22 May 2008 15:08
22 May 2008
NORTHERN 2 VCT PLC ("The Company")
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Company announces that at the annual general meeting held on 22 May 2008 all of the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed by shareholders.
The resolutions included those to re-elect as directors Mr David Gravells, Mr Michael Denny and Professor Sir Frederick Holliday.
The resolutions included, as special business, that the Company's Articles of Association be amended as set out in the notice of meeting for the purpose of taking account of the Companies Act 2006 provisions so far as they relate to directors' conflicts of interests.
In accordance with the Listing Rules, copies of the resolution proposed and passed as special business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:
Details of proxy voting on the resolutions put to shareholders at the annual general meeting are as follows:
| Number | Resolution | For | Discretionary | Against | Abstentions |
| 1 | To receive the financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2008 | 2,493,714 | 182,487 | Nil | Nil |
| 2 | To declare a final dividend of 4.0p per share in respect of the year ended 31 January 2008 | 2,466,405 | 161,766 | 48,030 | Nil |
| 3 | To approve the directors' remuneration report in respect of the year ended 31 January 2008 | 2,366,113 | 196,579 | 41,256 | 72,253 |
| 4 | To re-elect Mr D P A Gravells as a director | 2,446,570 | 148,405 | 49,804 | 31,422 |
| 5 | To re-elect Mr E M P Denny as a director | 2,455,202 | 148,405 | 51,804 | 20,790 |
| 6 | To re-elect Professor Sir Frederick Holliday as a director | 2,372,826 | 148,405 | 122,861 | 32,109 |
| 7 | To reappoint KPMG Audit Plc as independent auditors | 2,422,014 | 185,487 | 57,250 | 11,450 |
| 8 | To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the independent auditors | 2,482,353 | 185,487 | 2,000 | 6,361 |
| 9 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in accordance with Section 166 of the Companies Act 1985 | 2,466,247 | 148,405 | 55,188 | 6,361 |
| 10 | To alter the Company's articles of association | 2,354,567 | 196,579 | 55,763 | 69,292 |
Enquiries:
Alastair Conn/Christopher Mellor, NVM Private Equity Limited - 0191 244 6000
Website: www.nvm.co.uk
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Northern 2 Vct (NTV)