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17/05/2023 17:30

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RNS Number : 7852Z  HgCapital Trust PLC  17 May 2023

 

HgCapital Trust plc

(the "Company", "HGT")

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800J7QUJJBEFSIN38

 

17 May 2023

 

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 voted (%)

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

 1.   To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements.                    206,025,729       99.99%  19,963            0.01%    10,930            206,045,692  45.01%
 2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.                            205,188,651       99.65%  711,573           0.35%    156,398           205,900,224  44.98%
 3.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.                            205,740,253       99.92%  164,980           0.08%    151,389           205,905,233  44.98%
 4.   To approve a final dividend of 4.5 pence per share.                       206,031,360       99.99%  19,963            0.01%    5,299             206,051,323  45.02%
 5.   To elect Mrs E Schraner as a Director.                                    200,226,346       97.19%  5,787,032         2.81%    43,244            206,013,378  45.01%
 6.   To re-elect Mr R Brooman as a Director.                                   184,001,866       89.31%  22,021,254        10.69%   33,502            206,023,120  45.01%
 7.   To re-elect Mrs P Junco as a Director.                                    204,134,307       99.08%  1,888,224         0.92%    34,091            206,022,531  45.01%
 8.   To re-elect Mr J Strang as a Director.                                    201,970,116       98.03%  4,053,005         1.97%    33,501            206,023,121  45.01%
 9.   To re-elect Mr G Wakeley                                                  204,167,474       99.10%  1,855,647         0.90%    33,501            206,023,121  45.01%

 as a Director.
 10.  To re-elect Mrs A West as a Director.                                     204,092,589       99.07%  1,915,532         0.93%    48,501            206,008,121  45.01%
 11.  To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as Auditor of the Company.            200,118,852       99.54%  919,377           0.46%    5,018,393         201,038,229  43.92%
 12.  To authorise the Directors                                                205,166,683       99.58%  869,260           0.42%    20,679            206,035,943  45.01%

 to determine the remuneration of the Auditor.
 13.  To authorise the Directors                                                205,918,745       99.94%  133,243           0.06%    4,634             206,051,988  45.02%

  to allot Ordinary shares.
 14.  To approve the revised investment policy.                                 200,994,779       99.98%  42,285            0.02%    5,019,558         201,037,064  43.92%
 15.  To dis-apply pre-emption rights.*                                         205,706,097       99.85%  304,115           0.15%    46,410            206,010,212  45.01%
 16.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares of   205,827,538       99.89%  223,423           0.11%    5,661             206,050,961  45.02%
 the Company. *
 17.  To approve the increase on the limit of Directors' fees in Article 106    205,739,612       99.88%  245,854           0.12%    71,156            205,985,466  45.00%
 of Articles of Association from £450,000 to £480,000

 *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 16 May 2023 was 457,728,500 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 13-17 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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