Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1257Y

F&C Investment Trust PLC

10 May 2021

 

F&C INVESTMENT TRUST PLC  

("the Company")

LEI: 213800W6B18ZHTNG7371

10 May 2021

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 (exc. Votes Withheld)
	Resolution	No of Votes	% of Votes Cast	No of Votes	% of Votes Cast	No of Votes
1	Receive Report & Accounts	317,379,578	99.78%	683,960	0.22%	833,789	318,063,538
2	Approve Remuneration Report	288,965,721	94.10%	18,101,881	5.90%	11,829,725	307,067,602
3	Approve Final Dividend	317,213,676	99.74%	821,481	0.26%	862,169	318,035,157
4	Elect Tom Joy	305,961,178	98.56%	4,484,167	1.44%	8,447,586	310,445,345
5	Re-elect Sarah Arkle	294,927,551	94.62%	16,768,981	5.38%	7,200,794	311,696,532
6	Re-elect Francesca Ecsery	305,204,254	97.97%	6,318,175	2.03%	7,374,898	311,522,429
7	Re-elect Jeffrey Hewitt	294,797,972	94.71%	16,464,150	5.29%	7,635,205	311,262,122
8	Re-elect Beatrice Hollond	304,693,264	98.07%	6,002,125	1.93%	8,201,937	310,695,389
9	Re-elect Edward Knapp	305,789,598	98.27%	5,368,689	1.73%	7,739,039	311,158,287
10	Re-elect Quintin Price	304,274,492	97.81%	6,798,351	2.19%	7,824,484	311,072,843
11	Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor	299,220,326	95.62%	13,706,351	4.38%	5,970,650	312,926,677
12	Remuneration of the Auditor	305,860,908	97.84%	6,741,752	2.16%	6,292,666	312,602,660
13	Renew the authority to allot shares	307,545,330	9 8.26%	5,442,279	1.74%	5,909,718	312,987,609
14	Approve disapplication of pre-emption rights	295,646,904	96.12%	11,945,183	3.88%	11,303,193	307,592,087
15	Renew authority to purchase own shares	308,033,274	97.78%	7,003,967	2.22%	3,860,086	315,037,241
16	Adoption of new Articles of Association	304,902,429	98.41%	4,914,628	1.59%	9,078,222	309,817,057

Resolutions 14, 15 and 16 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 2020, 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 533,339,527 ordinary shares with voting rights and a further 28,479,489 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: [phone]

 

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