Pembroke VCT plc (the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of the
Company held on Thursday 12 September 2024 at 10.00am, the
following resolutions were duly passed.
Ordinary
Resolutions
1. To receive the
Directors' and the Independent Auditor's Reports and the
Company's
Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.
2. To receive and
approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year
ended
31
March 2024.
3. To re appoint BDO LLP
as auditor of the Company to hold office until the
conclusion
of
the next annual general meeting at which accounts are laid before
the Company.
4. To authorise the Directors
to fix the remuneration of the auditor.
5. To elect Chris Allner
as a Director of the Company.
6. To re-elect Mark
Stokes as a Director of the Company.
7. To re-elect Louise
Wolfson as a Director of the Company.
8. To re-elect David
Till as a Director of the Company.
9. That, in accordance
with article 147 of the Company's articles of association
(the
"Articles") and in addition to existing authorities, the Directors
of the Company be and are
hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with
section 551 of the
Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to exercise all the powers of the
Company to allot and
issue
the following B Ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of
the Company
("B
Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
dividend investment
scheme adopted by the Company on 3 December 2015 and in connection
with any
dividend declared or paid in the period commencing on the date of
this resolution 9 and
ending on the later of the date of the Company's next annual
general meeting or the date
falling 15 months after the date of the passing of this
resolution:
B
Ordinary Shares up to an aggregate nominal amount representing 10%
of the issued
B
Ordinary Share capital from time to time (approximately 21,967,327
B Ordinary Shares
at
the date of this notice).
10. That, in addition to any
existing authorities, in accordance with section 551 of the
Act,
the
Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally
authorised to exercise all
the
powers of the Company to allot:
a. B
Ordinary Shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of
£600,000 in
connection
with
offer(s) for subscription; and
b. B
Ordinary Shares up to an aggregate nominal amount representing 20%
of the issued
B
Ordinary Shares from time to time; and
that,
in connection with the use of the authority, the Directors may pay
commission(s)
including in the form of fully or partly paid shares in accordance
with article 9 of the
Articles and provided that this authority shall, unless renewed,
extended, varied or
revoked by the Company, expire on the later of the date of the
Company's next annual
general meeting or the date falling 15 months after the date of the
passing of this
resolution save that the Company may, before such expiry, make
offers or agreements
which
would or might require B Ordinary Shares to be allotted and the
Directors may
allot
B Ordinary Shares in pursuance of such offers or agreements
notwithstanding that
the
authority conferred by this resolution has expired.
Special Resolutions
11.
That, in accordance with section 570(1) of the Act, the Directors
be and are hereby given
power to allot or make offers or agreements to allot equity
securities (as defined in
section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authorities
conferred by resolution 9
above as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such
allotment, and so that:
a. Reference to the allotment in this resolution shall be construed
with section 560
of the Act; and
b. The power conferred by this resolution shall enable the Company
to make offers
or
agreements before the expiry of said power which would or might
require equity
securities to be allotted after the expiry of the said power and
the Directors may
allot equity securities of such offers or agreements
notwithstanding the expiry of
such power.
12. That,
in accordance with section 570(1) of the Act, the Directors be and
are hereby given
power to allot or make offers or agreements to allot equity
securities (as defined in
section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authorities
conferred by resolution 10
above as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such
allotment, and so that:
a. Reference to the allotment in this resolution shall be construed
with section 560
of the Act, and
b. The power conferred by this resolution shall enable the Company
to make offers or
agreements before the expiry of the said power which would or might
require equity
securities to be allotted after the expiry of the said power and
the Directors may allot
equity securities in pursuance of such offers or agreements
notwithstanding the
expiry of such power.
13. That
the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally
authorised within the
meaning of section 701 of the Act to make market purchases of B
Ordinary Shares
provided that:
(i) the maximum number of B Ordinary Shares hereby authorised
to be purchased is an
amount equal to 14.99% of the issued B Ordinary Share capital of
the Company from
time to time;
(ii) the minimum price which may be paid for a B
Ordinary Share is 1 pence per share,
the nominal amount thereof;
(iii)
the maximum price which may be paid for a B Ordinary Share is an
amount equal to
the higher of (a) 105% of the average of the middle market
quotation per B Ordinary
Share taken from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for
the five business
days immediately preceding the day on which such B Ordinary Share
is to be
purchased and (b) the amount stipulated by Article 5(6) of the
Market Abuse
Regulation;
(iv)
the authority hereby conferred shall (unless previously renewed or
revoked) expire
on the earlier of the AGM of the Company to be held in 2025 and the
date which is
15 months after the date on which this resolution is passed;
and
(v)
the Company may make a contract or contracts to
purchase its own B Ordinary Shares
under this authority before the expiry of the authority which will
or may be executed
wholly or partly after the expiry of the authority, and may make a
purchase of its own
B Ordinary Shares in pursuance of any such contract or contracts as
if the authority
conferred hereby had not expired.
|
Resolution
|
%
For & Discretionary
|
%
Against
|
Shares
Withheld
|
1.
|
Directors' and Independent Auditor's
Reports and Financial Statements
|
99.69
|
0.31
|
11,800
|
2.
|
Directors' Remuneration
Report
|
97.31
|
2.69
|
29,548
|
3.
|
Re-appoint BDO LLP as
auditor
|
97.65
|
2.35
|
24,171
|
4.
|
Auditor remuneration
|
98.73
|
1.27
|
17,223
|
5.
|
To elect Chris Allner
|
98.63
|
1.37
|
108,259
|
6.
|
To re-elect Mark Stokes
|
99.19
|
0.81
|
63,352
|
7.
|
To re-elect Louise
Wolfson
|
99.00
|
1.00
|
63,352
|
8.
|
Re-elect David Till
|
98.27
|
1.73
|
72,003
|
9.
|
Allot shares re DIS
|
99.44
|
0.56
|
11,800
|
10.
|
Allot shares re offer and
generally
|
99.13
|
0.87
|
11,800
|
11.
|
Authority to disapply pre-emption
rights re DIS allotments
|
95.70
|
4.30
|
48,273
|
12.
|
Authority to disapply pre-emption
rights re offer and general allotments
|
95.87
|
4.13
|
48,273
|
13.
|
Share buyback authority
|
99.67
|
0.33
|
34,194
|
For
further information, please contact:
Andrew Wolfson / Chris
Lewis
Pembroke Investment Managers LLP
(Manager)
+44 20 7766 6900
Robin Smeaton
The City Partnership (UK) Limited
(Company Secretary)
enquiries@city.uk.com
Keith Lassman
Howard Kennedy Corporate Services
LLP
keith.lassman@howardkennedy.com