DUNEDIN INCOME GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300PPXLZPR5JTL763
The Company announces that all of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on 10 June 2021 were duly passed. The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:
RESOLUTION |
VOTES FOR/ |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES WITHHELD |
TOTAL VOTES |
1. Receive the reports of the Directors and auditor and the financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2021 |
45,659,619 |
89,170 |
243,712 |
45,992,501 |
2. Receive and adopt Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 January 2021 |
44,701,490 |
655,357 |
635,654 |
45,992,501 |
3. Approve the payment of four interim dividends in respect of the year ended 31 January 2021 |
45,707,127 |
49,444 |
235,931 |
45,992,502 |
4. Re-elect Jasper Judd as a Director |
45,240,586 |
228,260 |
523,656 |
45,992,502 |
5. Re-elect Howard Williams as a Director |
45,247,989 |
234,655 |
509,858 |
45,992,502 |
6. Re-elect David Barron as a Director |
45,237,056 |
228,348 |
527,098 |
45,992,502 |
7. Re-elect Christine Montgomery as a Director |
45,189,147 |
305,497 |
497,858 |
45,992,502 |
8. Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor |
45,024,566 |
420,003 |
547,933 |
45,992,502 |
9. Authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor for the year to 31 January 2022 |
45,385,993 |
195,688 |
410,821 |
45,992,502 |
10. Authorise the Directors to allot shares |
45,325,267 |
258,291 |
408,944 |
45,992,502 |
11. Approve the disapplication of pre-emption provisions |
44,702,654 |
496,510 |
793,338 |
45,992,502 |
12. Authorise the Company to buy back shares |
44,472,928 |
377,762 |
1,141,812 |
45,992,502 |
13. Change the Company's investment objective |
44,613,553 |
725,362 |
653,587 |
45,992,502 |
Change of Investment Objective
The Company is pleased to note the Shareholder approval for the change to the Company's Investment Objective. The expectation is that the Company's portfolio will be re-aligned quickly and will be fully compliant by the time of the release of the Company's half yearly results in September 2021, with most, if not all, changes having been completed before the end of July 2021.
Full Text of Resolutions
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Meeting set out in the Annual Report for the year ended 31 January 2021, copies of which are available on the Company's website, www.dunedinincomegrowth.co.uk *. The Annual Report has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and is available for inspection at: https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism *.
* Neither the Company's website nor the NSM website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.
Enquiries:
Gordon Hay Smith
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretary
Tel. 0131 372 2200