Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2065G

Edinburgh Investment Trust PLC

22 July 2021

 

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Board of The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc (ticker: EDIN), 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 can be found in the Notice of Meeting contained in the Company's Annual Report for the year to 31 March 2021. The proxy votes lodged with the Registrar will shortly be available via the Company's website at: ww.edinburghinvestmenttrust.com

The proxy votes received were as follows: -

Resolution	In favour / Discretion	Percentage In favour	Against	Percentage Against	Withheld
1	53,573,818	99.98%	12,588	0.02%	15,069
2	52,829,474	98.67%	712,465	1.33%	59,536
3	53,581,971	99.99%	3,514	0.01%	15,990
4	53,369,831	99.74%	137,324	0.26%	94,320
5	53,401,850	99.81%	103,585	0.19%	96,040
6	42,945,378	80.77%	10,221,543	19.23%	434,554
7	53,391,064	99.85%	81,041	0.15%	129,370
8	53,465,480	99.92%	45,377	0.08%	90,618
9	53,374,003	99.64%	190,595	0.36%	36,877
10	53,528,388	99.91%	45,952	0.09%	27,135
11	53,374,144	99.64%	194,653	0.36%	32,678
12	53,201,816	99.34%	352,346	0.66%	47,313
13	53,384,297	99.62%	202,338	0.38%	14,840
14	53,041,748	99.04%	512,705	0.96%	47,022

At the time of the above meeting, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 195,666,734 ordinary shares. The Company held 23,483,805 shares in treasury.  Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights was 172,182,929. Each Ordinary Share held entitles the holder to one vote and there are no restrictions on those voting rights. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the % of shares voted "For" or "Against" a resolution.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2 and LR 9.6.3, copies of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism website and will be available for inspection - shortly.

22 July 2021

Enquiries

PraxisIFM Fund Services (UK) Limited

David Rice / Lemuel Appiah  020 7653 9690

Company Secretary

 

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