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RNS Number : 6345I  Herald Investment Trust PLC  19 April 2022

HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

 

LEI: 213800U7G1ROCTJYRR70

Result of AGM

 

Herald Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that
Resolutions 1 to 13 put forward at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held
earlier today were passed on a show of hands. Every resolution put forward
passed with more than 22 million of votes, representing 34.5% of the total
voting rights, cast in favour.

 

The full text of all the resolutions is contained in the notice of meeting in
the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2021.

 

The results were as follows:

 

 Resolution                                                                               In Favour/             Against          Withheld

                                                                                          Discretionary**
                                                                                          Votes       %          Votes      %     Votes
 1       To receive and adopt the directors' report, the strategic report, the            23,293,112  99.99      1,486      0.01  1,915
         financial statements and auditor's report for the year ended 31 December 2021.
 2       To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December     23,255,725  99.87      29,311     0.13  11,477
         2021.
 3       To re-elect Tom Black.                                                           22,864,662  98.19      422,160    1.81  9,691
 4       To re-elect Stephanie Eastment.                                                  23,065,649  99.05      221,461    0.95  9,403
 5       To re-elect Henrietta Marsh.                                                     23,065,657  99.05      221,789    0.95  9,067
 6       To re-elect Karl Sternberg.                                                      23,000,613  98.77      286,209    1.23  9,691
 7       To re-elect James Will.                                                          23,063,336  99.04      223,486    0.96  9,691
 8       To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor to the           22,027,316  94.57      1,265,202  5.43  3,995
         Company.
 9       To authorise the audit committee to determine the remuneration of the            23,280,388  99.94      13,363     0.06  2,762
         independent auditor.
 10      To approve the continuation of the Company as an investment trust company        23,293,542  99.99      2,486      0.01  485
         until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held
         in 2025.
 11      To authorise the Company to repurchase its shares.*                              23,287,556  99.98      4,184      0.02  4,773
 12      To approve and adopt the New Articles of Association of the Company.*            23,014,633  98.82      275,251    1.18  6,629
 13      That a general meeting be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*        23,168,704  99.46      125,821    0.54  1,988

 

*Special resolutions

** Chairman's discretionary votes included

 

The Company has 63,762,915 ordinary shares of 25p each in issue, therefore,
the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in the Company was
63,762,915.

 

Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

19 April 2022

 

Enquiries

 

Sanne Fund Services (UK) Limited

Brian Smith/ Shilla Pindoria

020 3327 9720

Company Secretary

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