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28 Jun 2022 17:01
Aurora Investment Trust plc
LEI: 2138007OUWIZFMAGO575
Result of AGM
Aurora Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put forward at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today were passed.
The full text of all the resolutions is contained in the Notice of 2022 Annual General Meeting, a copy of which can be found on the Company's website at www.aurorainvestmenttrusts.com.
The proxy votes received were as follows:
Resolution | In favour | Against | Withheld | |||
1 | To receive and adopt the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021, with the reports of the directors and auditors thereon. |
30,779,459 |
100.00% |
50 |
0.00% |
2,825 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report included in the Annual Report for the year to 31 December 2021. |
30,754,032 |
99.99% |
3,992 |
0.01% |
24,310 |
3 | To approve a final dividend of 1.84 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 December 2021. |
30,779,509 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
2,825 |
4 | To re-elect Lucy Walker as a Director of the Company. |
30,564,456 |
99.30% |
215,053 |
0.70% |
2,825 |
5 | To re-elect Lady Rachael Robathan as a Director of the Company. |
30,555,667 |
99.27% |
223,842 |
0.73% |
2,825 |
6 | To re-elect Mr David Stevenson as a Director of the Company. |
30,200,903 |
99.25% |
228,106 |
0.75% |
353,325 |
7 | To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditors to the Company. |
30,766,406 |
99.96% |
13,103 |
0.04% |
2,825 |
8 | To authorise the Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration. |
30,779,459 |
100.00% |
50 |
0.00% |
2,825 |
9 | To approve the continuation of the Company as an investment trust company for a further three year period. |
30,779,509 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
2,825 |
10 | To increase the maximum aggregate for the Director's remuneration from £200,000 to £250,000. |
30,768,475 |
99.98% |
4,716 |
0.02% |
9,143 |
11 | To authorise the Directors in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006, to allot Ordinary Shares up to a maximum of 20% of the issued share capital in the Company as at the date of passing this resolution. |
30,738,867 |
99.99% |
4,192 |
0.01% |
39,275 |
12 | To empower the Directors pursuant to section 570 of the Companies Act 2006, to allot equity securities for cash either pursuant to the authority conferred by resolution 11 or by way of a sale of treasury shares as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale. |
30,627,462 |
99.51% |
152,047 |
0.49% |
2,825 |
13 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares of 25p each up to 14.99% of the issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing this resolution. |
30,779,509 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
2,825 |
On the record date for voting at the time of the above meeting, the Company's issued share capital was 76,608,771 Ordinary Shares, therefore the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in the Company was 76,608,771. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the % of shares voted "For" or "Against" a resolution.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of all special resolutions passed and the ordinary resolution passed concerning the share capital of the Company will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
28 June 2022
Enquiries
Sanne Fund Services (UK) Limited
Brian Smith/ Jenny Thompson 020 3327 9720
Company Secretary