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28 JULY 2023

NORTHERN 2 VCT PLC

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Northern 2 VCT PLC ("the Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 28 July 2023 all of the resolutions set out in the notice of the meeting were duly passed by shareholders.

The resolutions included those to re-elect as directors Mr David Gravells, Mr Simon Devonshire, Ms Cecilia McAnulty and Ms Ranjan Ramparia.

Mr Frank Neale did not stand for re-election at the AGM and has resigned as director of the Company at the conclusion of the AGM.

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, a copy of the resolutions proposed and passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will also be available from: www.mercia.co.uk/vcts/n2vct/.

Details of proxy voting on the resolutions put to shareholders at the Annual General Meeting are as follows:

 
                                                                                                              Vote 
Number   Resolution                                                      For      Discretionary   Against   Withheld 
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         To receive and approve the Company's annual report 
          and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 
          2023 together with the strategic report, Directors' 
1         report and independent auditor's report thereon             11,134,772        336,957     50,295    29,934 
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -------- 
2        To approve and declare a final dividend of 1.3p per          11,240,527  276,749        18,107     16,575 
          share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2023 
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3        To approve the Directors' remuneration report in respect     10,149,396  336,957        732,278    333,327 
          of the year ended 31 March 2023 other than the part 
          of such report containing the Directors' remuneration 
          policy 
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4        To approve the Directors' remuneration policy, as            10,106,580  336,957        786,886    321,535 
          set out on page 44 of the Company's annual report 
          and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 
          2023 
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -------- 
5        To re-elect Mr D P A Gravells as a director                  10,541,128  353,642        549,596    107,592 
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6        To re-elect Mr S P Devonshire as a director                  10,326,435  360,986        761,549    102,988 
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7        To re-elect Ms C A McAnulty as a director                    10,589,836  360,986        525,147    75,989 
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -------- 
8        To re-elect Ms R K Ramparia as a director                    10,231,959  360,986        856,025    102,988 
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -------- 
9        To re-appoint Mazars LLP as independent auditor              10,802,358  336,957        260,785    151,858 
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -------- 
10       To authorise the audit committee to fix the remuneration     10,994,974  336,957        184,253    35,774 
          of the independent auditor 
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -------- 
11       To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant          10,099,758  340,410        727,205    384,585 
          to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 for the purposes 
          of the Offer 
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12       To generally authorise the Directors to allot shares         10,413,687  315,516        770,096    52,659 
          pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -------- 
13       To disapply Section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006         9,308,510   314,878        1,246,329  682,241 
          in relation to allotments of equity securities for 
          the purposes of the Offer 
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -------- 
14       To disapply Section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006         9,625,222   307,478        1,212,047  407,211 
          in relation to certain other allotments of equity 
          securities 
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -------- 
15       To authorise the Company to make market purchases            11,011,586  314,878        196,864    28,630 
          of ordinary shares in accordance with Section 701 
          of the Companies Act 2006 
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -------- 
16       To amend the articles of association to extend the           10,182,629  339,048        992,663    37,618 
          life of the Company 
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -------- 
17       To approve the cancellation of the share premium account     10,776,772  336,875        392,669    45,642 
          arising following the issue of Ordinary Shares pursuant 
          to the Offer 
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Enquiries:

Sarah Williams / James Sly, Mercia Fund Management Limited - 0330 223 1430

Website: https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=8HexZGtdZ0uEZCyQNfiixy2MXPiYR4xfJLITlNb1v3j8GguiNnntiGjU1UG0JgKWHibcHHvKe86wN-VPQwKQuMfVXOk1Kqh7FcXnuRTvqCQ= www.mercia.co.uk/vcts

The contents of the Mercia Asset Management PLC website and the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Mercia Asset Management PLC website (or any other website) are not incorporated into, nor form part of, this announcement.

 
 

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