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RNS Number : 1085M  Smithson Investment Trust PLC  25 April 2024

 

Smithson Investment Trust plc

 

Legal Entity Identifier: 52990070BDK2OKX5TH79

 

Results of AGM - 25 April 2024

 

Smithson Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all
the resolutions put forward at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today
were passed.

 

The text of all the resolutions is contained in the Notice of Annual General
Meeting published on the Company's website (www.smithson.co.uk).

 

The proxy votes received were as follows:

 

      Resolution                                                                     In Favour / Discretionary         Against             Withheld

                                                                                     Votes                  %          Votes       %       Votes
 1.   To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31      59,899,351  99.44%                336,532     0.56%   192,557
      December 2023.
 2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.                                 59,611,603  99.04%                577,825     0.96%   239,512
 3.   To re-elect Diana Dyer Bartlett as a Director of the Company.                  48,677,147  80.85%                11,532,494  19.15%  218,799
 4.   To re-elect Lord St John of Bletso as a Director of the Company.               54,081,505  89.83%                6,119,573   10.17%  227,362
 5.   To re-elect Jeremy Attard-Manche as a Director of the Company.                 57,866,537  96.11%                2,339,022   3.89%   222,881
 6.   To re-elect Denise Hadgill as a Director of the Company.                       57,757,350  95.94%                2,443,874   4.06%   227,216
 7.   To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor to the Company.                          59,825,404  99.37%                378,281     0.63%   224,755
 8.   To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor until the    59,863,173  99.37%                377,028     0.63%   188,239
      conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.
 9.   To authorise the Directors to allot securities in the Company up to an amount  59,671,338  99.12%                530,624     0.88%   224,478
      representing 10% of the issued share capital.
 10.  To authorise the Directors to allot securities in the Company up to an         59,622,302  99.04%                578,599     0.96%   225,539
      additional amount representing 10% of the issued share capital.
 11.  To disapply the pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares up   59,096,796  98.18%                1,096,778   1.82%   233,366
      to an amount representing 10% of the issued share capital. *
 12.  To disapply the pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares up   59,095,313  98.18%                1,097,571   1.82%   234,056
      to an additional amount representing 10% of the issued share capital. *
 13.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in the    58,352,394  96.86%                1,892,972   3.14%   181,574
      Company. *
 14.  That the Directors be authorised to call general meetings (other than annual   59,715,181  99.12%                528,718     0.88%   183,041
      general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. *
 15.  That the Company continues in being as an investment trust.                    54,502,807  90.39%                5,793,290   9.61%   130,843

 

 

*Special resolution

 

 

Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

 

25 April 2024

 

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