REG - Utilico Emerging Mkt - Change of Auditor

Utilico Emerging Markets TrustAnnouncement

10/02/2025 07:15

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RNS Number : 4265W  Utilico Emerging Markets Trust PLC  10 February 2025

10 February 2025

UTILICO EMERGING MARKETS TRUST PLC

(LEI Number: 2138005TJMCWR2394O39)

 

Change of Auditor

 

The Board of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to
announce that, following a formal tender process led by the Company's Audit
and Risk Committee, the Board has approved the appointment of BDO LLP ("BDO")
as the Company's auditor for the financial year ending 31 March 2025.  BDO's
appointment as auditor to the Company for the following financial year will be
subject to shareholders' approval at the Company's next Annual General Meeting
to be held in September 2025.

 

KPMG LLP ("KPMG") has ceased to be the Company's auditor and has provided a
statement of reasons relating to its resignation in accordance with section
519 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act").   A copy of the statement
received from KPMG will be made available on the Company's website:
https://www.uemtrust.co.uk/investors/document-library/
(https://www.uemtrust.co.uk/investors/document-library/)   and pursuant to
section 520 of the Act, it will shortly be sent to all shareholders.  It will
also be submitted electronically to the National Storage Mechanism and will be
available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

The Board would like to thank KPMG for its services to the Company.

 

 

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

ICM Investment Management
Limited
+44(0)1372 271486

Charles Jillings, Jacqueline Broers, Alastair Moreton

 

Montfort Communications

Gay Collins, Nita
Shah
+44(0)20 3770 7913

utilico@montfort.london

 

 

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