.  To re-elect Mr J Strang

as a Director.

209,974,487

99.97%

55,000

0.03%

4,399,358

210,029,487

45.89%

9.  To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as Auditor of the Company.

209,573,978

97.78%

4,760,535

2.22%

94,332

214,334,513

46.83%

10.         To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor.

209,701,317

97.81%

4,695,914

2.19%

31,614

214,397,231

46.84%

11.         To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary shares.

214,265,728

99.95%

108,909

0.05%

54,208

214,374,637

46.83%

12.         To dis-apply pre-emption rights.*

212,579,750

99.19%

1,742,178

0.81%

106,917

214,321,928

46.82%

13.         To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares of the Company. *

214,373,774

 

99.99%

 

31,448

 

0.01%

 

23,623

 

214,405,222

 

46.84%

 

 *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 2024 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 11-13 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

 

 

Directorate Changes

Earlier today, HgT announced that Mr John Billowits joined the HgT Board. John is replacing Anne West, a Non-Executive Director and our Senior Independent Director, who did not seek re‑election at today's AGM, after 10 years of service on the Board.

 

With Anne retiring from the Board today, Erika Schraner, our Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Management Engagement Committee, takes up the role of our Senior Independent Director, and Helena Coles, our Non-Executive Director, becomes our Chair of the Management Engagement Committee in Erika's place.

 

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