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Guinness VCT PLC

31 August 2023

Guinness VCT plc (the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at noon on Wednesday 30 August 2023, the following resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands.

Ordinary Resolutions

1. To receive and adopt the Directors' Report and Financial Statements of the Company for the period

ended 31 March 2023 together with the Independent Auditor's Report thereon.

   2.         To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. 
   3.         To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the period ended 31 March 2023. 

4. To appoint BDO LLP as the auditor of the Company from the conclusion of the AGM until the

conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2024 at which financial

statements are laid before the Company.

   5.         To authorise the directors of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditor. 
   6.         To elect Ewen Gilmour as a director of the Company in accordance with the Articles of 

Association.

   7.         To elect Joanna Santinon as a director of the Company in accordance with the Articles of 

Association.

8. To elect Andrew Martin Smith as a director of the Company in accordance with the Articles

of Association and the Listing Rules.

9. That, the Directors be and hereby are generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with

Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006, as amended, (the "Act") to exercise all of the powers of the

Company to allot shares in the Company or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security

into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal value of GBP250,000, representing approximately

562% of the issued share capital of the Company as at 6 July 2023, being the latest practical date prior

to publication of this document, provided that the authority conferred by this Resolution 9 shall expire at

the conclusion of the Company's next annual general meeting or on the expiry of fifteen months

following the passing of this Resolution 9, whichever is the later (unless previously renewed, varied or

revoked by the Company in general meeting).

Special Resolutions

10. That, the Directors be and hereby are empowered pursuant to Section 570(1) of the Act to allot or make

offers or agreements to allot equity securities (which expression shall have the meaning ascribed to it in

Section 560(1) of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority given in accordance with Section 551 of the

Act by Resolution 9 above as if Section 561 of the Act did not apply to such allotments, provided that

the power provided by this Resolution 10 shall expire at the conclusion of the Company's next annual

general meeting or on the expiry of fifteen months following the passing of this Resolution 10,

whichever is the later (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general

meeting).

11. That, the Company be and is hereby authorised to make one or more market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of Ordinary shares provided that:

11.1 the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary shares authorised to be purchased is an

amount equal to 14.99% of the issued Ordinary shares;

11.2 the minimum price which may be paid for an Ordinary share is their nominal value;

11.3 the maximum price which may be paid for an Ordinary share, exclusive of expenses, is an amount

equal to the higher of (i) 105% of the average of the middle market prices shown in the quotations

for an Ordinary share in the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange for the five

Business Days immediately preceding the day on which that Ordinary share is purchased; and (ii)

the amount stipulated by Article 5(6) of Market Abuse Regulation; and

11.4 unless renewed, the authority hereby conferred shall expire either at the conclusion of

the annual general meeting of the Company following the passing of this Resolution 11

or on the expiry of fifteen months from the passing of this Resolution 11, whichever is

the later, save that the Company may, prior to such expiry, enter into a contract to

purchase Ordinary shares which will or may be completed or executed wholly or partly

after such expiry.

Proxy votes received were:

 
       Resolution                                   For &            Against   Withheld 
                                                     Discretionary 
       Ordinary Resolutions 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
       To receive and adopt the Directors' Report 
        and Financial Statements and Auditor's 
  1.    Report                                          331,210          0         0 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
       To approve the Directors' Remuneration 
  2.    Policy                                         331,210          0         0 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
       To approve the Directors' Remuneration 
  3.    Report                                         331,210          0         0 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
  4.   To appoint BDO LLP as auditor                   331,210          0         0 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
       To authorise the directors to fix the 
  5.    Auditor's remuneration                         331,210          0         0 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
       To elect Ewen Gilmour as a director of 
  6.    the Company                                    331,210          0         0 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
       To elect Joanna Santinon as a director 
  7.    of the Company                                 331,210          0         0 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
  8.   To elect Andrew Martin Smith as a director      331,210          0         0 
        of the Company 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
  9.   To authorise the Directors to allot shares      331,210          0         0 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
 
       Special Resolutions 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
       To waive pre-emption rights in respect 
 10.    of the allotment of shares                     331,210          0         0 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
       To authorise the Company to make market 
 11.    purchases of its own shares                    331,210          0         0 
      -------------------------------------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
 

For further information, please contact :

Hugo Vaux

Guinness Asset Management Limited (Manager)

vct@guinnessfunds.com

Robin Smeaton

The City Partnership (UK) Limited (Company Secretary)

enquiries@city.uk.com

Keith Lassman

Howard Kennedy Corporate Services LLP

Keith.Lassman@howardkennedy.com

Alex Collins

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Corporate Broker)

alex.collins@panmure.com

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