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GRAPHITE ENTERPRISE TRUST PLC ("the Company")
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
14 JUNE 2012
The Company is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held on 11 June 2012 all resolutions were passed on a show of hands.
Resolutions 1 to 9 related to Ordinary Business. Resolutions 10 to 13 related to Special Business, as set out below:
Resolution 10: To authorise the Directors to allot either new shares or shares held in treasury for cash, disapplying pre-emption rights.
Resolution 11: To authorise the Directors pursuant to Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of the Company's own Ordinary shares.
Resolution 12: To allow the Company to call a General Meeting with not less than 14 days notice.
Resolution 13: To authorise the Company to amend its Articles of Association, so as to allow the Company to make distributions of capital profits.
Details of the proxy votes in respect of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting received up to 48 hours before the time of the Meeting by the Company's registrar, Computershare, are set out below:
For | Discretionof the Chairman | Against | % for or at discretionof the Chairman | Abstentions | ||
Resolution No. | No. of Votes | No. of Votes | No. of Votes | Total Votes | % | No. ofVotes |
1. To receive and adopt the Report & Accounts. | 24,298,683 | 11,094 | 99,476 | 24,409,253 | 99.6% | 36,355 |
2. To declare a dividend of 5.0p. | 24,380,012 | 11,094 | 65,006 | 24,456,112 | 99.7% | 11,225 |
3. To electL. Riches as a new Director. | 24,042,351 | 25,142 | 219,838 | 24,287,331 | 99.1% | 153,258 |
4. To re-electP. Dicks as a Director. | 23,689,346 | 25,142 | 298,190 | 24,012,678 | 98.8% | 437,197 |
5. To re-elect M. Cumming as a Director. | 23,961,095 | 25,142 | 316,222 | 24,302,459 | 98.7% | 143,470 |
6. To re-elect M. Fane as a Director. | 24,025,622 | 25,142 | 256,822 | 24,307,586 | 98.9% | 141,152 |
7. To re-appoint the Auditors. |
23,981,510 |
25,142 |
285,740 |
24,292,392 |
98.8% |
163,322 |
8. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. | 23,501,754 | 11,094 | 588,133 | 24,100,981 | 97.6% | 330,648 |
9. To authorise the Directors to allot shares. | 23,917,286 | 28,002 | 397,683 | 24,342,971 | 98.4% | 112,635 |
10. To disapply pre-emption rights. | 23,547,145 | 12,824 | 573,864 | 24,133,833 | 97.6% | 238,736 |
11. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. | 23,991,860 | 14,094 | 280,628 | 24,286,582 | 98.8% | 96,102 |
12. To call a General Meeting with not less than 14 days notice. | 23,926,973 | 11,094 | 347,435 | 24,285,502 | 98.6% | 89,865 |
13. To amend and adopt the revised Articles of Association. | 23,983,089 | 11,094 | 306,114 | 24,300,297 | 98.7% | 55,111 |
Copies of resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting on 11 June 2012 concerning items other than ordinary business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism. These documents will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
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For further information please contact:
Colm Walsh 020 7825 5300