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Temple Bar Investment Trust Plc - Result of AGM

TEMPLE BAR INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting

 

The following resolutions were passed by shareholders on a poll at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Tuesday, 7 May 2024.

The level of votes received is shown below.

 

 ___________________________________________________________________
|           |         | |             | |                |Votes     |
|Resolutions|Votes For|%|Votes Against|%|Total Votes Cast|          |
|           |         | |             | |                |Withheld**|
|___________|_________|_|_____________|_|________________|__________|


 

 ______________________________________________________________________________
|Ordinary Resolutions     |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_________________________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|  1. To approve the      |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Company's Annual    |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Report & Financial  |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Statements for the  |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     year ended 31       |86,560,768|99.92%|72,360   |0.08%|86,633,128|31,533 |
|     December 2023       |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     (together with the  |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     reports of the      |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Directors and       |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_____Auditor_therein).___|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|  1. To approve the      |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Report on Directors'|86,034,690|99.47%|459,673  |0.53%|86,494,363|170,298|
|     Remuneration for the|          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     year ended 31       |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_____December_2023.______|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|  1. To re-elect Mrs     |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Carolyn Sims as a   |86,438,532|99.82%|158,486  |0.18%|86,597,018|67,643 |
|     Director of the     |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_____Company.____________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|  1. To re-elect Mr      |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Charles Cade as a   |86,477,626|99.84%|140,922  |0.16%|86,618,548|46,113 |
|     Director of the     |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_____Company.____________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|  1. To re-elect Mr      |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Richard Wyatt as a  |86,450,812|99.83%|145,656  |0.17%|86,596,468|68,193 |
|     Director of the     |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_____Company.____________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|  1. To re-elect Dr      |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Shefali Yogendra as |86,332,326|99.70%|255,622  |0.30%|86,587,948|76,713 |
|     a Director of the   |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_____Company.____________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|  1. To re-appoint BDO   |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     LLP as Auditor to   |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     the Company, to hold|          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     office from the     |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     conclusion of this  |86,423,372|99.79%|180,815  |0.21%|86,604,187|60,474 |
|     meeting until the   |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     conclusion of the   |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     next meeting at     |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     which financial     |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     statements are laid |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_____before_the_Company._|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|  1. To authorise the    |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Audit and Risk      |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Committee to        |86,474,900|99.85%|133,242  |0.15%|86,608,142|56,519 |
|     determine the       |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     remuneration of the |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_____Auditor.____________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|  1. To approve the      |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Company's dividend  |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     policy, authorising |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     the Directors of the|          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Company to declare  |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     and pay all         |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     dividends of the    |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     Company as interim  |86,448,925|99.81%|161,061  |0.19%|86,609,986|54,675 |
|     dividends, and for  |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     the last dividend   |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     referable to a      |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     financial year not  |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     to be categorised as|          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     a final dividend    |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     that is subject to  |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|     shareholder         |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_____approval.___________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|  1. To authorise the    |86,374,547|99.77%|199,865  |0.23%|86,574,412|90,249 |
|     directors to allot  |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_____ordinary_shares.____|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|Special Resolutions      |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_________________________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|11. To authorise the     |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|Directors to allot equity|          |      |         |     |          |       |
|securities for cash      |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|pursuant to sections 570 |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|and 573 of the companies |86,134,489|99.51%|423,258  |0.49%|86,557,747|106,914|
|act 2006 otherwise that  |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|in accordance with       |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|statutory pre-emption    |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|rights basis.            |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_________________________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|12. To authorise the     |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|Company to make market   |83,499,109|96.42%|3,099,737|3.58%|86,598,846|65,815 |
|purchases of the         |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|Company's own shares.    |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_________________________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|
|13. To approve that any  |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|general meeting of the   |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|Company other than the   |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|Annual General Meeting   |85,907,138|99.19%|699,763  |0.81%|86,606,901|57,760 |
|may be called on not less|          |      |         |     |          |       |
|than 14 clear days'      |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|notice.                  |          |      |         |     |          |       |
|_________________________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_______|


** Please note that `Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes `For' and `Against `a resolution.

 

Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chair of the Meeting have been included in the "for" total. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculations of votes cast by proxy.

 

At the date of the AGM the total number of Ordinary shares of 5p each in issue was 334,363,825 (with 47,847,667 shares held in treasury). The total number of voting rights was 286,516,158.

 

The voting figures will shortly also be available on the Company's website at https://www.templebarinvestments.co.uk/

 

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the special resolutions passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. The special resolutions will additionally be filed at Companies House.

 

7 May 2024

 

For further information please contact:

 

Mark Pope   Frostrow Capital LLP - Company Secretary 020 3 008 4913

 

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