Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc
Results of General Meeting
Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at a general meeting of the Company held earlier today the resolution to disapply the statutory pre-emption rights on the issue of ordinary shares, as set out in the circular to shareholders dated 19 June 2020 (the "Circular"), was duly approved by shareholders.
Details of the proxy votes lodged before the general meeting, which should be read alongside the notice contained in the Circular will be available shortly at www.edinburghworldwide.co.uk .
A copy of the resolution passed at the general meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
Baillie Gifford & Co Limited
Company Secretaries
16 July 2020
Legal Entity Identifier: 213800JUA8RKIDDLH380
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