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Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC - Result of AGMWorldwide Healthcare Trust PLC - Result of AGM
PR Newswire
LONDON, United Kingdom, July 14
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, 14 July 2026. The level of votes received is shown below.
| Resolutions | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes Cast | Votes Withheld* |
| Ordinary Resolutions | ||||||
| To receive and consider the audited accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ended 31 March 2026. | 171,076,954 | 99.97% | 46,807 | 0.03% | 171,123,761 | 53,010 |
| To approve the payment of a final dividend of 1.7p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2026. | 171,124,762 | 99.98% | 36,566 | 0.02% | 171,161,328 | 15,443 |
| To approve the Company's dividend policy as set out on page 34 of the Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2026. | 171,073,450 | 99.96% | 76,490 | 0.04% | 171,149,940 | 26,831 |
| To re-elect Mr Sven Borho as a Director of the Company | 117,316,295 | 99.87% | 154,664 | 0.13% | 117,470,959 | 53,705,812 |
| To re-elect Ms Sian Hansen as a Director of the Company. | 169,048,657 | 98.83% | 2,001,397 | 1.17% | 171,050,054 | 126,717 |
| To re-elect Mr William Hemmings as a Director of the Company. | 115,660,479 | 98.45% | 1,819,464 | 1.55% | 117,479,943 | 53,696,828 |
| To re-elect Mr Tim Livett as a Director of the Company. | 169,218,665 | 98.93% | 1,830,368 | 1.07% | 171,049,033 | 127,738 |
| To re-elect Ms Jo Parfrey as a Director of the Company. | 169,226,385 | 98.93% | 1,822,869 | 1.07% | 171,049,254 | 127,517 |
| To re-elect Dr Bina Rawal as a Director of the Company. | 169,221,299 | 98.93% | 1,828,755 | 1.07% | 171,050,054 | 126,717 |
| To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor and to authorise the Audit Committee to determine their remuneration. | 170,734,905 | 99.82% | 299,447 | 0.18% | 171,034,352 | 142,419 |
| To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2026. | 170,729,066 | 99.82% | 303,487 | 0.18% | 171,032,553 | 144,218 |
| To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.
| 170,706,085 | 99.81% | 326,126 | 0.19% | 171,032,211 | 144,560 |
| To authorise the Directors to allot securities in the Company. | 170,951,978 | 99.89% | 184,586 | 0.11% | 171,136,564 | 40,207 |
| Special Resolutions | ||||||
| To disapply the rights of pre -emption in relation to the allotment of securities. | 170,775,801 | 99.79% | 360,115 | 0.21% | 171,135,916 | 40,855 |
| To authorise the Company to make market purchases of shares in the Company. | 170,721,806 | 99.76% | 415,125 | 0.24% | 171,136,931 | 39,840 |
| To authorise the Company to make market purchases of shares in the Company. | 168,476,792 | 98.43% | 2,683,066 | 1.57% | 171,159,858 | 16,913 |
| To approve and adopt the Articles of Association | 170,979,713
| 99.94% | 96,109 | 0.06% | 171,075,822 | 100,949 |
| That any General Meeting of the Company (other than the Annual General Meeting) shall be called by notice of at least 14 clear days. | 170,679,103 | 99.75% | 435,643 | 0.25% | 171,114,746 | 62,025 |
* 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 2.5p each in issue was 359,530,574 (with 242,134,626 shares held in treasury). The total number of voting rights was 359,530,574.
The voting figures will shortly also be available on the Company's website at www.worldwidewh.com
In accordance with the UK Listing Rules 6.4.2 and 6.4.3, the full text of the 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 . All resolutions will additionally be filed at Companies House.
14 July 2026
For further information please contact:
Mark Pope Frostrow Capital LLP - Company Secretary 020 3 008 4913
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