Notice of GM

RNS Number : 8745T

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC

06 July 2018

 

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800JUA8RKIDDLH380

6 July 2018

Posting of circular convening a general meeting

In order to meet the continuing demand for shares in Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (the "Company"), the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") is seeking shareholder approval to renew the authority to disapply the statutory pre-emption rights on the issue of shares in the capital of the Company.

Accordingly, the Company has today issued a circular convening a general meeting (the "General Meeting") to be held at  12.30 p.m. on 31 July 2018 at the offices of Baillie Gifford & Co, Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh EH1 3AN.

At the General Meeting, a resolution will be put to shareholders to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares up to an aggregate nominal value of £269,921.55 (amounting to up to 5,398,431 shares) representing approximately 10 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital as at 4 July 2018 (the "Resolution").  The authority conferred by the Resolution will lapse at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company which is anticipated to be held in January 2019.

The Board believes that the authority sought at the General Meeting will allow them to satisfy the expected demand for shares in the period from the General Meeting to the Company's next annual general meeting.

A copy of the circular is available for inspection on the Company's website at www.edinburghworldwide.co.uk.

A copy of the circular will also be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Company Secretaries

 6 July 2018

For further information please contact:

Karen Havranek

Baillie Gifford & Co

Tel: [phone]

Regulated Information Classification: Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a Member State of the European Union.

 

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