REG-Worldwide Healthcare Trust Plc: Result of AGM

Worldwide Healthcare TrustAnnouncement

18/07/2023 17:15

WORLDWIDE HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC

Results of the Annual General Meeting

The following resolutions were passed by shareholders on a poll at the Annual
General Meeting of the Company held on Tuesday, 18 July 2023. The level of
votes received is shown below.

 Resolutions                                                                                                                              Votes For   %       Votes Against  %       Total Votes Cast  Votes Withheld*  
 Ordinary Resolutions                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 1. To receive and consider the audited accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ended 31 March 2023.                        29,334,243  99.96%  12,039         0.04%   29,346,282        16,044           
 1. To approve the payment of a final dividend of 24.0 per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2023.                               29,340,316  99.96%  11,520         0.04%   29,351,836        10,490           
 1. To approve the Company's dividend policy as set out on page 27 of the Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2023.                 29,338,714  99.96%  12,147         0.04%   29,350,861        11,465           
 1. To re-elect Mr Humphrey van der Klugt as a Director of the Company.                                                                   28,985,747  98.78%  358,112        1.22%   29,343,859        18,467           
 1. To re-elect Mr Doug McCutcheon as a Director of the Company.                                                                          28,813,326  98.20%  527,811        1.80%   29,341,137        21,189           
 1. To re-elect Mr Sven Borho as a Director of the Company.                                                                               24,617,579  83.90%  4,725,371      16.10%  29,342,950        19,376           
 1. To re-elect Dr Bina Rawal as a Director of the Company.                                                                               28,711,838  97.85%  632,066        2.15%   29,343,904        18,422           
 1. To elect Mr Tim Livett as a Director of the Company.                                                                                  29,313,682  99.93%  21,148         0.07%   29,334,830        27,496           
 1. To elect Ms Jo Parfrey as a Director of the Company.                                                                                  29,314,041  99.92%  22,075         0.08%   29,336,116        26,210           
 1. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor and to authorise the Audit Committee to determine their remuneration.             29,289,745  99.83%  51,326         0.17%   29,341,071        21,255           
 1. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2023.                                                       29,269,461  99.77%  67,327         0.23%   29,336,788        25,538           
 1. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                                                                                         29,265,819  99.77%  68,704         0.23%   29,334,523        27,803           
 1. To approve the proposed share split in the capital of the Company.                                                                    29,323,468  99.92%  22,866         0.08%   29,346,334        12,453           
 1. To authorise the Directors to allot securities in the Company.                                                                        27,896,372  95.05%  1,452,109      4.95%   29,348,481        13,845           
 Special Resolutions                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 1.  To disapply the rights of pre -                                                                                                      27,881,029  95.01%  1,465,362      4.99%   29,346,391        15,935           
  emption in relation to the allotment of securities.                                                                                                                                                                   
 1. To sell relevant shares for cash as if, immediately before the sale such shares are held by the Company as treasury shares.           27,856,090  94.92%  1,489,614      5.08%   29,345,704        16,622           
 1. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares in the Company. (Special resolution)                             29,035,376  98.93%  315,235        1.07%   29,350,611        11,715           
 1. That any General Meeting of the Company (other than the Annual General Meeting) shall be called by notice of at least 14 clear days.  29,301,632  99.84%  48,149         0.16%   29,349,781        12,545           

* Please note that `Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the proportion of votes `For' and `Against `a resolution.

Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chair of the Meeting have
been included in the "for" total. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is
not counted in the calculations of votes cast by proxy.

At the date of the AGM the total number of Ordinary shares of 25p each in
issue was 60,166,520 (with 4,892,258 shares held in treasury). The total
number of voting rights was 60,166,520.

The voting figures will shortly also be available on the Company's website at
www.worldwidewh.com   

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the special business
resolution passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and
will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. The special business
resolutions will additionally be filed at Companies House.

18 July 2023

For further information please contact:

Mark Pope        Frostrow Capital LLP - Company Secretary       
020 3 008 4913



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