AGM Statement

RNS Number : 2602M

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC

26 January 2009

 

EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting, 26 January 2009

All resolutions were passed at the AGM of the Company held on 26 January 2009, including those detailed below:

• Shareholders approved a special resolution authorising the Company to buy-back its own shares up to a maximum of 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital, being 7,345,747 ordinary shares of 5p. This authority will expire at the conclusion of the AGM to be held in respect of the year ending 31 October 2009. 

Special Business

• Shareholders approved a special resolution to adopt new Articles of Association to take account of, inter alia, changes in company law brought about by the Companies Act 2006.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts which is available for viewing at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, the address of which is shown below. A copy of the resolutions passed under special business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility at the address below.

            Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HS

Tel. no. (0)20 7066 1000

Baillie Gifford & Co.

Company Secretaries

26 January 2009

 

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