The Biotech Growth
Trust PLC
(the
“Company”)
Result of General
Meeting
27 January 2020
Following a General Meeting of the Company held today, the Board
is pleased to announce that the resolution put to Shareholders was
passed on a show of hands.
The proxy voting figures are shown below:
| Resolution |
Votes For |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Total Votes Cast |
Votes
Withheld |
| Special Resolution |
|
|
|
|
|
|
- THAT the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally
authorised in accordance with section 701 of the Companies Act 2006
(the “Act”) to make one or more market purchases (within the
meaning of section 693 (4) of the Act) of ordinary shares of 25
pence each in the capital of the Company either for retention as
treasury shares for future reissue, resale, transfer or for
cancellation.
|
15,560,677 |
99.96% |
5,972 |
0.04% |
15,566,649 |
831 |
Notes:
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 votes for or against a
resolution.
At the date and time of the General Meeting the total number of
Ordinary shares of 25p each in issue and the total number of voting
rights was 40,878,780.
The proxy voting figures will shortly also be available on the
Company's website at http://www.biotechgt.com/
The full text of the resolution can be found in the Notice of
General Meeting contained in the Circular dated 10 January 2020 (the “Circular”), which is
available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can
be located at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and on the
Company’s website, http://www.biotechgt.com/
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the
special business resolution passed has 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 resolution will additionally be filed with Companies
House.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall, unless the
context otherwise requires, bear the meanings given to them in the
Circular.
Disclaimer: Neither the contents of the Company's website nor
the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the
Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or
forms part of, this announcement.
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300Z41EP32MI2DN29
Enquiries:
Mark Pope
Frostrow Capital LLP
Company Secretary
Telephone: 0203 008 4913