Result of AGM

Smithson Investment Trust PLC

25 April 2024

 

Smithson Investment Trust plc

Legal Entity Identifier: 52990070BDK2OKX5TH79

Results of AGM - 25 April 2024

Smithson Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put forward at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today were passed. 

The text of all the resolutions is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting published on the Company's website (www.smithson.co.uk).

The proxy votes received were as follows:

	Resolution	In Favour / Discretionary			Against		Withheld
		Votes		%	Votes	%	Votes
1.	To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023.	59,899,351	99.44%		336,532	0.56%	192,557
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	59,611,603	99.04%		577,825	0.96%	239,512
3.	To re-elect Diana Dyer Bartlett as a Director of the Company.	48,677,147	80.85%		11,532,494	19.15%	218,799
4.	To re-elect Lord St John of Bletso as a Director of the Company.	54,081,505	89.83%		6,119,573	10.17%	227,362
5.	To re-elect Jeremy Attard-Manche as a Director of the Company.	57,866,537	96.11%		2,339,022	3.89%	222,881
6.	To re-elect Denise Hadgill as a Director of the Company.	57,757,350	95.94%		2,443,874	4.06%	227,216
7.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor to the Company.	59,825,404	99.37%		378,281	0.63%	224,755
8.	To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.	59,863,173	99.37%		377,028	0.63%	188,239
9.	To authorise the Directors to allot securities in the Company up to an amount representing 10% of the issued share capital.	59,671,338	99.12%		530,624	0.88%	224,478
10.	To authorise the Directors to allot securities in the Company up to an additional amount representing 10% of the issued share capital.	59,622,302	99.04%		578,599	0.96%	225,539
11.	To disapply the pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares up to an amount representing 10% of the issued share capital. *	59,096,796	98.18%		1,096,778	1.82%	233,366
12.	To disapply the pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares up to an additional amount representing 10% of the issued share capital. *	59,095,313	98.18%		1,097,571	1.82%	234,056
13.	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in the Company. *	58,352,394	96.86%		1,892,972	3.14%	181,574
14.	That the Directors be authorised to call general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. *	59,715,181	99.12%		528,718	0.88%	183,041
15.	That the Company continues in being as an investment trust.	54,502,807	90.39%		5,793,290	9.61%	130,843

*Special resolution

Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

25 April 2024

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