3 Nov 2021 12:53
Manchester & London Investment Trust Plc - Result of AGMManchester & London Investment Trust Plc - Result of AGM
PR Newswire
London, November 3
MANCHESTER AND LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
(the “Company”)
Results of Annual General Meeting
3 November 2021
The Company announces that at the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company held today Resolutions 1 to 15 contained in the Notice of AGM were duly passed on a poll.
M&M Investment Company, the controlling shareholder of the Company undertook not to vote on the resolutions dealing with the re-election and election of the independent Directors. The proxy votes below therefore reflect the votes submitted by independent shareholders as indicated.
The proxy votes received in relation to the resolutions passed were as follows:
| Resolution | Votes for | Votes Against | Votes at Chairman’s Discretion | Shares Marked As Votes Withheld / Abstentions |
| 1. To receive and accept the Annual Report | 25,369,853 | 2,264 | 900 | 7,020 |
| 2. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report | 25,347,778 | 27,862 | 900 | 3,497 |
| 3. To declare a final ordinary dividend of 7.0p per Ordinary Share | 25,377,410 | 692 | 900 | 1,035 |
| 4. To re-elect David Harris as a Director (independent shareholders) | 1,772,707 | 536,663 | 900 | 23,069,767 |
| 5. To re-elect Brett Miller as a Director | 2,296,903 | 17,638 | 900 | 23,064,596 |
| 6. To re-elect James Waterlow as a Director (independent shareholders) | 2,310,982 | 3,559 | 900 | 23,064,596 |
| 7. To re-elect Daniel Wright as a Director (independent shareholders) | 2,305,812 | 8,729 | 900 | 23,064,596 |
| 8. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company | 25,367,058 | 10,699 | 900 | 1,380 |
| 9. To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor’s Remuneration | 25,375,838 | 2,264 | 900 | 1,035 |
| 10. To authorise the Directors to offer holders the right to elect to receive newly issued Ordinary Shares | 25,355,810 | 19,888 | 1,718 | 2,621 |
| 11. To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares | 25,357,008 | 20,323 | 900 | 1,806 |
| 12. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of Ordinary Shares | 25,346,737 | 30,594 | 900 | 1,806 |
| 13. To authorise the Directors to sell, transfer and allot Ordinary Shares from Treasury at a discount to the net asset value | 25,014,219 | 359,723 | 900 | 5,195 |
| 14. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares | 25,366,586 | 11,516 | 900 | 1,035 |
| 15. To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 clear days’ notice | 25,330,867 | 43,325 | 900 | 4,945 |
The Board is pleased with the support from shareholders for the resolutions, but notes the minority votes (representing 23.23% of votes from independent shareholders), against resolution 4: the re-election of Mr David Harris. The Board takes the views of its shareholders seriously and the Company intends to engage with shareholders to better understand their concerns with a view to identifying how such concerns can be addressed. The Board looks forward to engaging with shareholders and an update on the results of this engagement and the actions to be taken will be published in due course.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions passed as Special Business at the Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
LEI: 213800HMBZXULR2EEO10
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