Result of AGM
Keystone Investment Trust plc
HEADLINE: Annual General Meeting Results
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 20 December 2011,
shareholders approved the following resolutions:
1. to receive the Directors' Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30
September 2011;
2. to declare a final dividend of 29p per ordinary share, which will be paid on
23 December 2011 to shareholders on the register on 25 November 2011;
3. to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30
September 2011;
4. to re-elect Mrs Beatrice Hollond a Director of the Company;
5. to re-elect Mr David Adams a Director of the Company;
6. to re-elect Mr William Kendall a Director of the Company;
7. to re-elect Mr Peter Readman a Director of the Company;
8. to elect Mr John Wood a Director of the Company;
9. to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and authorise the Directors to
determine their remuneration;
10. to renew the Directors' authority to allot new ordinary shares;
11. to renew the Directors' authority to allot new ordinary shares for cash
while disapplying pre-emption rights within parameters specified;
12. to renew the Directors' authority to purchase shares of the Company in the
market for cancellation within the parameters specified; and
13. that the period of notice required for general meetings of the Company
(other than AGMs) shall be no less than 14 days.
All Resolutions were passed on a show of hands. A breakdown of the proxy votes
registered is shown below.
Resolution Votes For Votes Against Votes Withheld
(including votes at
the discretion of
the Chairman)
Ordinary resolutions:
1. 2,498,646 107 810
2. 2,495,682 3,071 810
3. 2,481,458 10,259 7,846
4. 2,492,295 5,979 1,289
5. 2,466,326 25,336 7,901
6. 2,477,193 15,673 6,697
7. 2,420,760 70,902 7,901
8. 2,493,484 5,269 810
9. 2,495,664 2,707 1,192
Special resolutions:
10. 2,492,650 4,865 2,048
11. 2,483,769 9,383 6,411
12. 2,482,282 12,507 4,774
13. 2,470,996 26,822 1,745
Total Voting Rights were 13,368,799.
Nira Mistry
Invesco Asset Management Limited, Secretaries
20 December 2011