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:
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| Resolution | In Favour / Discretionary | Against | Withheld
| |||
| | | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | |
| 1. | To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023. | 59,899,351 | 99.44% | 336,532 | 0.56% | 192,557 | |
| 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 conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company. | 59,863,173 | 99.37% | 377,028 | 0.63% | 188,239 | |
| 9. | To authorise the Directors to allot securities in the Company up to an amount representing 10% of the issued share capital. | 59,671,338 | 99.12% | 530,624 | 0.88% | 224,478 | |
| 10. | To authorise the Directors to allot securities in the Company up to an additional amount representing 10% of the issued share capital. | 59,622,302 | 99.04% | 578,599 | 0.96% | 225,539 | |
| 11. | To disapply the pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares up to an amount representing 10% of the issued share capital. * | 59,096,796 | 98.18% | 1,096,778 | 1.82% | 233,366 | |
| 12. | To disapply the pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares up to an additional amount representing 10% of the issued share capital. * | 59,095,313 | 98.18% | 1,097,571 | 1.82% | 234,056 | |
| 13. | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in the Company. * | 58,352,394 | 96.86% | 1,892,972 | 3.14% | 181,574 | |
| 14. | That the Directors be authorised to call general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. * | 59,715,181 | 99.12% | 528,718 | 0.88% | 183,041 | |
| 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
25 April 2024
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