REG-Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Plc: Result of AGM

Finsbury Growth & Income TrustAnnouncement

23/01/2024 14:45

23 January 2024

Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC

(the “Company”)

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Board is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the
Company held on Tuesday, 23 January 2024, all resolutions as detailed below
were duly passed by shareholders on a poll. 

 Resolutions                                                                                                                                      Votes For   %      Votes Against  %      Total Votes Cast  VotesWithheld  
 1. To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2023.                                                   81,134,252  99.95  38,765         0.05   81,173,017        83,505         
 2. To re-elect Simon Hayes as a Director of the Company.                                                                                         78,348,850  98.55  1,149,669      1.45   79,498,519        1,758,002      
 3. To re-elect James Ashton as a Director of the Company.                                                                                        79,878,288  98.57  1,159,093      1.43   81,037,381        219,140        
 4. To re-elect Kate Cornish-Bowden as a Director of the Company.                                                                                 79,902,522  98.60  1,132,174      1.40   81,034,696        221,825        
 5. To re-elect Sandra Kelly as a Director of the Company.                                                                                        79,903,455  98.60  1,133,098      1.40   81,036,553        219,968        
 6. To re-elect Pars Purewal as a Director of the Company.                                                                                        72,276,455  89.23  8,726,791      10.77  81,003,246        253,275        
 7. To re-elect Lorna Tilbian as a Director of the Company.                                                                                       72,372,708  89.31  8,666,887      10.69  81,039,595        216,926        
 8. To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2023.                                               80,902,238  99.77  184,178        0.23   81,086,416        169,856        
 9. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditors of the Company.                                                81,108,060  99.94  51,009         0.06   81,159,069        97,453         
 10. To receive and approve the Company's Dividend Policy, as set out in the Annual Report.                                                       81,034,066  99.90  78,763         0.10   81,112,829        143,693        
 11. To authorise the increase of the maximum aggregate amount payable to Directors.                                                              79,955,810  98.67  1,081,134      1.33   81,036,944        219,578        
 12. To allot securities in the Company.                                                                                                          81,090,349  99.91  76,556         0.09   81,166,905        89,617         
 13#. To disapply the rights of pre-emption in relation to the allotment of securities.                                                           80,956,559  99.76  194,376        0.24   81,150,935        105,587        
 14#. To disapply pre-emption rights on the sale of Treasury Shares and to sell Treasury Shares at a premium to the net asset value per share.    80,799,783  99.54  370,719        0.46   81,170,502        86,020         
 15#. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares in the Company.                                                        79,059,678  97.40  2,113,347      2.60   81,173,025        83,497         
 16#. Cancellation of Share Premium Account.                                                                                                      81,095,047  99.92  64,769         0.08   81,159,816        96,706         
 17#. That the Directors be permitted to call General Meetings (excluding the AGM) on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.                        80,783,543  99.55  368,386        0.45   81,151,929        104,593        

# - Special Resolution

A vote Withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of
the proportion of votes “For” and “Against” a resolution.

Notes:

Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included
in the "for" total. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the votes for or against a resolution.

As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of voting
rights in the Company was 196,008,422. The Company had 28,982,881 ordinary
shares held in Treasury.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General
Meeting, which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism and
can be located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and
on the Company’s website, www.finsburygt.com

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 and Listing Rule 9.6.3, the full text of
the resolutions passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism
and will shortly be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. Resolutions 11 to 17
will additionally be filed with Companies House.

Terms not otherwise defined in this announcement have the meaning given to
them in the Notice of Meeting.  

For further information, please contact:

 Frostrow Capital LLP Victoria Hale, Company Secretary                      +44 (0)20 3170 8732 info@frostrow.com  



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