Result of AGM
Keystone Investment Trust plc
Annual General Meeting Results
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 23 January 2014,
shareholders approved the following resolutions:
1. to receive the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 September 2013;
2. to approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy;
3. to approve the Annual Statement and Report on Remuneration;
4. to re-elect Mrs Beatrice Hollond a Director of the Company;
5. to re-elect Mr Ian Armfield a Director of the Company;
6. to re-elect Mr William Kendall a Director of the Company;
7. to re-elect Mr Peter Readman a Director of the Company;
8. to re-elect Mr John Wood a Director of the Company;
9. to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor to the Company and authorise the
Directors to determine their remuneration;
10. to renew the Directors' authority to allot securities;
11. to renew the Directors' authority to allot securities for cash while
disapplying pre-emption rights within parameters specified;
12. to renew the Directors' authority to purchase up to 14.99% of the Company's
shares in the market for cancellation within the parameters specified; and
13. that the period of notice required for general meetings of the Company
(other than AGMs) shall be no less than 14 clear days.
All Resolutions were passed on a show of hands. 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. 1,655,884 3,162 405
2. 1,656,612 1,240 1,599
3. 1,656,726 1,240 1,485
4. 1,652,805 661 5,984
5. 1,613,606 1,131 44,713
6. 1,653,484 661 5,306
7. 1,609,855 48,040 1,555
8. 1,657,235 661 1,555
9. 1,654,394 1,026 4,031
10. 1,657,721 1,281 449
Special resolutions:
11. 1,650,937 6,846 1,668
12. 1,656,059 2,652 740
13. 1,611,098 47,786 567
The Company has 13,518,799 ordinary shares of 50p each in issue. On a poll
these carry one vote per £1 of nominal capital, accordingly Total Voting Rights
were 6,759,399.
Invesco Asset Management Limited
Corporate Company Secretary
23 January 2014