30 Jul 2020 14:51
BMO GLOBAL SMALLER COMPANIES PLC
("the Company")
LEI: 2138008RRULYQP8VP386
30 July 2020
Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results
The Company announces that at its AGM held earlier today a poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority. The results of the poll were as follows:
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| For and Discretionary | Against | Withheld | Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld) | ||
| Resolution | No of Votes | % of Votes Cast | No of Votes | % of Votes Cast | No of Votes |
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1 | Receive Report & Accounts | 403,523,732 | 99.86 | 574,464 | 0.14 | 2,366,703 | 404,098,196 |
2 | Approve Remuneration Policy | 361,626,443 | 93.72 | 24,236,721 | 6.28 | 20,601,734 | 385,863,164 |
3 | Approve Remuneration Report | 366,376,207 | 94.36 | 21,891,511 | 5.64 | 18,197,181 | 388,267,718 |
4 | Approve Final Dividend
| 402,219,067 | 99.29 | 2,889,607 | 0.71 | 1,349,145 | 405,108,674 |
5 | Elect Nick Bannerman
| 386,774,619 | 98.54 | 5,711,644 | 1.46 | 13,978,636 | 392,486,263 |
6 | Elect Graham Oldroyd
| 385,210,541 | 98.05 | 7,646,492 | 1.95 | 13,607,866 | 392,857,033 |
7 | Re-elect Anja Balfour
| 390,047,072 | 98.34 | 6,583,129 | 1.66 | 9,834,697 | 396,630,201 |
8 | Re-elect Josephine Dixon | 380,015,534 | 95.79 | 16,689,883 | 4.21 | 9,759,482 | 396,705,417 |
9 | Re-elect David Stileman | 386,799,831 | 98.01 | 7,843,196 | 1.99 | 11,821,872 | 394,643,027 |
10 | Re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor | 391,877,177 | 98.20 | 7,178,610 | 1.80 | 7,409,112 | 399,055,787 |
11 | Remuneration of the Auditor
| 390,353,705 | 97.83 | 8,673,950 | 2.17 | 7,437,243 | 399,027,655 |
12 | Renew the authority to allot shares | 393,720,183 | 98.38 | 6,481,160 | 1.62 | 6,263,556 | 400,201,343 |
13 | Approve disapplication of pre-emption rights | 390,678,434 | 97.33 | 10,710,246 | 2.67 | 5,076,219 | 401,388,680 |
14 | Renew authority to purchase own shares | 393,194,675 | 97.58 | 9,757,956 | 2.42 | 3,512,266 | 402,952,631 |
15 | Adoption of new articles of association | 388,489,174 | 97.83 | 8,629,245 | 2.17 | 9,346,480 | 397,118,419 |
16 | Notice of Meetings | 387,699,182 | 96.88 | 12,472,849 | 3.12 | 6,292,868 | 400,172,031 |
Resolutions 13 to 16 were passed as special resolutions and have been lodged with the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in Annual Report for the year ended 30 April 2020, copies of which are available on the Company's website www.bmoglobalsmallers.com The Annual Report is also available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
At the time of the above meeting the Company's share capital consisted of 595,592,576 ordinary shares with voting rights and a further 24,941,194 ordinary shares held in treasury.
In the context of COVID-19, the AGM was held as a purely procedural meeting, covering only the formal business.
A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's website www.bmoglobalsmallers.com
Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:
Jan Baker
For and on behalf of BMO Investment Business Limited, SecretaryTelephone: 020 7628 8000