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Edinburgh Worldwide Investment TrustAnnouncement

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RNS Number : 6399C  Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC  30 April 2026

 

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800JUA8RKIDDLH380

Result of Annual General Meeting

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (the Company) held its Annual General
Meeting (AGM) today.

Ordinary resolutions 1 to 3 and 9 have been passed by shareholders. Ordinary
resolutions 4 to 8 relating to the re-election of the board of directors and
resolution 11 relating to the authority to issue shares did not pass.

Ordinary resolutions 14 to 16 relating to the appointment of Gabriel
Gliksberg, Jassen Trenkow and Michael Joseph were passed by shareholders.

Special resolutions 12 relating to the disapplication of pre-emption rights on
the issue of new shares and, 13 in relation to the Company's authority to make
market purchases of its own shares were not passed by shareholders.

The board of directors of the Company with effect from the end of the AGM are
Gabriel Gliksberg, Jassen Trenkow and Michael Joseph.

All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll. A breakdown of the votes cast
is set out below.

 Resolutions                                                                    Votes For                     Votes Against                 Total Votes Cast                       Votes Withheld
                                                                                Number       % of votes cast  Number       % of votes cast  Number       % of total voting rights  Number
 Ordinary Resolutions
 1.     To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Financial Statements of      214,477,676  99.59%           872,352      0.41%            215,350,028  62.26%                    12,828,611
 the Company
 2.     To approve the Directors' Annual Report on Remuneration                 109,712,226  51.01%           105,372,487  48.99%           215,084,713  62.18%                    13,093,925
 3.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                           109,489,933  50.92%           105,526,031  49.08%           215,015,964  62.16%                    13,162,674
 4.     To re-elect Jonathan Simpson-Dent as a director of the Company          83,938,534   38.98%           131,392,720  61.02%           215,331,254  62.26%                    12,847,384
 5.     To re-elect Caroline Roxburgh as a director of the Company              84,097,380   39.05%           131,260,566  60.95%           215,357,946  62.26%                    12,820,692
 6.     To re-elect Mary Gunn as a director of the Company                      84,076,553   39.04%           131,285,893  60.96%           215,362,446  62.26%                    12,816,192
 7.     To re-elect Jane McCracken as a director of the Company                 84,057,354   39.03%           131,304,552  60.97%           215,361,906  62.26%                    12,816,732
 8.     To elect Gregory Eckersley as a director of the Company                 83,867,501   38.95%           131,449,623  61.05%           215,317,124  62.25%                    12,861,514
 9.     To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Independent Auditor of           214,168,776  99.51%           1,060,363    0.49%            215,229,139  62.23%                    12,949,500
 the Company
 10.   To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the          214,330,315  99.57%           934,823      0.43%            215,265,138  62.24%                    12,913,501
 Independent Auditor of the Company
 11.   To authorise the directors' to allot new shares pursuant to section      94,211,267   43.79%           120,933,966  56.21%           214,145,233  62.20%                    13,033,405
 551 of the Companies Act 2006
 Special Resolutions
 12.   To authorise the directors to issue shares on a non pre-emptive basis    92,068,730   42.82%           122,939,246  57.18%           215,007,976  62.16%                    13,143,662
 pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006
 13.   To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares      110,013,483  51.12%           105,179,841  48.88%           215,193,324  62.22%                    12,985,314
 Ordinary Resolutions
 14.   To appoint Gabriel Gliksberg as a director of the Company                135,537,875  62.84%           80,150,061   37.16%           215,687,936  62.36%                    12,850,139
 15.   To appoint Jassen Trenkow as a director of the Company                   135,442,819  62.80%           80,245,117   37.20%           215,687,936  62.36%                    12,850,139
 16.   To appoint Michael Joseph as a director of the Company                   135,472,058  62.81%           80,202,082   37.19%           215,674,140  62.35%                    12,863,935

 

The full text of all the resolutions can also be found in the Notice of Annual
General Meeting which is available for viewing at the National Storage
Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

For any enquiries, please contact:

 

Investors

Deutsche Numis

Nathan Brown

Tel: +44 20 7547 0569

Matt Goss

Tel: +44 20 7547 0541

 

Company Secretary:

Baillie Gifford & Co

Tel: +44 131 275 2000

 

 

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Company Secretary

30 April 2026

 

 

 

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