23 May 2024
VH GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
OPPORTUNITIES plc
("VH GSEO" or the "Company")
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING
Following the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of
the Company held on 22 May 2024, the Board is pleased to announce
that all the ordinary resolutions and special resolutions, as set
out in the Notice of AGM to shareholders dated 4 April 2024, were
approved by shareholders. The resolutions put to the AGM were voted
on by way of a poll.
The text of all the resolutions is contained in
the Notice of AGM.
The results of the poll were as
follows:
Resolution
|
In
favour
|
Against
|
Withheld
|
|
Votes
|
%
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
1. To receive the 2023 Annual Report
and Financial Statements
|
278,580,701
|
99.98%
|
50,500
|
0.02%
|
14,076
|
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration
Report
|
276,431,586
|
99.21%
|
2,212,215
|
0.79%
|
1,476
|
3. To approve the dividend
policy
|
278,502,509
|
99.95%
|
141,292
|
0.05%
|
1,476
|
4. To re-elect Bernard
Bulkin
|
278,553,502
|
99.97%
|
78,149
|
0.03%
|
13,626
|
5. To re-elect Daniella
Carneiro
|
278,545,820
|
99.97%
|
85,831
|
0.03%
|
13,626
|
6. To re-elect Richard
Horlick
|
278,534,722
|
99.97%
|
96,682
|
0.03%
|
13,873
|
7. To re-elect Louise
Kingham
|
278,554,820
|
99.97%
|
76,831
|
0.03%
|
13,626
|
8. To re-elect Margaret
Stephens
|
278,546,067
|
99.97%
|
85,584
|
0.03%
|
13,626
|
9. To re-appoint BDO LLP as
Auditor
|
278,566,845
|
99.98%
|
64,356
|
0.02%
|
14,076
|
10. To authorise the Audit Committee
to determine Auditor's remuneration
|
278,567,742
|
99.98%
|
65,459
|
0.02%
|
12,076
|
11. Authority to allot
shares
|
278,406,510
|
99.92%
|
230,524
|
0.08%
|
8,243
|
12. Additional authority to allot
shares
|
278,406,510
|
99.92%
|
230,524
|
0.08%
|
8,243
|
13. Authority to disapply
pre-emption rights
|
278,292,833
|
99.87%
|
350,968
|
0.13%
|
1,476
|
14. Additional authority to disapply
pre-emption rights
|
278,290,683
|
99.87%
|
353,118
|
0.13%
|
1,476
|
15. Authority to purchase own
ordinary shares
|
278,568,810
|
99.97%
|
74,991
|
0.03%
|
1,476
|
16. Period of notice for general
meetings
|
278,214,432
|
99.85%
|
426,321
|
0.15%
|
4,524
|
At the time of the AGM, the Company's issued
share capital consisted of 422,498,890 ordinary shares of £0.01
nominal value each, carrying one vote each. The Company holds
407,228,422 shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of
voting rights in the Company was 15,270,468.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies
of the resolutions passed at the AGM, other than resolutions
concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The Company's LEI is
213800RFHAOF372UU580.
For further information, please
contact:
Edelman
Smithfield (PR Adviser)
Ged
Brumby
+44 (0)7540 412 301
Hamza
Ali
+44 (0)7976 308 914
Victory Hill
Capital Partners LLP (Investment Manager)
Navin
Chauhan info@victory-hill.com
Deutsche Numis
(Corporate Broker)
David
Benda
+44 (0)20 7260 1000
Matt Goss
Apex Fund and
Corporate Services (UK) Limited (Company
Secretary)
ukfundscosec@apexgroup.com
For more information, please visit the
Company's website: www.vh-gseo.com
About Victory Hill Capital Partners
LLP
Victory Hill Capital Partners LLP ("Victory
Hill") is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct
Authority (FRN 961570).
Victory Hill is based in London and was founded
in May 2020 by an experienced team of energy financiers that have
spun-out of a large established global project finance banking
group. The team has participated in more than $200bn in transaction
values across 91 conventional and renewable energy-related
transactions in over 30 jurisdictions worldwide. Victory Hill is
the investment manager of the Company.
The Victory Hill team deploys its experience
across different financial disciplines in order to assess
investments holistically from multiple points of view. The firm
pursues operational stability and well-designed corporate
governance to generate sustainable positive returns for investors.
It focuses on supporting and accelerating the energy transition and
the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Victory Hill is a signatory of the United
Nations Principles for Responsible Investing (UN PRI), the United
Nations Global Compact (UN GC), Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative
(NZAMI), a member of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) and
is a formal supporter of the Financial Stability Board's Task-Force
on Climate-related Disclosures (TCFD).