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Grafenia plc announced on September 26, 2023, that all resolutions were passed at its Annual General Meeting held earlier that day. Shareholders approved the change of the Company's name to Software Circle Plc with 99.96% of votes cast for. The company's AIM Rule 26 website information is now hosted at www.softwarecircle.com.
| Date | 26 Sept 2023 |
| Time | 12:21:30 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 7114N |
26 September 2023
Grafenia plc
("Grafenia" or the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting, Change of Name and AIM Rule 26 Website Change
Grafenia (AIM: GRA) announces that, at its annual general meeting held earlier today, the following resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands with the table below summarising the proxy votes:
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RESOLUTIONS |
NO OF VOTES FOR |
% OF VOTES CAST (EXCLUDING VOTES WITHHELD) |
NO OF VOTES AGAINST |
% OF VOTES CAST (EXCLUDING VOTES WITHHELD) |
TOTAL VOTES CAST (EXCLUDING VOTES WITHHELD) |
NO OF VOTES WITHHELD |
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1) To receive the Report and Accounts of the Company for the year to 31 March 2023 |
120,691,557 |
99.96% |
50,000 |
0.04% |
120,741,557 |
10,000 |
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2) To re-elect Iain Stewart Brown as a Director of the Company |
120,691,557 |
99.96% |
50,000 |
0.04% |
120,741,557 |
10,000 |
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3) To re-elect Matthias Siegfried Riechert as a director of the Company |
116,636,496 |
96.60% |
4,105,061 |
3.40% |
120,741,557 |
10,000 |
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4) To re-appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as auditors of the Company |
120,691,557 |
100.00% |
- |
- |
120,691,557 |
10,000 |
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5) To authorise the directors to replace the existing authority to allot shares in the Company in connection with s 551 of the Companies Act 2006 |
120,691,557 |
99.96% |
50,000 |
0.04% |
120,741,557 |
10,000 |
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6) To authorise the directors to allot Relevant Securities as if s 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply |
117,400,129 |
97.24% |
3,336,428 |
2.76% |
120,736,557 |
15,000 |
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7) To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in the Company |
120,691,557 |
100.00% |
- |
- |
120,691,557 |
10,000 |
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8) To change the name of the Company to Software Circle Plc |
120,691,557 |
99.96% |
50,000 |
0.04% |
120,741,557 |
10,000 |
Votes which have been cast at the discretion of the Chairman have been counted as votes for the resolutions. Votes Withheld are not votes in law and do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.
Change of name
The Company will formally change its name to Software Circle Plc in the coming days.
The relevant paperwork has been filed with Companies House, and a further announcement will be made when the name change is formally effective. Upon the change of name becoming effective, the Company's TIDM will change from "GRA" to "SFT". The ISIN and SEDOL numbers will remain unchanged.
Shareholders are unaffected by the changes and existing share certificates will remain valid and should be retained.
AIM Rule 26 Website Change
The Company also announces that its investor relations website information is now to be hosted at: www.softwarecircle.com. The Company's AIM Rule 26 disclosure can found at https://www.softwarecircle.com/company-information/.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at https://www.softwarecircle.com/reports-downloads/.
For further information:
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Grafenia plc |
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Gavin Cockerill (CEO) |
07968 510 662 |
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Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and broker) |
0203 328 5656 |
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David Hart / Piers Shimwell (Corporate Finance) |
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Stefano Aquilino / Joscelin Pinnington (Sales and Corporate Broking) |
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