Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 plc ('the Company') hereby gives notification that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company today, all the resolutions, as set out in full in the notice of meeting dated 13 December 2013, were duly passed.
Resolutions 1 to 5 related to ordinary business. Resolutions 6 to 9 related to special business and are detailed as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions
6. To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.
Special Resolutions
7. To authorise the Directors pursuant to Section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities for cash without regard to pre-emption rights.
8. To renew the Company's authority to buy-in its Ordinary shares.
9. To cancel the credit of the capital redemption and share premium reserves
All the resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands.
Details of the proxy votes in respect of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting received up to 48 hours before the time of the meeting at 44 Baker Street, London, W1U 7AL are set out below:
FOR
DISCRETIONARY
AGAINST
WITHHELD*
Resolution No.
No. of Votes
No. of Votes
No. of Votes
No. of Votes
Total Votes
% of Votes
% of Votes
% of Votes
% of Votes
% of Votes
Ordinary Business
1
1,240,867
111,839
-
-
1,352,706
91.73%
8.27%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
2
1,219,704
121,529
3,815
7,658
1,352,706
90.68%
9.04%
0.28%
0.57%
100.00%
3
1,212,463
121,529
18,714
-
1,352,706
89.63%
8.98%
1.38%
0.00%
100.00%
4
1,224,575
128,131
-
-
1,352,706
90.53%
9.47%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
5
1,240,867
111,839
-
-
1,352,706
91.73%
8.27%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
Special Business
6
1,141,602
136,529
27,176
47,399
1,352,706
87.46%
10.46%
2.08%
3.50%
100.00%
7
1,119,897
136,529
77,952
18,328
1,352,706
83.93%
10.23%
5.84%
1.35%
100.00%
8
1,167,844
150,086
22,582
12,194
1,352,706
87.12%
11.20%
1.68%
0.90%
100.00%
9
1,179,094
136,529
15,037
22,046
1,352,706
88.61%
10.26%
1.13%
1.63%
100.00%
* Please note that a Vote Withheld has no legal effect and will not be counted in the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
A copy of the resolutions approved at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing online at the following web-site address:
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT plc is a United Kingdom-based venture capital trust. The Company has a diversified portfolio of small high growth United Kingdom companies. The investment objectives of the Company are to generate capital gains and income from its portfolio and to make distributions from capital or income. Its principal activity is to invest in a diversified portfolio of qualifying small United Kingdom-based companies, primarily trading on AIM, with a view to generating capital returns and income from its portfolio and to make distributions from capital and income to shareholders. The Company intends to achieve its investment objectives by making qualifying investments in companies listed on AIM, private companies and companies listed on the AQSE Growth Market, as well as non-qualifying investments. It invests across all available investment sectors, including technology, healthcare and consumer discretionary. Its investment manager is Canaccord Genuity Asset Management Limited.