26 Mar 2013 07:59
SVM GLOBAL FUND PLC - Result of EGMSVM GLOBAL FUND PLC - Result of EGM
PR Newswire
London, March 26
The Company announces that, at the general meeting held on 25 March 2013, allresolutions set out in the notice of general meeting dated 1 March 2013(summarised below) were duly passed on a show of hands.
Resolution 1 - to approve the appointment of Henderson Global Investors Limitedas investment manager to the Company; and
Resolution 2 - conditional on the passing of Resolution 1, to change the nameof the Company to "Henderson Value Trust plc".
The appointment of Henderson Global Investors Limited will take effect on 1April 2013 and the change of name will take effect on the issue of a newcertificate of incorporation by the Registrar of Companies.
In compliance with the provisions of the Combined Code, the level of proxiesreceived for each of these resolutions is indicated below.
A total of 181 proxy forms representing over 17 million shares were lodged withthe registrars. These shares represent approximately 37% of the issued sharecapital of the Company and the votes were cast as follows:-
VOTES FOR VOTES DISCRETIONARY TOTAL VOTES CAST VOTES AGAINST VOTES (EXCLUDING VOTES WITHHELD WITHHELD Ordinary 17,699,250 82,669 4,776 17,786,695 7,391,159Resolution 1 Special 17,708,956 107,960 4,625 17,821,541 7,356,313Resolution 2*A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculationof the proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
Under listing rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed by shareholders ofthe Company will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and willshortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
Enquiries: SVM Global Fund plcShane Ross (Chairman)00 353 86 0476420 Panmure GordonPaul Fincham/Robert Naylor020 7886 2500 26 March 2013