Result of AGM

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc

HEADLINE:    Annual General Meeting Result

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 25 July 2019 shareholders approved the following resolutions:

Ordinary Business

Ordinary Resolutions

1)       to receive and consider the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 March 2019;

2)       to approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy;

3)       to approve the Annual Statement and Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2019;

4)       to declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares;

5)       to re-elect Glen Suarez as a Director of the Company;

6)       to elect Steve Baldwin as a Director of the Company;

7)       to re-elect Victoria Hastings as a Director of the Company;

8)       to re-elect Gordon McQueen as a Director of the Company;

9)       to re-elect Maxwell Ward as a Director of the Company;

10)     to elect Elisabeth Stheeman as a Director of the Company;

11)     to appoint PricewaterhouseCooper LLP as Auditor;

12)     to authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor;

Special Business (please refer to the Notice of Meeting for the full text of the resolutions)

Ordinary Resolution

13)     to authorise the Directors to allot securities;

Special Resolutions

14)     to authorise the Directors to allot securities for cash, disapplying statutory pre-emption rights;

15)     to renew the Directors’ authority to purchase shares of the Company in the market for cancellation or for holding in Treasury within the parameters specified; and

16)     that the period of notice required for general meetings of the Company (other than AGMs) shall be not less than 14 days’ notice.

A breakdown of the proxy votes registered is shown below.

Resolution	Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
	(including votes at the discretion of the Chairman)

Ordinary resolutions:

1.	60,230,227	248	35,588
2.	59,963,812	182,644	119,607
3.	60,047,313	162,776	55,974
4.	60,238,413	248	27,402
5.	60,104,393	87,602	74,068
6.	60,099,617	102,469	63,977
7.	60,079,007	90,180	96,876
8.	60,068,811	123,880	73,372
9.	60,111,384	83,600	71,079
10.	60,137,775	63,618	64,670
11.	60,127,503	78,647	59,913
12.	60,176,902	32,387	56,774

Special resolutions:

13.	60,031,977	51,328	182,758
14.	59,891,969	163,461	210,633
15.	60,038,772	158,328	68,963
16.	59,204,622	1,014,489	46,952

The resolutions were passed on a show of hands. 

The Company’s issued share capital consists of 193,449,473 ordinary shares in circulation and 2,217,261 shares in treasury.  31% of the Company’s issued share capital is represented by the voting. The proxy votes lodged with the Registrar will shortly be available via the Company’s website at:

www.invesco.co.uk/edinburgh

Board Succession

The Company confirms that as already announced Sir Nigel Wicks, who had served on the Board since 2005 retired at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, and that Victoria Hastings has been appointed as Senior Independent Director.

Invesco Asset Management Limited

Corporate Company Secretary

25 July 2019