Amati AIM VCT plc (the "Company")
Legal Entity Identifier: 213800HAEDBBK9RWCD25
Results of Annual General Meeting
Following the Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") which was held today, 15 June 2023, the Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a show of hands.
Valid proxy votes received were as follows:
| | For | % | Against | % | % Of ISC Voted#
| Votes |
| Resolution 1: To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts.
| 7,060,502 | 99.7341 | 18,823 | 0.2659 | 4.70 | 20,213 |
| Resolution 2: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.
| 6,224,386 | 92.2474 | 523,101 | 7.7525 | 4.48 | 352,051 |
| Resolution 3: To approve the final dividend.
| 6,902,943 | 99.8231 | 12,236 | 0.1769 | 4.59 | 184,359 |
| Resolution 4: To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor to the Company.
| 6,511,122 | 92.1215 | 556,849 | 7.8785 | 4.69 | 31,567 |
| Resolution 5: To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration.
| 6,932,072 | 98.0434 | 138,344 | 1.9567 | 4.69 | 29,122 |
| Resolution 6: To re-elect Fiona Wollocombe as a Director of the Company.
| 6,634,617 | 94.7431 | 368,130 | 5.2569 | 4.65 | 96,791 |
| Resolution 7: To re-elect Julia Henderson as a Director of the Company.
| 6,480,359 | 94.7117 | 361,834 | 5.2883 | 4.54 | 257,345 |
| Resolution 8: To re-elect Brian Scouler as a Director of the Company.
| 6,461,207 | 94.4654 | 378,551 | 5.5346 | 4.54 | 259,780 |
| Resolution 9: To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares.
| 6,639,061 | 94.2382 | 405,922 | 5.7619 | 4.67 | 54,555 |
| SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS | | | | | | |
| Resolution 10: To disapply statutory pre-emption rights.* | 6,439,231 | 91.8281 | 573,034 | 8.1719 | 4.65 | 87,273 |
| Resolution 11: To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.*
| 6,955,240 | 98.2981 | 120,415 | 1.7018 | 4.70 | 23,883 |
| Resolution 12: To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice.* | 6,669,410 | 94.1643 | 413,332 | 5.8358 | 4.70 | 16,796 |
# issued share capital
*special resolution
Notes:
| 1. | All resolutions were passed.
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| 2. | Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.
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| 3. | Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.
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| 4. | A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution, nor in the calculation of the proportion of "ISC voted" for any resolution.
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| 5. | The number of shares in issue at close of business on 14 June 2023 was 150,699,259 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company are 150,699,259.
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| 6. | The proportion of "ISC voted" for any resolution is the total of votes validly cast for that resolution (i.e. the total votes "For" and "Against" that resolution) expressed as a percentage of the Issued Share Capital.
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| 7. | The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at https://www.amatiglobal.com/storage/1203/Amati-AIM-VCT-Annual-Report.pdf
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| 8. | In accordance with listing rule 9.6.2R, a copy of resolutions 9-12 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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For further information please email info@amatiglobal.com.
LDC Nominee Secretary Limited
Company Secretary
15 June 2023
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