Result of AGM

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F&C Investment Trust PLC
07 May 2020
 

F&C INVESTMENT TRUST PLC  

("the Company")

LEI: 213800W6B18ZHTNG7371

 

7 May 2020

 

 

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

The Company announces that at its AGM held earlier today a poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority.  The results of the poll were as follows:

 

 

 

 

For and Discretionary

Against

Withheld

Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld)

 

Resolution

No of Votes

% of Votes Cast

No of Votes

% of Votes Cast

No of Votes

 

1

Receive Report & Accounts

319,437,915

99.71%

931,845

0.29%

816,827

320,369,060

2

Approve Remuneration Policy

290,084,653

94.25%

17,685,221

5.75%

13,414,625

307,769,874

3

Approve Remuneration Report

292,179,465

94.71%

16,332,427

5.29%

12,673,994

308,511,892

4

Approve Final Dividend

 

318,035,200

99.53%

1,486,121

0.47%

1,664,566

319,521,321

5

Elect Quintin Price

 

306,626,277

98.27%

5,413,545

1.73%

9,146,066

312,039,822

6

Re-elect Sarah Arkle

 

306,091,890

97.76%

7,020,016

2.24%

8,073,981

313,111,906

7

Re-elect Sir Roger Bone

 

290,943,765

93.14%

21,445,160

6.86%

8,796,962

312,388,925

8

Re-elect Francesca Ecsery

307,239,330

98.13%

5,846,117

1.87%

8,100,440

313,085,447

9

Re-elect Jeffrey Hewitt

 

305,545,707

97.87%

6,659,127

2.13%

8,981,053

312,204,834

10

Re-elect Beatrice Hollond

307,035,581

97.53%

7,772,835

2.47%

6,377,471

314,808,416

11

Re-elect Edward Knapp

307,291,567

98.10%

5,956,237

1.90%

7,938,082

313,247,804

12

Re-elect Nicholas Moakes

305,819,813

97.79%

6,898,146

2.21%

8,467,928

312,717,959

13

Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor

301,912,592

96.12%

12,192,370

3.88%

7,079,812

314,104,962

14

Remuneration of the Auditor

 

308,331,663

98.03%

6,203,822

1.97%

6,650,402

314,535,485

15

Renew the authority to allot shares

310,079,041

97.91%

6,604,766

2.09%

4,502,080

316,683,807

16

Approve disapplication of pre-emption rights

293,777,669

95.70%

13,202,663

4.30%

14,205,555

306,980,332

17

Renew authority to purchase own shares

307,030,793

97.18%

8,899,243

2.82%

5,255,851

315,930,036

 

Resolutions 16 and 17 were passed as special resolutions and have been lodged with the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2019, copies of which are available on the Company's website www.fandcit.com. The Annual Report is also available for viewing at  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

At the time of the above meeting the Company's share capital consisted of 542,245,047 ordinary shares with voting rights and a further 79,584,335 ordinary shares held in treasury.

 

In the context of the coronavirus outbreak, the AGM was held as a purely procedural meeting, covering only the formal business. 

 

A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's website www.fandcit.com 

 

 

 

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

 

Hugh Potter

For and on behalf of BMO Investment Business Limited, Secretary
Telephone: 020 7628 8000

 

 

 


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