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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