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Result of AGM and Change of Chairman

7 May 2019 14:18

RNS Number : 2554Y
British Smaller Companies VCT2 Plc
07 May 2019
 

BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT2 PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND CHANGE OF CHAIRMAN

 

British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 7 May 2019 the following resolutions proposed at the meeting ("Resolutions") were duly passed.

 

In accordance with the Company's obligations under Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 

Ordinary resolutions

 

(1) That the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018 be received.

 

(2) That the final dividend of 1.5 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2018 be approved.

 

(3) That the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2018 be approved other than the part of such report containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy.

 

(4) That Mr P C Waller be re-elected as a director.

 

(5) That Mr R M Pettigrew be re-elected as a director.

 

(6) That Mr R S McDowell be re-elected as a director.

 

(7) That BDO LLP be re-appointed as auditor to the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company and that the directors be authorised to fix their remuneration.

 

(8) That the directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £4,000,000, during the period commencing on the passing of this Resolution and expiring on the later of 15 months from the passing of this Resolution or the next Annual General Meeting of the Company (unless previously revoked, varied or extended by the Company in general meeting), but so that this authority shall allow the Company to make before the expiry of this authority offers or agreements which would or might require shares in the Company to be allotted, or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted, after such expiry and that all previous authorities given to the directors be and they are hereby revoked, provided that such revocation shall not have retrospective effect.

 

(9) That the directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company in connection with the Company's dividend re-investment scheme up to an aggregate nominal amount of £2,000,000 representing approximately 18.30 per cent of the share capital in issue as at 22 March 2019 (excluding treasury shares) during the period commencing on the passing of this Resolution and expiring on the fifth anniversary of this Resolution (unless previously revoked, varied or extended by the Company in general meeting), but so that this authority shall allow the Company to make before the expiry of this authority offers or agreements which would or might require shares to be allotted after such expiry and that all previous authorities given to the directors to allot shares in connection with the Company's dividend re-investment scheme be and they are hereby revoked, provided that such revocation shall not have retrospective effect.

 

 

 

Special Resolutions

 

(10) That the directors be and are hereby empowered in accordance with Section 570(1) of the Act during the period commencing on the passing of this Resolution and expiring at the conclusion of the Company's next Annual General Meeting, or on the expiry of 15 months following the passing of this Resolution, whichever is the later, (unless previously revoked, varied or extended by the Company in general meeting), to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the general authority conferred upon the directors in Resolution 8 above as if Section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power is limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with the allotment for cash of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £4,000,000, but so that this authority shall allow the Company to make offers or agreements before the expiry and the directors may allot securities in pursuance of such offers or agreements as if the powers conferred hereby had not so expired. This power applies in relation to a sale of shares which is an allotment of equity securities by virtue of Section 560(3) of the Act as if in the first paragraph of this Resolution the words "pursuant to the general authority conferred upon the directors in Resolution 8 above" were omitted.

 

(11) That the Directors be and are hereby empowered in accordance with Section 570(1) of the Act during the period commencing on the passing of this Resolution and expiring on the fifth anniversary of this Resolution (unless previously revoked, varied or extended by the Company in general meeting), to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the general authority conferred upon the Directors in Resolution 9 above as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power is limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with the dividend re-investment scheme up to an aggregate nominal amount of £2,000,000 representing approximately 18.30 per cent of the share capital in issue as at 22 March 2019 (excluding treasury shares) but so that this authority shall allow the Company to make offers or agreements before the expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offers or agreements as if the powers conferred hereby had not so expired.

 

(12) That in substitution for any existing authority but without prejudice to the exercise of any such power prior to the date hereof, the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of ordinary shares of 10 pence in the capital of the Company provided that:

[1] the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares that may be purchased is 16,379,154, being 14.99 per cent of the issued ordinary shares as at 22 March 2019;

[2] the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share is an amount equal to the maximum amount permitted to be paid in accordance with the rules of the UK Listing Authority in force as at the date of purchase;

[3] the minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share is its nominal value;

[4] this authority shall take effect from 7 May 2019 and shall expire on the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting in 2022 or on 7 May 2022, whichever is the later; and

[5] the Company may make a contract or contracts to purchase ordinary shares under this authority before the expiry of the authority, which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of the authority and may make a purchase of ordinary shares in pursuance of any such contract or contracts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proxy votes received were:

 

Resolution

%

For

% Against

Shares Withheld

Ordinary Resolutions

1.

To receive the annual report and accounts

100.0

0

1,181

2.

To approve a final dividend of 1.5 pence per ordinary share

99.9

0.1

6,538

3.

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

95.7

4.3

247,328

4.

To re-elect Mr P C Waller as a director

98.9

1.1

98,527

5.

To re-elect Mr R M Pettigrew as a director

98.3

1.7

118,972

6.

To re-elect Mr R S McDowell as a director

99.1

0.9

101,056

7.

To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor

96.4

3.6

126,937

8.

To authorise the directors to allot shares

99.6

0.4

122,571

9.

To authorise the directors to allot shares pursuant to the DRIS

99.7

0.3

44,753

Special Resolutions

10.

To waive pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of shares

95.8

4.2

172,331

11.

To waive pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of shares pursuant to the DRIS

 

98.5

 

1.5

 

132,060

12.

To authorise the directors to buy back shares

92.8

7.2

66,020

 

Board Composition

 

Following the conclusion of the AGM Richard Last, as previously indicated, stepped down from the Board and Peter Waller, who has been a director of the Company since 2010, took over as Chairman of the Board. The Board would again like to thank Richard for his significant contribution to the Company over the years.

 

7 May 2019

 

For further information, please contact:

David Hall YFM Private Equity Limited Tel: 0113 244 1000

Jonathan Becher Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited Tel: 0207 866 2715

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.
 
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