Company Announcements

BlackRock Energy and Resources Income Trust plc (LEI: 54930040ALEAVPMMDC31)

Results of AGM

Following the Annual General Meeting which was held today, we are pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a vote on poll, including ordinary resolution 10, and special resolutions 11, 12, 13 under special business of the Company:

(Resolution 10) To grant the Directors’ authority to allot shares.

(Resolution 11) To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in   respect of resolution 10.

(Resolution 12) To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares for cancellation or to be held in treasury.

(Resolution 13) To authorise the Directors to convene General Meetings (other than AGMs) on not less than 14 day’s notice.

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:

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Proxy votes received in favour of the resolutions were as follows:
 

 ____________________________________________________________________
|              |Votes for & Discretionary|(%)  |Votes  |(%) |Withheld|
|              |                         |     |against|    |        |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 1: |18,311,331               |99.97|5,046  |0.03|51,122  |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 2: |17,736,641               |97.67|422,505|2.33|208,353 |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 3: |18,310,963               |99.94|11,046 |0.06|45,490  |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 4: |18,025,457               |99.01|181,148|0.99|160,894 |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 5: |18,030,988               |99.00|182,667|1.00|153,844 |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 6: |18,027,668               |99.02|178,937|0.98|160,894 |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 7: |18,040,829               |99.05|172,389|0.95|154,281 |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 8: |18,178,157               |99.42|105,370|0.58|83,972  |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 9: |18,254,670               |99.73|49,907 |0.27|62,922  |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 10:|18,103,705               |98.74|230,945|1.26|32,849  |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 11:|17,865,957               |97.51|456,643|2.49|44,899  |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 12:|18,185,840               |99.18|150,810|0.82|30,849  |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|
|Resolution 13:|18,090,244               |98.73|232,517|1.27|44,738  |
|______________|_________________________|_____|_______|____|________|

 

 

15 March 2024

 

Enquiries:
Graham Venables
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, Secretary
Telephone: 0203 649 3432