MANCHESTER AND LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
1 November 2023
The Company announces that, at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held today, Resolutions 1 to 15 contained in the Notice of AGM were duly passed on a poll.
M&M Investment Company, the controlling shareholder of the Company undertook not to vote on the resolutions dealing with the re-election and election of the independent Directors and Mr Brett Miller. The proxy votes below therefore reflect the votes submitted by independent shareholders as indicated.
The proxy votes received in relation to the resolutions passed were as follows:
Resolution | For (No. of shares) | For (%) | Against (No. of shares) | Against (%) | Votes Withheld (No. of shares)
| Total Votes | % of ISC Voted |
1. To receive and accept the Annual Report | 27,102,988 | 99.99 | 2,532 | 0.01 | 474,324 | 27,579,844 | 69 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (including the Directors' Remuneration Policy) | 25,875,799 | 95.47 | 1,227,943 | 4.53 | 476,102 | 27,579,844 | 69 |
3.To declare a final ordinary dividend of 7.0p per Ordinary Share | 27,102,988 | 99.99 | 2,532 | 0.01 | 474,324 | 27,579,844 | 69 |
4. To re-elect Daniel Wright as a Director (independent shareholders) | 3,524,143 | 89.96 | 393,208 | 10.04 | 23,183,838 | 27,101,189 | 67 |
5. To re-elect Brett Miller as a Director | 3,840,458 | 98.01 | 78,019 | 1.99 | 23,182,712 | 27,101,189 | 67 |
6. To re-elect Daren Morris as a Director (independent shareholders) | 3,840,458 | 98.04 | 76,893 | 1.96 | 23,183,838 | 27,101,189 | 67 |
7. To re-elect James Waterlow as a Director (independent shareholders) | 3,837,858 | 97.97 | 79,493 | 2.03 | 23,183,838 | 27,101,189 | 67 |
8. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company | 27,098,554 | 99.96 | 10,707 | 0.04 | 470,583 | 27,579,844 | 69 |
9. To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's Remuneration | 27,100,828 | 99.99 | 2,912 | 0.01 | 476,104 | 27,579,844 | 69 |
10. To authorise the Directors to offer holders the right to elect to receive newly issued Ordinary Shares | 27,097,203 | 99.95 | 12,812 | 0.05 | 469,829 | 27,579,844 | 69 |
11. To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares | 27,097,723 | 99.95 | 12,292 | 0.05 | 469,829 | 27,579,844 | 69 |
12. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of Ordinary Shares | 27,070,878 | 99.87 | 34,642 | 0.13 | 474,324 | 27,579,844 | 69 |
13. To authorise the Directors to sell, transfer and allot Ordinary Shares from Treasury at a discount to the net asset value | 27,063,189 | 99.84 | 42,331 | 0.16 | 474,324 | 27,579,844 | 69 |
14. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares | 26,818,342 | 98.92 | 291,673 | 1.08 | 469,829 | 27,579,844 | 69 |
15. To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice | 27,077,728 | 99.88 | 32,287 | 0.12 | 469,829 | 27,579,844 | 69 |
NOTES:
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1. | All resolutions were passed.
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2. | Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.
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3. | Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.
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4. | A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.
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5. | The number of shares in issue on 30 October 2023 was 40,193,018 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. At that time, the Company held 335,220 shares in treasury.
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6. | The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.mlcapman.com.
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7. | In accordance with listing rule 9.6.2R, a copy of resolutions 11 to 15 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. |
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