During the 2025 Annual General Meeting, the President referred to the Notice of Meeting and Agenda and conducted the vote on the formal resolutions with summaries of voting as detailed below with each resolution:
Resolution 1 - To receive, consider and accept the 2024 Report of the Board of Governors
For | Against | Abstain | ||||
Votes Received | In room | Proxy | In room | Proxy | In room | Proxy |
23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The President declared that the proposal to receive, consider and accept the 2024 Report of the Board of Governors was APPROVED.
Resolution 2 – To receive, consider and accept the Report of the Auditors and the Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2024.
For | Against | Abstain | ||||
Votes Received | In room | Proxy | In room | Proxy | In room | Proxy |
23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The President declared that the proposal to receive, consider and accept the Report of the Auditors and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2024 was APPROVED.
Resolution 3 – To re-elect four members of the Board of Governors retiring by rotation.
The meeting was advised that, in accordance with the Articles of Association four members of the Board of Governors, Mr Christopher Eaton, Mr James Geldart, Mr Christopher Hall and Mr John McChesney were retiring by rotation and offered themselves for re‑election.
For | Against | Abstain | ||||
Votes Received | In room | Proxy | In room | Proxy | In room | Proxy |
Mr Christopher Eaton | 23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mr James Geldart | 23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mr Christopher Hall | 23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mr John McChesney | 23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The President declared that the proposal to re-elect Mr Christopher Eaton, Mr James Geldart, Mr Christopher Hall and Mr John McChesney as members of the Board of Governors was APPROVED.
Resolution 4 – To re-elect one member of the Board of Governors co-opted during the year.
The meeting was further advised that Mrs Emma Callister who had been co-opted to the Board of Governors during the year and who, in terms of the Articles of Association, retired and offered herself for re election.
For | Against | Abstain | ||||
Votes Received | In room | Proxy | In room | Proxy | In room | Proxy |
Mrs Emma Callister | 23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The President declared that the proposal to re-elect Mrs Emma Callister as a member of the Board of Governors was APPROVED.
The President expressed his thanks to all the members of the Board for their continued contributions.
Resolution 5 – To re-appoint Messrs Ernst & Young as Auditors of the company and to authorise the Board of Governors to fix their remuneration.
For | Against | Abstain | ||||
Votes Received | In room | Proxy | In room | Proxy | In room | Proxy |
23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The President declared that the proposal to re-appoint Ernst & Young as auditors and to authorise the Board of Governors to fix their remuneration was APPROVED.