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Graphite Enterprise Trust PLC
11 June 2014
GRAPHITE ENTERPRISE TRUST PLC ("the Company")
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Company is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held on
11 June 2014 all resolutions were passed on a show of hands.
Resolutions 1 to 11 related to Ordinary Business. Resolutions 12 to 14 related
to Special Business, as set out below:
Resolution 12: To authorise the Directors to allot either new shares or shares
held in treasury for cash, disapplying pre-emption rights.
Resolution 13: To authorise the Directors pursuant to Section 701 of the
Companies Act 2006 to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of the Company's
own Ordinary shares.
Resolution 14: To allow the Company to call a General Meeting with not less
than 14 days notice.
Details of the proxy votes in respect of the resolutions passed at the Annual
General Meeting received up to 48 hours before the time of the Meeting by the
Company's registrar, Computershare, are set out below:
Resolution For Discretion of Chairman Discretion of Third Parties Against Total Votes For, or at discretion of Chairman Abstention
(no. of votes) (no. of votes) (no. of votes) (no. of votes) (no. of votes) (% of Total Votes) (no. of votes)
1. To receive and adopt the reports of the directors and auditors and the Company's accounts 23,087,567 23,089 76 449,912 23,560,644 98.1% 19,880
2. To declare a final dividend of 7.5p and a special dividend of 8.0p 23,494,356 20,236 76 57,206 23,571,874 99.8% 6,475
3. To re-elect P. Dicks as a director 21,993,172 20,236 76 1,480,819 23,494,303 93.7% 53,980
4. To re-elect M. Fane as a director 23,273,998 20,236 76 204,150 23,498,460 99.1% 54,419
5. To re-elect A. Pomfret as a director 23,349,009 20,236 76 114,953 23,484,274 99.5% 65,490
6. To re-elect J.Tigue as a director 23,312,007 29,236 76 125,979 23,467,298 99.5% 73,537
7. To re-appoint the auditors and fix their remuneration 23,217,883 21,381 76 197,824 23,437,164 99.2% 131,900
8. To approve the Remuneration Policy 22,477,166 21,381 76 788,789 23,287,412 96.6% 249,983
9. To approve the Remuneration Report 22,859,121 21,381 76 391,338 23,271,916 98.3% 248,498
10. To approve an increase in the maximum aggregate of fees payable to the directors 22,051,650 19,651 76 1,203,659 23,275,036 94.8% 274,548
11. To give the directors authority to allot shares 23,108,837 30,432 76 284,178 23,423,523 98.8% 96,622
12. To disapply pre-emption rights 23,092,612 18,506 76 331,793 23,442,987 98.6% 105,748
13. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 23,228,710 20,236 76 240,990 23,490,012 99.0% 75,354
14. To call a General Meeting with not less than 14 days notice 22,798,601 21,811 76 679,721 23,500,209 97.1% 50,312
Copies of resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting on 11 June 2014
concerning items other than ordinary business will be submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism. These documents will shortly be available for
inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
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