The Global Smaller Companies Trust PLC

AGM Information • Aug 12, 2021

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 4958I

BMO Global Smaller Companies PLC

12 August 2021

LONDON STOCK EXCHNAGE ANNOUNCEMENT

BMO GLOBAL SMALLER COMPANIES PLC

(the 'Company')

LEI: 2138008RRULYQP8VP386

12 August 2021

Annual General Meeting ('AGM') Results

The Company announces that at its AGM held earlier today a poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority. The results of the poll were as follows:

		For and Discretionary		Against		Withheld	Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld)
	Resolution	No of Votes	% of Votes Cast	No of Votes	% of Votes Cast	No of Votes
1	Receive Report & Accounts	390,252,588	99.82	688,804	0.18	1,168,080	390,941,392
2	Approve Remuneration Policy	350,964,586	93.79	23,231,935	6.21	17,912,951	374,196,521
3	Approve Remuneration Report	354,259,552	94.66	19,980,778	5.34	17,869,142	374,240,330
4	Approve Final Dividend	389,714,521	99.66	1,329,640	0.34	1,065,310	391,044,161
5	Re-elect Nick Bannerman	377,167,638	98.54	5,583,871	1.46	9,357,962	382,751,509
6	Re-elect Graham Oldroyd	375,149,867	98.19	6,907,365	1.81	10,052,240	382,057,232
7	Re-elect Anja Balfour	374,377,477	97.89	8,087,136	2.11	9,644,859	382,464,613
8	Re-elect Josephine Dixon	372,880,119	97.35	10,168,648	2.65	9,060,705	383,048,767
9	Re-elect David Stileman	375,809,274	98.35	6,305,445	1.65	9,994,752	382,114,719
10	Re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor	376,499,275	97.66	9,040,639	2.34	6,569,558	385,539,914
11	Remuneration of the Auditor	378,099,524	98.33	6,427,621	1.67	7,582,326	384,527,145
12	Renew the authority to allot shares	380,523,587	97.94	8,017,338	2.06	3,568,547	388,540,925
13	Approve disapplication of pre-emption rights	356,633,605	95.12	18,304,484	4.88	17,171,382	374,938,089
14	Renew authority to purchase own shares	377,967,095	98.20	6,930,067	1.80	7,212,309	384,897,162
15	Notice of Meetings	375,289,205	97.32	10,343,089	2.68	6,477,178	385,632,294

Resolutions 13 to 15 were passed as special resolutions and have been lodged with the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in Annual Report for the year ended 30 April 2021, copies of which are available on the Company's website www.bmoglobalsmallers.com  The Annual Report is also available for viewing at   https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

At the time of the above meeting the Company's share capital consisted of 568,798,970 ordinary shares with voting rights and a further 51,734,800 ordinary shares held in treasury.

In the context of COVID-19, the AGM was held as a purely procedural meeting, covering only the formal business. 

A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's website www.bmoglobalsmallers.com   

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

Jonathan Latter

For and on behalf of BMO Investment Business Limited,

Company Secretary

Telephone: 020 7628 8000

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.

END

RAGDKBBQNBKDAFD