REG - F&C Investment Trust - Result of AGM

F&C Investment TrustAnnouncement

10/05/2021 15:05

RNS Number : 1257Y
  
F&C Investment Trust PLC
  
10 May 2021
  
 

F&C INVESTMENT TRUST PLC  
("the Company")
 
LEI: 213800W6B18ZHTNG7371
 
 
 
10 May 2021
 
 
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 (exc. Votes Withheld)




 


Resolution


No of Votes


% of Votes Cast


No of Votes


% of Votes Cast


No of Votes


 




1


Receive Report & Accounts
 


 
317,379,578


 
99.78%


 
683,960


 
0.22%


 
833,789


 
318,063,538




2


Approve Remuneration Report


 
288,965,721


 
94.10%


 
18,101,881


 
5.90%


 
11,829,725


 
307,067,602




3


Approve Final Dividend
 


 
317,213,676


 
99.74%


 
821,481


 
0.26%


 
862,169


 
318,035,157




 
4


 
Elect Tom Joy
 


 
305,961,178


 
98.56%


 
4,484,167


 
1.44%


 
8,447,586


 
310,445,345




5


Re-elect Sarah Arkle
 


 
294,927,551


 
94.62%


 
16,768,981


 
5.38%


 
7,200,794


 
311,696,532




6


Re-elect Francesca Ecsery
 


 
305,204,254


 
97.97%


 
6,318,175


 
2.03%


 
7,374,898


 
311,522,429




7


Re-elect Jeffrey Hewitt
 


 
294,797,972


 
94.71%


 
16,464,150


 
5.29%


 
7,635,205


 
311,262,122




8


Re-elect Beatrice Hollond
 


 
304,693,264


 
98.07%


 
6,002,125


 
1.93%


 
8,201,937


 
310,695,389




9


Re-elect Edward Knapp
 


 
305,789,598


 
98.27%


 
5,368,689


 
1.73%


 
7,739,039


 
311,158,287




10


Re-elect Quintin Price
 


 
304,274,492


 
97.81%


 
6,798,351


 
2.19%


 
7,824,484


 
311,072,843




11


Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor


 
299,220,326


 
95.62%


 
13,706,351


 
4.38%


 
5,970,650


 
312,926,677




12


Remuneration of the Auditor
 


 
305,860,908


 
97.84%


 
6,741,752


 
2.16%


 
6,292,666


 
312,602,660




13


Renew the authority to allot shares


 
307,545,330


9
8.26%


 
5,442,279


 
1.74%


 
5,909,718


 
312,987,609




14


Approve disapplication of pre-emption rights


 
295,646,904


 
96.12%


 
11,945,183


 
3.88%


 
11,303,193


 
307,592,087




15


Renew authority to purchase own shares


 
308,033,274


 
97.78%


 
7,003,967


 
2.22%


 
3,860,086


 
315,037,241




16


Adoption of new Articles of Association


 
304,902,429


 
98.41%


 
4,914,628


 
1.59%


 
9,078,222


 
309,817,057




 
 
Resolutions 14, 15 and 16 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 2020, 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 533,339,527 ordinary shares with voting rights and a further 28,479,489 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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