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Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc
Annual General Meeting
18 September 2025
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc ("the Company") announces the results of its Annual General Meeting, held today, Wednesday 18 September 2025, at the offices of Stephenson Harwood LLP, 1 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7SH.
The Board is pleased to report that all ordinary resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed by poll.
Of the special resolutions (Resolutions 14-17), which required 75% of votes cast in favour to pass, Resolutions 16 and 17 passed. Resolutions 14 and 15 received support of over 74% but did not pass.
The results of the poll were:
Resolution | Votes For (including discretionary) | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Withheld | % of Issued Share Capital voted | |
1 | To receive the annual financial statements with the Directors' and auditor's reports on the statements | 255,703,563 | 94.62 | 14,541,079 | 5.38 | 2,216,532 | 53.50 |
2 | To approve the dividend frequency policy | 228,587,149 | 84.57 | 41,714,546 | 15.43 | 2,159,479 | 53.51 |
3 | To approve the Directors' remuneration report | 226,293,827 | 83.96 | 43,223,147 | 16.04 | 2,944,200 | 53.36 |
4 | To approve the remuneration policy | 219,798,466 | 83.41 | 43,720,943 | 16.59 | 8,941,765 | 52.17 |
5 | To re-elect Patrick Cox | 197,434,268 | 73.01 | 72,998,143 | 26.99 | 2,028,763 | 53.54 |
6 | To re-elect Caroline Banszky | 210,967,219 | 78.02 | 59,442,461 | 21.98 | 2,051,494 | 53.54 |
7 | To re-elect Malcolm King | 221,211,256 | 82.28 | 47,645,392 | 17.72 | 3,604,526 | 53.23 |
8 | To re-elect Thomas Murley | 221,334,386 | 82.33 | 47,506,243 | 17.67 | 3,620,545 | 53.23 |
9 | To re-elect Lisa Scenna | 217,443,565 | 80.88 | 51,403,833 | 19.12 | 3,613,776 | 53.23 |
10 | To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 253,968,885 | 94.10 | 15,933,520 | 5.90 | 2,558,766 | 53.44 |
11 | To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 253,195,292 | 93.72 | 16,954,300 | 6.28 | 2,311,582 | 53.48 |
12 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 210,629,224 | 78.01 | 59,368,763 | 21.99 | 2,463,187 | 53.45 |
13 | Subject to the passing of resolution 12, to authorise the Directors to allot additional shares | 210,287,628 | 77.90 | 59,669,073 | 22.10 | 2,504,473 | 53.45 |
14* | Subject to the passing of resolution 12, to authorise the Directors to allot equity securities | 201,637,520 | 74.74 | 68,141,416 | 25.26 | 2,682,238 | 53.41 |
15* | Subject to the passing of resolution 13, to authorise the Directors to allot equity securities | 201,864,458 | 74.82 | 67,933,625 | 25.18 | 2,663,091 | 53.41 |
16* | To renew the authority of the company to make market purchases of own ordinary shares | 259,227,122 | 95.81 | 11,338,718 | 4.19 | 1,895,334 | 53.57 |
17* | To approve a 14-day notice period for general meetings | 254,946,999 | 94.33 | 15,322,128 | 5.67 | 2,192,047 | 53.51 |
*Resolutions 14-17 were special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 12-17 will be filed at Companies House.
While Resolutions 5, 6, 12, and 13 passed, they received a significant number of votes against. The Board takes this feedback seriously and, in line with Provision 4 of the AIC Corporate Governance Code 2024, the Board will report on the actions it has taken to further engage with shareholders.
The Board also expects to undertake a further round of formal shareholder engagement in approximately six months to update on progress.
Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. 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. Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions, and their shares have been included in the "votes for" column.
The total number of ordinary shares of 1p each in issue is 505,099,478. The total number of voting rights is: 505,099,478.
In accordance with LR 6.4.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, at today's AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries:
0204 583 6354
Gore Street Services Limited
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