REG - HgCapital Trust PLC - Result of AGM & Directorate Changes

HgCapital TrustAnnouncement

07/05/2026 14:45

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RNS Number : 4780D  HgCapital Trust PLC  07 May 2026

 

HgCapital Trust plc

(the "Company", "HgT")

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800J7QUJJBEFSIN38

 

7 May 2026

 

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               For     Against           Against  Votes Withheld

                                                                               (No. of shares)   (%)     (No. of shares)   (%)      (No. of shares)   Total Votes   Issued Share Capital voted (%)
 1.  To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements.                    237,516,026       99.99%  14,219            0.01%    207,236           237,530,245   52.44%
 2.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.                            237,057,637       99.85%  367,544           0.15%    312,300           237,425,181   52.41%
 3.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.                            192,338,984       99.79%  406,401           0.21%    44,992,096        192,745,385   42.55%
 4.  To approve a final dividend of 3 pence per share.                         236,505,873       99.56%  1,039,160         0.44%    192,448           237,545,033   52.44%
 5.  To elect Graham Paterson as a Director.                                   237,341,596       99.94%  146,831           0.06%    249,054           237,488,427   52.43%
 6.  To re-elect John Billowits as a Director.                                 235,531,583       99.18%  1,946,026         0.82%    259,872           237,477,609   52.42%
 7.  To re-elect Helena Coles as a Director.                                   235,466,338       99.15%  2,013,871         0.85%    257,272           237,480,209   52.42%
 8.  To re-elect Pilar Junco as a Director.                                    235,474,380       99.16%  2,005,829         0.84%    257,272           237,480,209   52.42%
 9.  To re-elect Erika Schraner as a Director.                                 235,493,213       99.17%  1,981,297         0.83%    262,971           237,474,510   52.42%
 10.         To re-elect Jim Strang as a Director.                             221,423,480       93.24%  16,061,197        6.76%    252,804           237,484,677   52.43%
 11.         To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as Auditor of the             223,324,272       94.03%  14,171,410        5.97%    241,799           237,495,682   52.43%
 Company.
 12.         To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration          223,362,409       94.04%  14,165,785        5.96%    209,287           237,528,194   52.44%
 of the Auditor.
 13.         To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary shares.              192,414,820       99.80%  393,183           0.20%    44,929,478        192,808,003   42.56%
 14.         To dis-apply pre-emption rights.*                                 192,222,099       99.71%  563,941           0.29%    44,951,441        192,786,040   42.56%
 15.         To authorise the Company to make market purchases of              192,794,862       81.17%  44,730,498        18.83%   212,121           237,525,360   52.43%
 Ordinary shares of the Company.*

*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 7 May 2026 was 457,728,500 ordinary shares,
     carrying one vote each, and at that time, the Company holds 4,734,197 number
     of shares in treasury, and the number of shares in issue excluding treasury
     shares is 452,994,303.
 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 6.4.2R, a copy of resolutions 13-15 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
     (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

Directorate Changes

HgT announces the retirement of Mr Richard Brooman, a Non-Executive Director
and Chair of the Audit, Valuation and Risk Committee, who did not seek
re‑election at today's AGM, after nearly 19 years of service on the Board.

With Richard retiring from the Board today, Mr Graham Paterson, our
Non-Executive Director, takes up the role of Chair of the Audit, Valuation and
Risk Committee.

 

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