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1 February 2023
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Baronsmead Venture Trust Plc
("BVT" or the "Company")
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Result of the 2023 Annual General Meeting
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BVT is pleased to announce that, at the Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions were passed on a poll, including the following resolutions:
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Resolution 11 (ordinary resolution): To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.
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Resolution 12 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 otherwise than in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights.
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Resolution 13 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's own shares.
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Resolution 14 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to convene a general meeting, other than annual general meetings, on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
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The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:
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Resolutions | Votes For | For (%) | Votes Against | Against (%) | Votes Withheld* | Total Votes | % of Issued Share Capital voted |
Resolution 1 To receive and adopt the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2022 | 14,164,041 | 98.70 | 185,877 | 1.30 | 44,598 | 14,349,918 | 4.56 |
Resolution 2 To declare a final dividend of 2.75 pence per share | 14,201,690 | 99.27 | 104,156 | 0.73 | - | 14,305,846 | 4.55 |
Resolution 3 To receive and approve Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2022 | 11,925,679 | 88.34 | 1,574,376 | 11.66 | 772,407 | 13,500,055 | 4.29 |
Resolution 4 To approve Directors' Remuneration Policy | 11,953,443 | 88.67 | 1,527,884 | 11.33 | 824,519 | 13,481,327 | 4.29 |
Resolution 5 Re-election of Fiona Miller Smith | 12,620,514 | 93.21 | 919,490 | 6.79 | 765,842 | 13,540,004 | 4.30 |
Resolution 6 Re-election of Susannah Nicklin | 12,965,166 | 94.95 | 689,940 | 5.05 | 650,740 | 13,655,106 | 4.34 |
Resolution 7 Re-election of Les Gabb | 12,857,107 | 94.18 | 794,042 | 5.82 | 654,697 | 13,651,149 | 4.34 |
Resolution 8 Re-election of Michael Probin | 12,795,515 | 92.66 | 1,014,132 | 7.34 | 496,199 | 13,809,647 | 4.39 |
Resolution 9 To re-appoint BDO LLP as the independent auditors | 12,866,745 | 90.88 | 1,290,650 | 9.12 | 123,712 | 14,157,395 | 4.50 |
Resolution 10 Authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the independent auditors | 13,865,316 | 98.20 | 254,222 | 1.80 | 186,308 | 14,119,538 | 4.49 |
Resolution 11 Authority to allot shares | 13,685,420 | 96.52 | 492,788 | 3.48 | 127,638 | 14,178,208 | 4.51 |
Resolution 12 Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 12,800,246 | 91.07 | 1,255,635 | 8.93 | 249,965 | 14,055,881 | 4.47 |
Resolution 13 Market purchases of own shares | 13,947,883 | 98.23 | 250,837 | 1.77 | 107,126 | 14,198,720 | 4.51 |
Resolution 14 General meeting called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 12,459,410 | 87.72 | 1,744,944 | 12.28 | 101,492 | 14,204,354 | 4.52 |
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*Ā Votes withheld are not a vote in law and are therefore not counted in the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast for and against a resolution.
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A copy of the full text of resolutions 11 to 14 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly 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 213800VQ1PQHOJXDDQ88
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