AGM Information • May 9, 2018
AGM Information
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British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 9 May 2018 the following resolutions proposed at the meeting ("Resolutions") were duly passed.
In accordance with the Company's obligations under Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
(9) That the directors be and are hereby empowered in accordance with Section 570(1) of the Act during the period commencing on the passing of this Resolution and expiring at the conclusion of the Company's next Annual General Meeting, or on the expiry of 15 months following the passing of this Resolution, whichever is the later, (unless previously revoked, varied or extended by the Company in general meeting), to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the general authority conferred upon the directors in Resolution 8 above as if Section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power is limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with the allotment for cash of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £4,000,000, but so that this authority shall allow the Company to make offers or agreements before the expiry and the directors may allot securities in pursuance of such offers or agreements as if the powers conferred hereby had not so expired. This power applies in relation to a sale of shares which is an allotment of equity securities by virtue of Section 560(3) of the Act as if in the first paragraph of this Resolution the words "pursuant to the general authority conferred upon the directors in Resolution 8 above" were omitted.
Proxy votes received were:
| % | % | Shares | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolution | For | Against | Withheld | |
| Ordinary Resolutions | ||||
| 1. | To receive the annual report and accounts | 99.7 | 0.3 | 1,018 |
| 2. | To approve a final dividend of 1.5 pence per ordinary share | 99.8 | 0.2 | 53,710 |
| 3. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 94.4 | 5.6 | 511,235 |
| 4. | To re-elect Mr P C Waller as a director | 97.8 | 2.2 | 67,602 |
| 5. | To re-elect Mr R M Pettigrew as a director | 96.6 | 3.4 | 70,637 |
| 6. | To re-elect Mr R Last as a director | 96.9 | 3.1 | 90,106 |
| 7. | To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor | 97.0 | 3.0 | 59,161 |
| 8. | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 99.1 | 0.9 | 50,023 |
| Special Resolutions | ||||
| 9. | To waive pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of | |||
| shares | 92.3 | 7.7 | 159,415 |
9 May 2018
| David Hall | YFM Private Equity Limited | Tel: 0113 244 1000 |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Becher | Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited | Tel: 0207 866 2715 |
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