MITON GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES PLC
(the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Statement from the Board
In the Chairman's Statement of the Company's annual report for the year ended
30 April 2017, the Chairman undertook to initiate a board refreshment process.
At the Company's AGM held today, the Chairman reported to shareholders that the
Board has appointed Trust Associates, a director search agency, to assist with
the search for a new Chairman and Audit Committee Chairman. Therefore, Mr
Townsend (Chairman) and Mr Fox (Audit Committee Chairman) hereby announce their
intention to retire from the Board early next year, after a suitable handover
period. The effective date of their retirement will be confirmed in due
course. The Board will keep shareholders informed of the progress of the
recruitment process.
Annual General Meeting
The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM held today, all resolutions as
detailed below were duly passed by shareholders on a show of hands. The proxy
voting figures are shown below:
Resolutions Votes For % Votes % Total Votes
Against Votes Cast Withheld
Ordinary Resolutions
1. To receive and accept the Strategic Report, Report of the 7,225,759 100 0 0 7,225,759 0
Directors, Auditor's Report and the audited financial statements for
the year ended 30 April 2017.
2. To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the 7,223,584 99.97 2,175 0.03 7,225,759 0
year ended 30 April 2017.
3. To re-elect Anthony Townsend as a Director of the Company. 7,225,759 100 0 0 7,225,759 0
4. To re-elect James Fox as a Director of the Company. 7,225,759 100 0 0 7,225,759 0
5. To re-elect Michael Phillips as a Director of the Company. 7,225,759 100 0 0 7,225,759 0
6. To re-elect Hugh van Cutsem as a Director of the Company. 7,225,759 100 0 0 7,225,759 0
7. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the 7,225,759 100 0 0 7,225,759 0
Company.
8. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's 7,225,759 100 0 0 7,225,759 0
remuneration.
SPECIAL BUSINESS
9. To authorise the Directors to allot shares. 7,223,759 99.97 2,000 0.03 7,225,759 0
Special Resolutions
10. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights. 7,219,584 99.91 6,175 0.09 7,225,759 0
11. To authorise the Company to re-purchase shares in the market. 7,225,759 100 0 0 7,225,759 0
12. To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than 7,225,759 100 0 0 7,225,759 0
the AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman 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 1p each in issue
and the total number of voting rights was 25,279,985.
The proxy voting figures will shortly also be available on the Company's
website at www.mitongroup.com/migo
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the special business
resolutions passed have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and
will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
. The special business resolutions will additionally be filed at Companies
House.
19 September 2017
For further information please contact:
Katherine Frostrow Capital LLP - Company Secretary 0203 709 8734
Manson
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