Last checked at 14 Jul 2021 13:31
14 July 2021
Draper Esprit plc
("Draper Esprit" or the "Company")
Results of 2021 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Draper Esprit (LSE: GROW, Euronext Growth: GRW), a leading venture capital firm investing in and developing high growth digital technology businesses, is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at its AGM held on 14 July 2021 were duly passed by shareholders on a poll. The poll results on each resolution proposed are set out below:-
Resolution | For1 | % of votes cast | Against | % of votes cast | Withheld2 |
1. To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2021. | 119,528,600 | 100.00% | 6 | 0.00% | 84,620 |
2. To approve the Remuneration and Nomination Committee Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2021, which sets out the remuneration paid to Directors during the year. | 116,604,005 | 97.48% | 3,009,221 | 2.52% | 0 |
3. To re-elect Karen Slatford as a Director. | 101,182,924 | 85.96% | 16,519,620 | 14.04% | 1,910,682 |
4. To re-elect Martin Davis as a Director. | 119,396,592 | 99.82% | 216,096 | 0.18% | 538 |
5. To re-elect Stuart Chapman as a Director. | 119,386,787 | 99.81% | 225,901 | 0.19% | 538 |
6. To re-elect Ben Wilkinson as a Director. | 119,310,781 | 99.75% | 301,907 | 0.25% | 538 |
7. To re-elect Grahame Cook as a Director. | 118,960,422 | 99.45% | 652,266 | 0.55% | 538 |
8. To re-elect Richard Pelly as a Director. | 119,096,219 | 99.57% | 516,469 | 0.43% | 538 |
9. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the AGM until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company at which the Company's accounts are laid. | 116,608,571 | 97.49% | 3,002,854 | 2.51% | 1,801 |
10. To authorise the Audit, Risk and Valuations Committee of the Company to determine the remuneration of the auditors. | 119,587,765 | 99.98% | 23,660 | 0.02% | 1,801 |
11. To authorise the Directors to allot shares. | 111,321,065 | 93.07% | 8,292,161 | 6.93% | 0 |
12. Authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights. | 119,606,186 | 99.99% | 7,040 | 0.01% | 0 |
13. Additional authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights. | 116,604,286 | 97.48% | 3,008,940 | 2.52% | 0 |
14. To authorise the Company to purchaseits own ordinary shares. | 116,588,278 | 97.49% | 3,003,012 | 2.51% | 21,936 |
15. To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 110,977,107 | 92.78% | 8,635,329 | 7.22% | 790 |
1. Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chair has been included in the "for" totals.
2. 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.
Enquiries |
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Draper Esprit plc Martin Davis (Chief Executive Officer)Ben Wilkinson (Chief Financial Officer) | +44 (0)20 7931 8800
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Numis SecuritiesNominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker Richard ThomasJamie LoughboroughSimon Willis | +44 (0)20 7260 1000 |
Goodbody Stockbrokers UCEuronext Growth Advisor & Joint Corporate Broker Don HarringtonCharlotte CraigieLinda Clarke | +44 (0)20 3841 6202 |
PowerscourtPublic relations Elly WilliamsonJane Glover | +44 (0)7970 246 725 /+44 (0)7713 246 126 |