Result of AGM

JPMorgan European Discovery Trust

24 July 2024

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

JPMORGAN EUROPEAN DISCOVERY TRUST PLC

RESULTS OF 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Legal Entity Identifier: 54930049CEWDI46Y3U28

Information disclosed in accordance with LR 9.6.18

Results of Annual General Meeting

Following the Annual General Meeting of the Company, which was held today, the Board is pleased to announce that all of the Ordinary Resolutions put to shareholders were voted on by Poll and passed. In addition, the following items of Special Business were also voted on by Poll and passed. These were:

i)          allow the Directors of the Company to exercise all powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £787,375 representing approximately 10% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at the date of the passing of the resolution;

ii)         allow the disapplication of pre-emption rights on the allotment of new ordinary shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £705,334;

iii)        allow the Company to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at the date of the passing of the resolution;

iv)        allow the Company to call a general meeting, other than an Annual General Meeting, on no less than 14 clear days' notice.

As previously announced, following the retirement of Mr. Nicholas Smith from the Board, Mr. Arun Sarwal is the Chair of the Audit Committee.

Further, as also announced previously, Mr. James Will's appointment to the Board is effective today.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Financial Statements which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism as well as from the Company's website, www.jpmeuropeandiscovery.co.uk

A summary of the votes received will shortly be available on the Company's website, www.jpmeuropeandiscovery.co.uk

24th July 2024

For further information, please contact:

Priyanka Vijay Anand

For and on behalf of

JPMorgan Funds Limited - Company Secretary

0800 20 40 20 (or [phone])

 

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