AGM Statement

RNS Number : 0213B

Bankers Investment Trust PLC

26 February 2014

 



THE BANKERS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

26 FEBRUARY 2014

THE BANKERS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting held on

Wednesday 26 February 2014

The Bankers Investment Trust PLC announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed, four of which were special resolutions, including resolutions: to adopt new articles of association;  that a general meeting may be called on not fewer than 14 clear days' notice; and that the Company be generally authorised to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99% (equivalent to 16,804,815 ordinary shares as at today's date) at the maximum price per share (exclusive of expenses) not exceeding the higher of 105% of the average middle market quotations for the five business days preceding the date of purchase; and the higher of the last independent bid and the highest current independent bid on the London Stock Exchange. Shares repurchased will either be held in treasury or cancelled. 

As previously announced, the Company also confirms the appointment of Mr David Wild to the Board today.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting, copies of which are available for viewing at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.doc.

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For further information please contact:

Alex Crooke

Fund Manager

The Bankers Investment Trust PLC

Tel: [phone]

Sarah Gibbons-Cook

Investor Relations and PR Manager

Henderson Global Investors

Telephone: [phone]

 

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