REG - F&C Investment Trust - Result of AGM

F&C Investment TrustAnnouncement

07/05/2020 13:25

RNS Number : 3091M
  
F&C Investment Trust PLC
  
07 May 2020
  
 

F&C INVESTMENT TRUST PLC  
("the Company")
LEI: 213800W6B18ZHTNG7371
 
7 May 2020
 
 
Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results



The Company announces that at its AGM held earlier today a poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority.  The results of the poll were as follows:
 
 



 


 


For and Discretionary


Against


Withheld


Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld)




 


Resolution


No of Votes


% of Votes Cast


No of Votes


% of Votes Cast


No of Votes


 




1


Receive Report & Accounts


319,437,915


99.71%


931,845


0.29%


816,827


320,369,060




2


Approve Remuneration Policy


290,084,653


94.25%


17,685,221


5.75%


13,414,625


307,769,874




3


Approve Remuneration Report


292,179,465


94.71%


16,332,427


5.29%


12,673,994


308,511,892




4


Approve Final Dividend
 


318,035,200


99.53%


1,486,121


0.47%


1,664,566


319,521,321




5


Elect Quintin Price
 


306,626,277


98.27%


5,413,545


1.73%


9,146,066


312,039,822




6


Re-elect Sarah Arkle
 


306,091,890


97.76%


7,020,016


2.24%


8,073,981


313,111,906




7


Re-elect Sir Roger Bone
 


290,943,765


93.14%


21,445,160


6.86%


8,796,962


312,388,925




8


Re-elect Francesca Ecsery


307,239,330


98.13%


5,846,117


1.87%


8,100,440


313,085,447




9


Re-elect Jeffrey Hewitt
 


305,545,707


97.87%


6,659,127


2.13%


8,981,053


312,204,834




10


Re-elect Beatrice Hollond


307,035,581


97.53%


7,772,835


2.47%


6,377,471


314,808,416




11


Re-elect Edward Knapp


307,291,567


98.10%


5,956,237


1.90%


7,938,082


313,247,804




12


Re-elect Nicholas Moakes


305,819,813


97.79%


6,898,146


2.21%


8,467,928


312,717,959




13


Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor


301,912,592


96.12%


12,192,370


3.88%


7,079,812


314,104,962




14


Remuneration of the Auditor
 


308,331,663


98.03%


6,203,822


1.97%


6,650,402


314,535,485




15


Renew the authority to allot shares


310,079,041


97.91%


6,604,766


2.09%


4,502,080


316,683,807




16


Approve disapplication of pre-emption rights


293,777,669


95.70%


13,202,663


4.30%


14,205,555


306,980,332




17


Renew authority to purchase own shares


307,030,793


97.18%


8,899,243


2.82%


5,255,851


315,930,036



 
Resolutions 16 and 17 were passed as special resolutions and have been lodged with the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
 
The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2019, copies of which are available on the Company's website www.fandcit.com. The Annual Report is also available for viewing at   https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 
At the time of the above meeting the Company's share capital consisted of 542,245,047 ordinary shares with voting rights and a further 79,584,335 ordinary shares held in treasury.
 
In the context of the coronavirus outbreak, the AGM was held as a purely procedural meeting, covering only the formal business.  
 
A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's website www.fandcit.com.   
 
 
 
Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:
 
Hugh Potter
For and on behalf of BMO Investment Business Limited, Secretary

Telephone: 020 7628 8000
 
 
 


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