20 Jul 2022 13:42
20 July 2022
AIM share code: DVRG
DeepVerge PLC
("DeepVerge" or "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
Following today's Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), convened by the Notice of AGM dated 20 July 2022, DeepVerge plc is pleased to announce that all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were approved by shareholders.
The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:
Resolution | For | % For | Against | % Against | Withheld |
1. The Company's annual accounts for the 12 months ended 31 December 2021, together with the directors' report and auditor's report thereon, be received and adopted.
|
41,691,936
| 99.97% | 14,144 | 0.03% | 55,099 |
2. To re-appoint Jeffreys Henry LLP as auditors. |
41,547,475
| 99.71% | 120,755 | 0.29% | 92,949 |
3. To determine the remuneration of the auditors. |
41,665,475
| 99.97%
|
12,755
|
0.03%
|
82,949
|
4. To re-elect Gerard Brandon as a director of the Company. | 41,600,104 | 99.79% | 88,872 | 0.21% | 72,203 |
5. To re-elect Fionan Murray as a director of the Company. | 41,643,813 | 99.89% | 45,163 | 0.11% | 72,203 |
6. To authorise the directors to allot shares pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.
| 41,525,376 | 99.70% | 123,461 | 0.30% | 112,342 |
7. To authorise the directors to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Companies Act 2006) for cash as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to such allotment.
| 31,506,032 | 75.63% | 10,149,909 | 24.37% | 105,238 |
8. To authorise the directors to allot equity securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006, and the terms of an investment agreement made between the Company, Riverfort Global Opportunities PCC Limited and YA II PN, Ltd dated 16 March 2022.
|
31,530,980 |
99.61% |
124,961 |
0.39% |
10,105,238 |
9. To authorise the directors to allot securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Companies Act 2006) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 8 as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to such allotment.
| 31,273,928 | 99.51% | 152,909 | 0.49% | 10,334,342 |
As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued ordinary shares of the Company was 219,706,378 shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all resolutions. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member has one vote for every share held. Votes withheld are not votes in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of vote "for" or "against" a resolution. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
Following today's AGM result, a short video will be posted on the Company's website: https://www.deepverge.com/investors
For further information please visit https://www.deepverge.com/or contact:
Enquiries:
DeepVerge plc | Gerard Brandon, CEO | +44 (0) 7340 055 648 |
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser) | Neil Baldwin/Andrew Emmott | +44 (0) 113 370 8974 |
Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Limited (Broker) | Andy Thacker/James Pope | +44 (0) 20 3621 4120 |
About DeepVerge
DeepVerge is an environmental and life science group of companies that develops and applies AI and IoT technology to analytical instruments for the analysis and identification of bacteria, virus and toxins; Utilising artificial intelligent data analytics to scientifically prove the impact of skincare product claims on skin