Result of AGM

Edinburgh Investment Trust PLC

17 July 2024

 

17 July 2024

LEI number: 549300HV0VXCRONER808

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc

(the "Company")

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Board of The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc (ticker: EDIN), is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put forward at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today were passed.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Company's Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 March 2024. The proxy votes lodged with the Registrar will shortly be available via the Company's website at: www.edinburgh-investment-trust.co.uk

The proxy votes received were as follows:

Resolution	For	% For	Against	% Against	Withheld*
1. To receive and consider the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 March 2024	40,618,077	99.93	26,745	0.07	22,455
2. To approve the Annual Statement and Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2024	40,371,342	99.65	142,691	0.35	153,244
3. To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares	40,642,616	99.98	8,016	0.02	16,645
4. To re-elect Steven Baldwin as a Director of the Company	40,522,278	99.89	42,884	0.11	102,115
5. To re-elect Elisabeth Stheeman as a Director of the Company	40,503,080	99.84	65,436	0.16	98,761
6. To re-elect Patrick Edwardson as a Director of the Company	40,483,176	99.86	58,065	0.14	126,036
7. To re-elect Aidan Lisser as a Director of the Company	40,498,792	99.89	43,146	0.11	125,339
8. To re-elect Annabel Tagoe-Bannerman as a Director of the Company	40,486,948	99.81	76,766	0.19	103,563
9. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	40,265,029	99.14	347,998	0.86	54,250
10. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	40,315,704	99.22	318,232	0.78	33,341
11. To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to 10% of the issued share capital.	41,819,754	99.81	80,727	0.19	71,605
12. Special resolution. To approve disapplication of pre-emption rights, subject to passing resolution 11.	41,785,682	99.69	128,834	0.31	57,570
13. Special resolution. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares.	39,570,349	94.34	2,375,068	5.66	26,669
14. Special resolution. To adopt new articles of association of the Company.	41,849,965	99.84	68,727	0.16	53,394
15. Special resolution. To authorise that the general meetings of the Company, other than Annual General Meetings, may be called on 14 clear days' notice.	41,741,739	99.53	197,396	0.47	32,951

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.

At the time of the above meeting, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 195,666,734 ordinary shares. The Company held 45,955,209 shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights was 149,711,525. Each ordinary share held entitles the holder to one vote and there are no restrictions on those voting rights.

In accordance with LR9.6.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism website and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Enquiries

NSM Funds (UK) Limited (Company Secretary)

020 3697 5770

 

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