Capital Gearing Trust Plc - Result of AGM
(the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting
The Board is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on Tuesday,
Resolutions Votes For % Votes Against % Total Votes VotesWithheld* Cast 1. To receive the audited financial statements and the directors 6,110,544 99.99 713 0.01 6,111,257 5,239 and auditors reports thereon for the year ended 31 March 2024. 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration 6,061,887 99.30 42,857 0.70 6,104,744 11,752 Report for the year ended 31 March 2024. 3. To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 6,110,832 99.99 675 0.01 6,111,507 4,989 2024 of78 pence per Ordinary share. 4. To re-elect Jean Matterson 6,084,243 99.70 18,563 0.30 6,102,806 13,690 as a Director. 5. To elect Ravi Anand as a 6,080,102 99.62 22,904 0.38 6,103,006 13,490 Director. 6. To re-elect Wendy Colquhoun 6,087,624 99.75 15,382 0.25 6,103,006 13,490 as a Director. 7. To re-elect Paul Yates as a 6,088,164 99.78 13,309 0.22 6,101,473 15,023 Director. 8. To re-appoint BDO 6,097,803 99.83 10,306 0.17 6,108,109 8,387 LLP as auditor. 9. To authorise the Directors to determine 6,106,019 99.96 2,432 0.04 6,108,451 8,045 the remuneration of the auditors. 10. To authorise the Directors to 6,104,674 99.91 5,377 0.09 6,110,051 6,445 allot shares in the Company. 11#. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption 5,801,751 94.97 307,318 5.03 6,109,069 7,427 rights in relation to the allotment of shares. 12#. To authorise the Company to make market 5,895,206 96.44 217,481 3.56 6,112,687 3,809 purchases of Ordinary shares in the Company. 13#. That the Directors be permitted to hold General Meetings 6,086,710 99.63 22,860 0.37 6,109,570 6,926 (excluding the AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
# - Special Resolution
* Please note that a `vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes `For' and `Against' a resolution.
Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.
At the date of the AGM, the total number of voting rights was 20,839,608.
The proxy voting figures will shortly be made available on the Company's website at www.capitalgearingtrust.com
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the special business resolutions passed will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
. The special business resolutions will also be filed at
For further information please contact:
Katherine Manson Frostrow Capital LLP - Company Secretary 020 3709 8734