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10/05/2022 17:45

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RNS Number : 0099L  HgCapital Trust PLC  10 May 2022

 

HgCapital Trust plc

(the "Company", "HGT")

 

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800J7QUJJBEFSIN38

 

10 May 2022

 

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

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    Total Votes   Issued Share Capital (%)

                                                                                (No. of shares)   (%)     (No. of shares)   (%)      (No. of shares)

 1.   To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements.                    210,613,733       100.00  1,499             0.00     34,448            210,615,232   45.97
 2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.                            204,275,347       97.02   6,278,097         2.98     96,236            210,553,444   45.96
 3.   To approve a final Dividend of 5 pence per share.                         210,614,768       100.00  1,189             0.00     33,723            210,615,957   45.97
 4.   To re-elect Mr R Brooman as a Director.                                   193,962,466       92.10   16,641,310        7.90     45,904            210,603,776   45.97
 5.   To re-elect Mrs P Junco as a Director.                                    209,236,644       99.35   1,367,132         0.65     45,904            210,603,776   45.97
 6.   To re-elect Mr J Strang as a Director.                                    205,575,683       99.26   1,537,348         0.74     3,536,649         207,113,031   45.21
 7.   To re-elect Mr G Wakeley                                                  209,227,463       99.35   1,371,283         0.65     50,934            210,598,746   45.97

 as a Director.
 8.   To re-elect Mrs A West as a Director.                                     209,235,978       99.35   1,367,798         0.65     45,904            210,603,776   45.97
 9.   To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as Auditor of the Company.            205,406,268       99.89   220,876           0.11     5,022,536         205,627,144   44.88
 10.  To authorise the Directors                                                200,563,192       95.23   10,045,392        4.77     41,096            210,608,584   45.97

 to determine the remuneration of the Auditor.
 11.  To authorise the Directors                                                210,204,807       99.86   294,831           0.14     150,042           210,499,638   45.95

  to allot Ordinary shares.
 12.  To dis-apply pre-emption rights.*                                         210,117,701       99.79   431,711           0.21     100,268           210,549,412   45.96
 13.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares of   210,579,417       99.98   37,851            0.02     32,412
 the Company. *

                                                                                                                                                       210,617,268   45.97

 14.  To approve amendment to Investment Policy                                 RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN

 *special resolution

 

 

 NOTES:

 1.      All resolutions were passed. Resolution 14 was withdrawn from the meeting.

 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 9 May 2022 was 458,129,808 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
         (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

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