Following the Annual General Meeting which was held today, we are pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed, including ordinary resolutions 8 and 9 and special resolutions 10, 11 and 12 under special business of the Company:
(Res. 8) To amend the Company’s Investment Objective and Policy
(Res. 9) To grant the Directors authority to allot shares
(Res. 10) To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of issues of new ordinary shares or the sale of ordinary shares out of treasury
(Res. 11) To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares for cancellation or to be held in treasury
(Res. 12) To amend the Company’s Articles of Association
Under listing rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be made available for inspection at:
www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Proxy votes received in respect of the resolutions were as follows:
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The principal activity of the Company is portfolio investment. The Companyâs objective is to provide shareholders with long term capital growth and an attractive total return through investment primarily in United Kingdom smaller and mid-capitalization companies traded on the London Stock Exchange. In addition, the Company is permitted to employ leverage upto 30% of net assets, which it does primarily through the use of CFDs and/or comparable equity derivatives. The Company invests in various sectors, including industrials, consumer services, financials, technology, consumer goods, health care, telecommunications and basic materials. The Company's investment manager is BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited. Its alternative investment fund manager is BlackRock Fund Managers Limited.