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RNS Number : 1060D  AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC  05 May 2026

AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC

 

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

LEI: 894500IJ5QQD7FPT3J73

5 May 2026

 

The Board of AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC (the "Company") is pleased to
announce that all Resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the
Company held at 11.30 a.m. on Tuesday, 5 May 2026, were duly passed. Voting on
all resolutions was conducted by a poll.

 

The full text of the Resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General
Meeting dated 12 March 2026, which has previously been submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism and is available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) . The document is
also available for download from the Company's website,
www.ajot.co.uk/ajot-agm/ (http://www.ajot.co.uk/ajot-agm/) .

 

For completeness, results of the poll, including proxy votes for each
Resolution, were as follows:

 

 Resolutions                                                                      Votes For           Votes Against       Total Votes  Votes Withheld
 Resolution 1                                                                     79,190,624  99.88%  94,620     0.12%    79,285,244   24,493

 To receive the strategic report, directors' report and audited accounts of the
 Company
 Resolution 2                                                                     79,260,768  99.97%  26,479     0.03%    79,287,247   22,490

 To approve a final ordinary dividend of 0.60p per Ordinary Share
 Resolution 3                                                                     77,547,149  97.87%  1,685,842  2.13%    79,232,991   76,746

 To re-elect Mr Norman Crighton as a Director of the Company
 Resolution 4                                                                     77,589,079  97.93%  1,643,912  2.07%    79,232,991   76,746

 To re-elect Ms Margaret Stephens as a Director of the Company
 Resolution 5                                                                     77,557,128  97.88%  1,675,863  2.12%    79,232,991   76,746

 To re-elect Mr Andrew Rose as a Director of the Company
 Resolution 6                                                                     76,374,493  96.45%  2,807,724  3.55%    79,182,217   127,520

 To re-elect Mr Tom Yoritaka as a Director of the Company
 Resolution 7                                                                     79,049,762  99.73%  212,393    0.27%    79,262,155   47,582

 To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor of the Company
 Resolution 8                                                                     79,157,418  99.84%  127,826    0.16%    79,285,244   24,493

 To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration
 Resolution 9                                                                     78,939,076  99.58%  331,112    0.42%    79,270,188   39,549

 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
 Resolution 10                                                                    79,138,796  99.84%  123,021    0.16%    79,261,817   47,920

 To authorise the Directors to allot securities up to an aggregate nominal
 amount of £442,146.
 Resolution 11*                                                                   78,971,659  99.65%  276,371    0.35%    79,248,030   61,707

 To authorise the Directors to allot securities for cash and to disapply
 statutory pre-emption rights up to an aggregate nominal value of £221,073.
 Resolution 12*                                                                   78,882,765  99.57%  337,693    0.43%    79,220,458   89,279

 To authorise the Directors to allot securities for cash and to disapply
 statutory pre-emption rights up to a further aggregate nominal value of
 £221,073.
 Resolution 13*                                                                   79,174,607  99.86%  114,939    0.14%    79,289,546   20,191

 To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares in the
 capital of the Company up to an aggregate number of 33,138,901 shares
 Resolution 14*                                                                   79,151,736  99.93%  55,185     0.07%    79,206,921   102,816

 To cancel share premium account of the Company
 Resolution 15*                                                                   79,021,979  99.67%  260,469    0.33%    79,282,448   27,289

 To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice

 

*Special resolutions

 

Enquiries:

 Joe Bauernfreund                    020 7659 4800

Asset Value Investors

Investment Manager
 Sara Stebbing                       0333 300 1932

MUFG Corporate Governance Limited

Company Secretary

 

Notes:

 

1.   Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chair of the meeting
have been included in the "For" total.

2.   A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

3.   The Company's total ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as
at 30 April 2026 was 222,398,394 ordinary shares. Ordinary shareholders are
entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.

4.   A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website
and, in accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.13, copies of resolutions 10 to 15
will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

5.   Terms used and not defined in this announcement bear the meaning given
to them in the Notice of Meeting.

6.   Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of
any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other
website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to
form) part of this announcement.

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