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Guinness Flight Venture Cap Tst PLC
28 August 2009
Guinness Flight Venture Capital Trust PLC
Annual General Meeting and General Meeting Results
27 August 2009
The board of Guinness Flight Venture Capital Trust PLC ("the Company") announces
that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 27 August 2009, all of
the resolutions proposed as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting
contained in the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the year ended 28
February 2009, namely:
Resolution 1 to receive the Directors' Report and audited Financial Statements
for the year ended 28 February 2009;
Resolution 2 to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report;
Resolution 3 to re-elect Mr D Liddell as a Director;
Resolution 4 to re-elect Mr J Stewart as a Director;
Resolution 5 to re-elect Mr R F Pierce as a Director;
Resolution 6 to re-appoint Delloite LLP as Auditors;
Resolution 7 to authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors;
and
Resolution 8 to renew buy-back authorities
were duly passed.
Details of the proxy votes in respect of the resolutions passed at the Annual
General Meeting received are set out below:
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Votes | Resolution 1 | Resolution 2 | Resolution 3 |
| | Number of Votes | Number of Votes | Number of Votes |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| | | | |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| For | 4,695,525 | 3,751,622 | 4,457,559 |
| | (94.00%) | (77.99%) | (90.42%) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Discretionary | 193,690 (3.88%) | 188,433 (3.92%) | 185,690 (3.77%) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Against | 105,717 (2.12%) | 870,262 (18.09%) | 286,418 (5.81%) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Withheld | 47,743 (-) | 232,358 (-) | 113,008 (-) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| | | | |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Votes | Resolution 4 | Resolution 5 | Resolution 6 |
| | Number of Votes | Number of Votes | Number of Votes |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| | | | |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| For | 4,443,559 | 4,479,858 | 4,689,480 |
| | (90.33%) | (91.56%) | (94.25%) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Discretionary | 185,690 (3.77%) | 185,690 (3.80%) | 191,177 (3.84%) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Against | 290,418 (5.90%) | 227,119 (4.64%) | 94,873 (1.91%) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Withheld | 123,008 (-) | 150,008 (-) | 67,145 (-) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| | | |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Votes | Resolution 7 | Resolution 8 |
| | Number of Votes | Number of Votes |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| | | |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| For | 4,646,513 | 3,958,963 |
| | (93.71%) | (79.16%) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Discretionary | 268,274 (5.41%) | 274,274 (5.48%) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Against | 43.658 (0.88%) | 768,037 (15.36%) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Withheld | 84,230 (-) | 41,401 (-) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
In total 5,042,675 proxy votes were cast representing 18.58% of the issued share
capital of the Company.
The board of the Company further announces that at the subsequent General
Meeting of the Company held on 27 August 2009, the resolutions proposed in
connection with the proposed merger with Gateway VCT plc ("Gateway VCT") (to be
completed by way of a scheme of reconstruction of Gateway VCT pursuant to
Section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986 ("Scheme") as follows were duly passed.
Resolution 1 which was a composite resolution to: (i) approve the acquisition of
the assets and liabilities of Gateway VCT pursuant to the Scheme; (ii) authorise
the issue of the new shares in connection with the Scheme; (iii) amend the
Articles of Association and (iv) change the name of the Company to Ortus VCT
plc;
Resolution 2 to renew share allotment and buy-back authorities; and
Resolution 3 to approve the cancellation of the share premium account
Details of the proxy votes in respect of the resolutions passed at the
Extraordinary General Meeting received are set out below:
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Votes | Resolution 1 | Resolution 2 | Resolution 3 |
| | Number of Votes | Number of Votes | Number of Votes |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| | | | |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| For | 5,543,417 | 4,852,267 | 5,437,992 |
| | (93.67%) | (82.44%) | (92.56%) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Discretionary | 250,039 (4.23%) | 275,904 (4.69%) | 360,464 (6.14%) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Against | 124,231 (2.10%) | 757,516 (12.87%) | 76,658 (1.30%) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Withheld | 7,000 (-) | 39,000 (-) | 49,573 (-) |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
A copy of the resolutions passed at both the Annual General Meeting and the
General Meeting will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly
be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing
Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Telephone: 020 7066 1000
For further enquiries please contact:
Rosemary O'Neil of Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
Company Secretary
Telephone: 0141 306 7553
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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