13 Mar 2025 09:00
13 March 2025
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Baronsmead Second Venture Trust Plc
("BSVT" or the "Company")
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Result of the 2025 Annual General Meeting
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BSVT is pleased to announce that, at the Annual General Meeting held yesterday, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were passed. All resolutions were voted on a poll, and the results of the poll for each resolution were:
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Resolutions | Votes For (No. of shares) | For (%) | Votes Against (No. of shares) | Against (%) | Votes Withheld (No. of shares) | Total Votes | % of Issued Share Capital voted |
Resolution 1 To receive and adopt the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024 | 15,329,752 | 99.76 | 36,290 | 0.23 | 121,806 | 15,366,042 | 3.84% Β |
Resolution 2 To declare a final dividend of 2.25 pence per share | 15,349,239 | 99.81 | 28,305 | 0.18 | 110,304 | 15,377,544 | 3.84% Β |
Resolution 3 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2024 | 13,648,617 | 92.15 | 1,162,156 | 7.84 | 677,075 | 14,810,773 | 3.70% Β |
Resolution 4 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 13,297,025 | 90.11 | 1,458,407 | 9.88 | 732,416 | 14,755,432 | 3.69% Β |
Resolution 5 To re-elect Sarah Fromson as a Director | 14,707,046 | 96.67 | 506,320 | 3.32 | 274,482 | 15,213,366 | 3.80% Β |
Resolution 6 To re-elect Graham McDonald as a Director | 14,781,145 | 97.22 | 422,264 | 2.77 | 284,439 | 15,203,409 | 3.80% Β |
Resolution 7 To re-elect Tim Farazmand as a Director | 14,817,554 | 97.39 | 395,812 | 2.60 | 274,482 | 15,213,366 | 3.80% Β |
Resolution 8 To elect Adriana Stirling as a Director | 14,761,822 | 97.62 | 359,810 | 2.37 | 366,216 | 15,121,632 | 3.78% Β |
Resolution 9 To re-appoint BDO LLP as independent Auditor | 14,632,925 | 95.83 | 636,518 | 4.16 | 218,405 | 15,269,443 | 3.81% Β |
Resolution 10 To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the independent Auditor | 15,087,737 | 98.27 | 264,659 | 1.72 | 135,452 | 15,352,396 | 3.84% Β |
Resolution 11 To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares | 14,883,280 | 97.08 | 447,463 | 2.91 | 157,105 | 15,330,743 | 3.83% Β |
Resolution 12 To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 13,954,439 | 92.69 | 1,099,920 | 7.30 | 433,489 | 15,054,359 | 3.76% Β |
Resolution 13 To approve the purchase of the Company's own shares | 14,973,073 | 98.28 | 261,487 | 1.71 | 253,288 | 15,234,560 | 3.81% Β |
Resolution 14 General meeting called on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 11,271,777 | 93.77 | 748,710 | 6.22 | 3,467,361 | 12,020,487 | 3.00% Β |
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1. | All resolutions were passed.Β |
2. | Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution. |
3. | Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution. |
4. | A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution. |
5. | The number of shares carrying voting rights on 12 March 2025 was 400,271,394 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. |
6. | The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at https://greshamhouse.com/strategic-equity/private-equity/baronsmead-vcts/baronsmead-venture-trust-plc/ |
7. | A copy of resolutions 11 to 14 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism |
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For further information please contact:
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Baronsmead VCT Investor Relations
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020 3875 9862
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baronsmeadvcts@greshamhouse.com
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LEI 2138008D3WUMF6TW8C28
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