Worldwide Healthcare Trust Plc - Result of AGM

Worldwide Healthcare Trust Plc - Result of AGM

PR Newswire

LONDON, United Kingdom, July 18

WORLDWIDE HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC

Results of the Annual General Meeting

The following resolutions were passed by shareholders on a poll at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Tuesday, 18 July 2023. The level of votes received is shown below.

Resolutions	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes Cast	VotesWithheld*
Ordinary Resolutions
To receive and consider the audited accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ended 31 March 2023.	29,334,243	99.96%	12,039	0.04%	29,346,282	16,044
To approve the payment of a final dividend of 24.0 per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2023.	29,340,316	99.96%	11,520	0.04%	29,351,836	10,490
To approve the Company's dividend policy as set out on page 27 of the Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2023.	29,338,714	99.96%	12,147	0.04%	29,350,861	11,465
To re-elect Mr Humphrey van der Klugt as a Director of the Company.	28,985,747	98.78%	358,112	1.22%	29,343,859	18,467
To re-elect Mr Doug McCutcheon as a Director of the Company.	28,813,326	98.20%	527,811	1.80%	29,341,137	21,189
To re-elect Mr Sven Borho as a Director of the Company.	24,617,579	83.90%	4,725,371	16.10%	29,342,950	19,376
To re-elect Dr Bina Rawal as a Director of the Company.	28,711,838	97.85%	632,066	2.15%	29,343,904	18,422
To elect Mr Tim Livett as a Director of the Company.	29,313,682	99.93%	21,148	0.07%	29,334,830	27,496
To elect Ms Jo Parfrey as a Director of the Company.	29,314,041	99.92%	22,075	0.08%	29,336,116	26,210
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor and to authorise the Audit Committee to determine their remuneration.	29,289,745	99.83%	51,326	0.17%	29,341,071	21,255
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2023.	29,269,461	99.77%	67,327	0.23%	29,336,788	25,538
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	29,265,819	99.77%	68,704	0.23%	29,334,523	27,803
To approve the proposed share split in the capital of the Company.	29,323,468	99.92%	22,866	0.08%	29,346,334	12,453
To authorise the Directors to allot securities in the Company.	27,896,372	95.05%	1,452,109	4.95%	29,348,481	13,845
Special Resolutions
To disapply the rights of pre - emption in relation to the allotment of securities.	27,881,029	95.01%	1,465,362	4.99%	29,346,391	15,935
To sell relevant shares for cash as if, immediately before the sale such shares are held by the Company as treasury shares.	27,856,090	94.92%	1,489,614	5.08%	29,345,704	16,622
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares in the Company. (Special resolution)	29,035,376	98.93%	315,235	1.07%	29,350,611	11,715
That any General Meeting of the Company (other than the Annual General Meeting) shall be called by notice of at least 14 clear days.	29,301,632	99.84%	48,149	0.16%	29,349,781	12,545

* Please note that '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 which are at the discretion of the Chair of the Meeting 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 25p each in issue was 60,166,520 (with 4,892,258 shares held in treasury). The total number of voting rights was 60,166,520.

The voting figures will shortly also be available on the Company's website at www.worldwidewh.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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. The special business resolutions will additionally be filed at Companies House.

18 July 2023

For further information please contact:

Mark Pope Frostrow Capital LLP - Company Secretary 020 3 008 4913

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