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RNS Number : 6421W  Herald Investment Trust PLC  18 April 2023

HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

 

LEI: 213800U7G1ROCTJYRR70

Result of AGM

 

Herald Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that
Resolutions 1 to 12 put forward at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held
earlier today were passed on a poll. Every resolution put forward passed with
more than 29 million of votes, representing 47.9% 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 2022.

 

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                    31,697,752         100.00                        998                    0.00                 1,027
         financial statements and auditor's report for the year ended 31 December 2022.
 2       To approve the Company's Remuneration policy.                                            31,668,834         99.93                    23,373                      0.07                 7,570
 3       To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December             31,672,751         99.93                    21,271                      0.07                 5,755
         2021.
 4       To re-elect Stephanie Eastment.                                                          29,540,935         93.34               2,109,298                        6.66               49,544
 5       To re-elect Henrietta Marsh.                                                             29,541,078         93.34               2,109,155                        6.66               49,544
 6       To re-elect Karl Sternberg.                                                              29,194,814         92.24               2,455,419                        7.76               49,544
 7       To re-elect James Will.                                                                  29,195,745         92.24               2,454,488                        7.76               49,544
 8       To elect Andrew Joy.                                                                     31,681,763         99.97                    10,057                      0.03                 7,957
 9       To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor to the                   30,437,126         96.02               1,261,817                        3.98                    834
         Company.
 10      To authorise the audit committee to determine the remuneration of the                    31,693,305         99.98                      5,338                     0.02                 1,134
         independent auditor.
 11      To authorise the Company to repurchase its shares.*                                      31,691,336         99.99                      4,271                     0.01                 4,170
 12      That a general meeting be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*                31,658,202         99.88                    38,377                      0.12                 3,198

 

*Special resolutions

** Chairman's discretionary votes included

 

The Company has 60,535,320 ordinary shares of 25p each in issue, therefore,
the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in the Company was
60,535,320.

 

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

 

18 April 2023

 

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