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| Date | 19 Apr 2022 |
| Time | 14:27:48 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 6345I |
HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
LEI: 213800U7G1ROCTJYRR70
Result of AGM
Herald Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Resolutions 1 to 13 put forward at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today were passed on a show of hands. Every resolution put forward passed with more than 22 million of votes, representing 34.5% of the total voting rights, cast in favour.
The full text of all the resolutions is contained in the notice of meeting in the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2021.
The results were as follows:
|
Resolution |
In Favour/ Discretionary** |
Against |
Withheld |
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|
|
|
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Votes |
|
1 |
To receive and adopt the directors' report, the strategic report, the financial statements and auditor's report for the year ended 31 December 2021. |
23,293,112 |
99.99 |
1,486 |
0.01 |
1,915 |
|
2 |
To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2021. |
23,255,725 |
99.87 |
29,311 |
0.13 |
11,477 |
|
3 |
To re-elect Tom Black. |
22,864,662 |
98.19 |
422,160 |
1.81 |
9,691 |
|
4 |
To re-elect Stephanie Eastment. |
23,065,649 |
99.05 |
221,461 |
0.95 |
9,403 |
|
5 |
To re-elect Henrietta Marsh. |
23,065,657 |
99.05 |
221,789 |
0.95 |
9,067 |
|
6 |
To re-elect Karl Sternberg. |
23,000,613 |
98.77 |
286,209 |
1.23 |
9,691 |
|
7 |
To re-elect James Will. |
23,063,336 |
99.04 |
223,486 |
0.96 |
9,691 |
|
8 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor to the Company. |
22,027,316 |
94.57 |
1,265,202 |
5.43 |
3,995 |
|
9 |
To authorise the audit committee to determine the remuneration of the independent auditor. |
23,280,388 |
99.94 |
13,363 |
0.06 |
2,762 |
|
10 |
To approve the continuation of the Company as an investment trust company until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2025. |
23,293,542 |
99.99 |
2,486 |
0.01 |
485 |
|
11 |
To authorise the Company to repurchase its shares.* |
23,287,556 |
99.98 |
4,184 |
0.02 |
4,773 |
|
12 |
To approve and adopt the New Articles of Association of the Company.* |
23,014,633 |
98.82 |
275,251 |
1.18 |
6,629 |
|
13 |
That a general meeting be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.* |
23,168,704 |
99.46 |
125,821 |
0.54 |
1,988 |
*Special resolutions
** Chairman's discretionary votes included
The Company has 63,762,915 ordinary shares of 25p each in issue, therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in the Company was 63,762,915.
Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
19 April 2022
Enquiries
Sanne Fund Services (UK) Limited
Brian Smith/ Shilla Pindoria
020 3327 9720
Company Secretary