REG - Herald Inv Trust PLC - Result of AGM

Herald Investment TrustAnnouncement

17/04/2020 15:30

RNS Number : 0908K
  
Herald Investment Trust PLC
  
17 April 2020
  
 

 
Herald Investment Trust plc
Annual General Meeting held on 17 April 2020
Herald Investment Trust plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today all resolutions proposed in the Notice of AGM were duly passed by way of poll and the results are as follows:




 


Resolutions


Votes 
For 


%


Votes Against


%


Votes Withheld


Votes cast as a % of total voting rights




1


To receive and adopt the annual report and financial statements


35,883,068


100.00


218


0.00


2,280


53.50




2


To approve the new Remuneration policy


35,853,918


99.95


19,055


0.05


12,643


53.49




3


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report


35,853,218


99.95


18,585


0.05


13,813


53.49




4


To re-elect Ian Russell


34,347,539


95.75


1,524,718


4.25


13,358


53.49




5


To re-elect Stephanie Eastment


35,870,720


100.00


1,755


0.00


13,141


53.49




6


To re-elect Tom Black


35,480,107


98.91


392,151


1.09


13,358


53.49




7


To re-elect Karl Sternberg


30,197,796


84.18


5,674,462


15.82


13,358


53.49




8


To re-elect James Will


35,870,050


99.99


2,208


0.01


13,358


53.49




9


To elect Henrietta Marsh


35,871,009


99.99


2,636


0.01


11,971


53.49




10


To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as statutory auditor of the Company


35,869,450


99.97


12,525


0.03


3,641


53.50




11


To authorise the audit committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor


35,874,536


99.99


5,196


0.01


5,884


53.50




12


To authorise the Company to repurchase its shares*


35,882,438


100.00


1,115


0.00


2,063


53.50




13


To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than the AGM) on 14 days' clear notice*


35,547,377


99.07


335,426


0.93


2,813


53.50




 
*Special Resolutions
NOTES:




1.   Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.




2.   Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.




3.   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 nor in the calculation of the proportion of the total voting rights for any resolution.




4.  The number of shares in issue at 11:30 a.m. on 15 April 2020 was 67,066,777 (the "Share Capital") and, at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.




5.   The proportion of total votes cast as a % of the Share Capital for any resolution is the total of votes validly cast "For" and "Against" that resolution expressed as a percentage of the Share Capital.




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 https://heralduk.com/.




7.  A copy of special resolutions 12-13 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.




 
Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited, Corporate Secretary
17 April 2020
 
Contact:  Debbie Fish, Tel: 07813 574 719
 
Herald Investment Trust plc is registered in England at 10-11 Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6EE, company registration number 2879728.
 
Herald Investment Trust plc LEI number - 213800U7G1ROCTJYRR70
 


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