The Biotech Growth Trust PLC - Result of AGM
19 July 2024 - 1:48AM
UK Regulatory
The Biotech Growth Trust PLC - Result of
AGM
PR Newswire
LONDON, United Kingdom, July 18
THE
BIOTECH GROWTH TRUST PLC
(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 Thursday, 18 July
2024 all resolutions as detailed below were duly passed by
shareholders on a poll.
|
Resolutions
|
Votes
For
|
%
|
Votes
Against
|
%
|
Total
Votes Cast
|
Votes
Withheld*
|
|
1. To
receive the audited financial statements and the Report of the
Directors for the year ended 31 March 2024.
|
9,341,023
|
99.97
|
2,814
|
0.03
|
9,343,837
|
1,848
|
|
2. To
approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31
March 2024.
|
9,297,309
|
99.58
|
39,122
|
0.42
|
9,336,431
|
9,254
|
|
3. To
elect Hamish Baillie as a Director of the Company.
|
9,326,509
|
99.85
|
14,088
|
0.15
|
9,340,597
|
5,088
|
|
4. To
re-elect Geoff Hsu as a Director of the Company.
|
9,324,487
|
99.83
|
16,110
|
0.17
|
9,340,597
|
5,088
|
|
5.
To
re-elect Julia Le Blan as a Director of the Company.
|
9,092,656
|
97.35
|
247,840
|
2.65
|
9,340,496
|
5,188
|
|
6.
To
re-elect Dr Nicki Shepherd as a Director of the Company.
|
9,096,040
|
97.38
|
244,456
|
2.62
|
9,340,496
|
5,188
|
|
7.
To
re-elect The Rt Hon Lord Willetts as a Director of the
Company.
|
9,049,367
|
96.89
|
290,754
|
3.11
|
9,340,121
|
5,563
|
|
8.
To
re-elect Roger Yates as a Director of the Company.
|
8,825,220
|
94.48
|
515,276
|
5.52
|
9,340,496
|
5,188
|
|
9. To
re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor and to authorise the Audit Committee
to determine their remuneration.
|
8,257,243
|
99.88
|
9,687
|
0.12
|
8,266,930
|
1,078,755
|
|
10. To
authorise the Directors to allot securities in the
Company.
|
9,321,581
|
99.79
|
19,686
|
0.21
|
9,341,267
|
4,418
|
|
11#. To
disapply the rights of pre-emption in relation to the allotment of
securities.
|
9,306,351
|
99.62
|
35,636
|
0.38
|
9,341,987
|
3,698
|
|
12#. To
authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares
in the Company.
|
9,333,066
|
99.93
|
6,671
|
0.07
|
9,339,737
|
5,948
|
|
13#. That
the Directors be permitted to hold General Meetings (excluding the
AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
|
9,311,567
|
99.66
|
31,809
|
0.34
|
9,343,376
|
2,309
|
# -
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 Ordinary shares of 25p each in
issue and the total number of voting rights was
32,887,198.
The proxy
voting figures will shortly also be available on the Company's
website at
www.biotechgt.com
In
accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the
resolutions passed has been submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Resolutions 10 to 13 will additionally be filed at Companies
House.
18 July 2024
For
further information please contact:
|
Katherine
Manson
|
Frostrow
Capital LLP - Company Secretary
|
020 3709
8734
|
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