Result of AGM and Notification of Board Changes

CC Japan Income & Growth Trust PLC

05 March 2024

 

CC Japan Income & Growth Trust plc

Result of AGM and Notification of Board Changes

LEI: 549300FZANMYIORK1K98

Result of AGM

CC Japan Income & Growth Trust plc (the "Company") announces that all resolutions put forward at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today were passed.

The text of all the resolutions is contained in the notice of meeting in the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 October 2023.

The votes received were as follows:

Resolution		In Favour	%	Against	%	Withheld
1	To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 October 2023	65,350,586	99.98	14,917	0.02	5,100
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report	65,335,252	99.97	17,017	0.03	18,334
3	To re-elect June Aitken as a Director of the Company	65,306,887	99.93	44,917	0.07	18,799
4	To re-elect Kate Cornish-Bowden as a Director of the Company	65,306,887	99.93	44,917	0.07	18,799
5	To re-elect Craig Cleland as a Director of the Company	65,305,586	99.93	44,917	0.07	20,100
6	To elect John Charlton-Jones as a Director of the Company	65,304,887	99.93	44,917	0.07	20,799
7	To Authorise Directors to declare and pay dividends on a semi-annual basis	65,348,304	99.99	3,500	0.01	18,799
8	To re-appoint Johnston Carmichael LLP as Auditor to the Company	65,347,003	99.99	3,500	0.01	20,100
9	To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors until the next AGM	65,359,524	99.99	3,500	0.01	7,579
10	To authorise to allot new shares.	65,321,095	99.95	34,801	0.05	14,707
11	Authority to allot new shares free from pre-emption rights.	65,320,396	99.95	34,801	0.05	15,406
12	Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares.	65,358,702	99.99	4,801	0.01	7,100
13	To authorise calling general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice	65,205,366	99.76	160,136	0.24	5,101

At the time of the above meeting, the Company's issued share capital was 134,730,610 Ordinary Shares and this is the total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights in the Company.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2 and LR 9.6.3, copies of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism website and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism shortly.

Notification of Board Changes

Pursuant to the Annual General Meeting, the Company announces that Mr Harry Wells, an independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Company since November 2015, has today retired from the Board. 

Ms June Aitken, who joined the Board in February 2022, has been appointed as Chair of the Company with immediate effect. Mr Craig Cleland, who joined the Board on 1 February 2022 has been appointed to succeed Ms Aitken as Senior Independent Director of the Company.

 Enquiries:

Apex Listed Companies Services (UK) Limited	020 3327 9720
Company Secretary

 

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