WORLDWIDE HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC
Results of the
Annual General Meeting
The following resolutions were passed by shareholders on a poll
at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Wednesday,
6 July 2022. The level of votes
received is shown below.
Resolutions |
Votes For |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Total Votes Cast |
Votes
Withheld* |
Ordinary Business |
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1. To receive and
consider the audited accounts and the Report of the Directors for
the year ended 31 March 2022. |
30,077,272 |
99.99% |
1,763 |
0.01% |
30,079,035 |
5,673 |
2. To approve the
payment of a final dividend of 19.5p per ordinary share for the
year ended 31 March 2022. |
30,080,365 |
99.99% |
1,934 |
0.01% |
30,082,299 |
2,409 |
3. To approve the
Company’s dividend policy as set out on page 26 of the Annual
Report for the year ended 31 March 2022. |
30,077,389 |
100.00% |
1,293 |
0.00% |
30,078,682 |
5,450 |
4. To re-elect Mrs Sarah
Bates as a Director of the
Company. |
30,039,986 |
99.87% |
39,211 |
0.13% |
30,079,197 |
5,511 |
5. To re-elect Mr
Humphrey van der Klugt as a Director of the Company. |
30,071,390 |
99.97% |
7,729 |
0.03% |
30,079,119 |
5,589 |
6. To re-elect Mr Doug
McCutcheon as a Director of the Company. |
30,039,447 |
99.87% |
39,586 |
0.13% |
30,079,033 |
5,675 |
7. To re-elect Mr Sven
Borho as a Director of the Company. |
30,069,413 |
99.97% |
9,620 |
0.03% |
30,079,033 |
5,675 |
8. To
re-elect Dr Bina Rawal as a Director of the Company. |
30,068,204 |
99.97% |
10,015 |
0.03% |
30,078,219 |
6,489 |
9. To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor and to authorise the Audit
Committee to determine their remuneration. |
30,055,129 |
99.94% |
18,512 |
0.06% |
30,073,641 |
11,067 |
10. To approve the
Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March
2022. |
30,054,786 |
99.94% |
17,905 |
0.06% |
30,072,691 |
12,017 |
Special Business |
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11. To authorise the Directors to
allot securities in the Company. |
30,064,049 |
99.96% |
13,272 |
0.04% |
30,077,321 |
7,387 |
12. To disapply the
rights of pre -
emption in relation to the allotment of securities. (Special
resolution) |
30,045,977 |
99.90% |
31,068 |
0.10% |
30,077,045 |
7,663 |
13. To sell relevant shares for cash
as if, immediately before the sale such shares are held by the
Company as treasury shares. (Special resolution) |
29,954,655 |
99.59% |
124,261 |
0.41% |
30,078,916 |
5,792 |
14. To authorise the Company to make
market purchases of Ordinary shares in the Company. (Special
resolution) |
30,069,198 |
99.97% |
9,016 |
0.03% |
30,078,214 |
5,994 |
15. That any General Meeting of the
Company (other than the Annual General Meeting) shall be called by
notice of at least 14 clear days. (Special resolution) |
29,960,372 |
99.60% |
120,013 |
0.40% |
30,080,385 |
3,823 |
* Please note that ‘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 Chair of the
Meeting have been included in the "for" total. A vote withheld is
not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculations of votes
cast by proxy.
At the date of the AGM the total number of Ordinary shares of
25p each in issue was 65,537,755 (with 379,351 shares held in
treasury). The total number of voting rights was 65,158,404.
The voting figures will shortly also be available on the
Company’s website at www.worldwidewh.com
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the
special business resolution passed has been 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 additionally be filed at Companies
House.
6 July 2022
For further information please contact:
Mark Pope Frostrow
Capital LLP – Company Secretary
020 3 008 4913