LEI:
213800OTQ44T555I8S71
19 September 2024
Augmentum
Fintech plc
(the
‘Company’)
Result
of Annual General Meeting and Board Update
At the
Augmentum Fintech plc
Annual General
Meeting
held earlier
today
all of the resolutions were decided by poll and all were
passed. The
results
of the
poll are
set
out
below.
|
Resolutions
|
Votes
For
|
%
|
Votes
Against
|
%
|
Total
Votes
Cast
|
Votes
Withheld
|
|
Ordinary Resolutions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. To
receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year
ended 31 March 2024.
|
60,620,864
|
99.99%
|
4,232
|
0.01%
|
60,625,096
|
36,296
|
|
2. To
re-elect Karen Brade as a Director of the Company.
|
59,420,488
|
98.07%
|
1,171,007
|
1.93%
|
60,591,495
|
69,897
|
|
3. To
re-elect David Haysey as a Director of the Company.
|
59,440,729
|
98.09%
|
1,157,242
|
1.91%
|
60,597,971
|
63,421
|
|
4. To
re-elect Conny Dorrestijn as a Director of Company.
|
59,040,903
|
97.44%
|
1,551,128
|
2.56%
|
60,592,031
|
69,361
|
|
5. To
re-elect Sir William Russell as a Director of Company.
|
59,387,274
|
98.00%
|
1,209,541
|
2.00%
|
60,596,815
|
64,577
|
|
6. To
receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year
ended 31 March
2024.
|
60,322,979
|
99.73%
|
160,670
|
0.27%
|
60,483,649
|
177,743
|
|
7. To
re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor of Company.
|
60,554,552
|
99.88%
|
73,896
|
0.12%
|
60,628,448
|
31,865
|
|
8. To
authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor’s
remuneration.
|
60,613,544
|
99.97%
|
16,686
|
0.03%
|
60,630,230
|
31,162
|
|
9.To
authorise the Directors to allot securities in the Company within
limitations set out in the Notice of meeting.
|
60,453,181
|
99.69%
|
185,049
|
0.31%
|
60,638,230
|
23,162
|
|
Special Resolutions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10. To
disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of
securities for cash and the sale of shares from treasury within
limitations set out in the Notice of meeting.
|
60,225,774
|
99.34%
|
403,140
|
0.66%
|
60,628,914
|
32,478
|
|
11. To
authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares
in the Company within limitations set out in the Notice of
meeting.
|
60,574,373
|
99.89%
|
63,857
|
0.11%
|
60,638,230
|
23,162
|
|
12. To
permit the Directors to call General Meetings (excluding the AGM)
on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.
|
60,346,862
|
99.54%
|
281,302
|
0.46%
|
60,628,164
|
33,228
|
Notes:
A 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 that were at the discretion of the Chairman have been
included in the "for" total.
At the
date of the Annual General Meeting the total number of Ordinary
shares of 1p each in issue, excluding shares held in treasury, and
the total number of voting rights was 167,971,971.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of
Annual General Meeting, which is available for viewing at the
National Storage Mechanism
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
and on the Company’s website,
www.augmentum.vc.
In accordance with United Kingdom Listing Rules 6.4.2 and 6.4.3,
the full text of the special business 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 business resolutions will additionally be filed with
Companies House.
.
Board
Update
As
announced in the Company’s 2024 annual report, following the Annual
General Meeting and having served as Chair since IPO in 2018,
Neil England has retired from the
Board, as part of an orderly Board refreshment. The
Directors would like to express their warmest thanks to Neil for
his leadership and wisdom over the past six years and wish him all
the best for the future.
The
recruitment process for a successor, which has been conducted with
the assistance of an independent search firm, is well underway and
the Company will make a further announcement in due
course.
David Haysey has agreed to stand in as interim Chair until
an appointment is made.
For
further information, please contact:
|
Frostrow
Capital LLP
Paul
Griggs, Company Secretary
|
+44 (0)20
3170 8733
info@frostrow.com
|
