Result of AGM

JPMorgan Japanese Inv. Trust PLC

11 January 2024

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

JPMORGAN JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

RESULT OF POLL AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300JZW3TSSO464R15

Information disclosed in accordance with LR 9.6.18

Result of Annual General Meeting

Following the Annual General Meeting of the Company, which was held today, the Board is pleased to announce that all of the Ordinary Resolutions put to shareholders were voted on by Poll and passed.  In addition, the following items of Special Business were also voted on by Poll and passed which:

i)          allow the Company to allot new Ordinary shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £3,702,927 representing approximately 10% of the Company's issued Ordinary share capital;

ii)         allow the Company to dis-apply pre-emption rights on allotment of relevant securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £4,031,201;

iii)       allow the Company to make market purchases of up to 22,202,751 Ordinary shares, representing 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital;

iv)        allow the Company to call a general meeting, other than an Annual General Meeting, on no less than 14 clear days' notice; and

v)         allow the Company to amend the Articles of Association.

After publication of the annual report it was noted that the portfolio information section on page 31 did not include a breakdown of the Financials sector, owing to a typesetting error. As at 30^th September 2023 there were 6 companies in the sector; the largest was Tokio Marine with a valuation of £44.2m.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Annual Report & Financial Statements which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website, www.jpmjapanese.co.uk. 

A Summary of proxy votes received will shortly be available on the Company's website, www.jpmjapanese.co.uk. 

11th January 2024

For further information, please contact:

Priyanka Vijay Anand

For and on behalf of

JPMorgan Funds Limited - Company Secretary

Telephone [phone] (or [phone])

 

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