Result of AGM

In This Article:

31 JULY 2024

NORTHERN 2 VCT PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Northern 2 VCT PLC (“the Company”) announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 31 July 2024 all of the resolutions set out in the notice of the meeting were duly passed by shareholders.

The resolutions included those to re-elect as directors Mr David Gravells, Mr Simon Devonshire, Ms Cecilia McAnulty and Ms Ranjan Ramparia and to elect as a director Mr Thomas Chambers who was appointed to the Board on 19 June 2024.

A copy of the resolutions proposed and passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will also be available from: www.mercia.co.uk/vcts/n2vct/.

Details of proxy voting on the resolutions put to shareholders at the Annual General Meeting are as follows:

Number

Resolution

For

Discretionary

Against

Vote Withheld

1

To receive and approve the Company’s annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 together with the strategic report, Directors’ report and independent auditor’s report thereon

12,673,848

437,692

36,767

50,597

2

To approve and declare a final dividend of 1.2p per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2024

12,605,141

545,562

27,630

20,571

3

To approve the Directors’ remuneration report in respect of the year ended 31 March 2024 other than the part of such report containing the Directors’ remuneration policy

11,500,850

519,395

691,264

487,395

4

To re-elect Mr D P A Gravells as a director

11,692,670

478,554

637,345

390,335

5

To re-elect Mr S P Devonshire as a director

11,927,089

478,554

384,266

408,995

6

To re-elect Miss C A McAnulty as a director

11,795,849

478,554

532,303

392,198

7

To re-elect Miss R K Ramparia as a director

11,764,081

478,554

564,071

392,198

8

To elect Mr T Chambers as a director

11,633,019

587,135

515,300

463,450

9

To re-appoint Forvis Mazars LLP as independent auditor

11,729,770

700,594

366,970

401,570

10

To authorise the audit committee to fix the remuneration of the independent auditor

11,948,067

871,624

188,022

191,191

11

To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006

11,772,264

740,950

472,465

213,225

12

To disapply Section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 in relation to certain allotments of equity securities

11,012,077

753,985

811,651

621,191

13

To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in accordance with Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006

12,212,851

650,132

185,526

150,395

Enquiries:

Sarah Williams / James Sly, Mercia Fund Management Limited - 0330 223 1430

Website: www.mercia.co.uk/vcts

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