Result of AGM

City of London Investment Trust PLC

31 October 2024

 

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800F3NOTF47H6AO55

31 October 2024

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting of the Company

held on Thursday, 31 October 2024

The City of London Investment Trust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a show of hands. This included six special business resolutions:

-    Resolution 10: to approve the dividend payment policy of paying four quarterly interim dividends in each year;

-    Resolution 11: to authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital;

-    Resolution 12: to authorise the Directors to allot or to sell from treasury up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital without first offering them to existing shareholders in accordance with statutory pre-emption procedures;

-    Resolution 13: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares;

-    Resolution 14: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's preferred stock; and

-    Resolution 15: to hold general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 17 September 2024 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.cityinvestmenttrust.com.

The proxy votes received in relation to each resolution were as follows:

Resolutions	Votes for (including at Chairman's discretion)	%	Votes against	%	Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld)	Votes withheld
1   Annual Report and financial statements	6,170,744	99.92	5,154	0.08	6,175,898	12,193
2   Directors' Remuneration Report	6,117,823	99.36	39,464	0.64	6,157,287	30,799
3   Election of Ms Sally Lake	6,138,142	99.69	19,392	0.31	6,157,534	30,527
4   Re-election of Sir Laurie Magnus	6,140,139	99.65	21,714	0.35	6,161,853	26,232
5   Re-election of Mr Ominder Dhillon	6,141,189	99.69	19,230	0.31	6,160,419	27,666
6   Re-election of Mr Robert Holmes	6,143,835	99.71	17,758	0.29	6,161,593	26,493
7   Re-election of Mrs Clare Wardle	6,140,880	99.69	19,128	0.31	6,160,008	28,079
8   Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	6,140,273	99.52	29,483	0.48	6,169,756	18,333
9   Audit and Risk Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration	6,151,077	99.73	16,664	0.27	6,167,741	20,348
10  Approve the dividend payment policy	6,174,254	99.92	4,861	0.08	6,179,115	8,974
11  Authority to allot ordinary shares	6,140,154	99.49	31,595	0.51	6,171,749	16,338
12  Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment or sale of ordinary shares*	6,109,771	99.01	60,797	0.99	6,170,568	16,850
13  Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares*	6,151,625	99.77	14,110	0.23	6,165,735	22,354
14  Authority to make market purchases of preferred stock*	6,147,823	99.78	13,729	0.22	6,161,552	26,539
15  Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice*	6,132,997	99.32	42,004	0.68	6,175,001	13,087

* Special resolution.

Holders of ordinary shares have one vote for every 15 shares held, holders of first preference stock have one vote for every £10 of stock held and holders of preferred ordinary stock have one vote for every £20 of stock held.

A copy of the special business resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection on the NSM's website at:

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

For further information please contact:

Job Curtis Fund Manager The City of London Investment Trust plc Tel: [phone]	Sally Porter For and on behalf of Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited Corporate Secretary to The City of London Investment Trust plc Tel: [phone]
Harriet Hall PR Director, Investment Trusts Janus Henderson Investors Tel: [phone]

 

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