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16 Sep 2022 11:42
BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
British Smaller Companies VCT plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 16 September 2022 the following resolutions proposed at the meeting ("Resolutions") were duly passed on a show of hands.
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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Ordinary resolutions
(1) That the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 be received.
(2) That the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2022 be approved other than the part of such report containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy.
(3) That Mr A C N Bastin be re-elected as a director.
(4) That Mr J H Cartwright be re-elected as a director.
(5) That Mr R Cook be re-elected as a director.
(6) That Ms P Sapre be 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 £8,000,000, 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.
Special Resolutions
(9) 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 £8,000,000, 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 (treasury shares) 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.
(10) That, subject to the sanction of the High Court, the amount standing to the credit of the share premium account of the Company at the date an order is made confirming such cancellation by the Court, be and hereby is cancelled, and the amount by which the share capital is so reduced be credited to a reserve of the Company.
Proxy votes received were:
Resolution | % For | % Against | Shares Withheld | |
Ordinary Resolutions | ||||
1. | To receive the annual report and accounts | 99.86 | 0.14 | 4,261 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 95.62 | 4.38 | 292,264 |
3. | To re-elect Mr A C N Bastin as a director | 99.34 | 0.66 | 65,920 |
4. | To re-elect Mr J H Cartwright as a director | 98.76 | 1.24 | 670,330 |
5. | To re-elect Mr R Cook as a director | 99.65 | 0.35 | 56,163 |
6. | To elect Ms P Sapre as a director | 98.50 | 1.50 | 59,163 |
7. | To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor | 98.33 | 1.67 | 220,309 |
8. | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 97.87 | 2.13 | 138,819 |
% For | % Against | Shares Withheld | ||
Special Resolutions |
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9. | To waive pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of shares | 93.03 | 6.97 | 109,266 |
10. | To cancel the Company's share premium account | 99.43 | 0.57 | 51,504 |
16 September 2022
For further information, please contact:
David Hall YFM Private Equity Limited Tel: 0113 244 1000
Alex Collins Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited Tel: 0207 886 2767