F&C INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
("the Company")
LEI: 213800W6B18ZHTNG7371
7 May 2020
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:
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For and Discretionary |
Against |
Withheld |
Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld) |
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Resolution |
No of Votes |
% of Votes Cast |
No of Votes |
% of Votes Cast |
No of Votes |
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1 |
Receive Report & Accounts |
319,437,915 |
99.71% |
931,845 |
0.29% |
816,827 |
320,369,060 |
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2 |
Approve Remuneration Policy |
290,084,653 |
94.25% |
17,685,221 |
5.75% |
13,414,625 |
307,769,874 |
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3 |
Approve Remuneration Report |
292,179,465 |
94.71% |
16,332,427 |
5.29% |
12,673,994 |
308,511,892 |
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4 |
Approve Final Dividend
|
318,035,200 |
99.53% |
1,486,121 |
0.47% |
1,664,566 |
319,521,321 |
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5 |
Elect Quintin Price
|
306,626,277 |
98.27% |
5,413,545 |
1.73% |
9,146,066 |
312,039,822 |
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6 |
Re-elect Sarah Arkle
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306,091,890 |
97.76% |
7,020,016 |
2.24% |
8,073,981 |
313,111,906 |
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7 |
Re-elect Sir Roger Bone
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290,943,765 |
93.14% |
21,445,160 |
6.86% |
8,796,962 |
312,388,925 |
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8 |
Re-elect Francesca Ecsery |
307,239,330 |
98.13% |
5,846,117 |
1.87% |
8,100,440 |
313,085,447 |
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9 |
Re-elect Jeffrey Hewitt
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305,545,707 |
97.87% |
6,659,127 |
2.13% |
8,981,053 |
312,204,834 |
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10 |
Re-elect Beatrice Hollond |
307,035,581 |
97.53% |
7,772,835 |
2.47% |
6,377,471 |
314,808,416 |
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11 |
Re-elect Edward Knapp |
307,291,567 |
98.10% |
5,956,237 |
1.90% |
7,938,082 |
313,247,804 |
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12 |
Re-elect Nicholas Moakes |
305,819,813 |
97.79% |
6,898,146 |
2.21% |
8,467,928 |
312,717,959 |
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13 |
Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor |
301,912,592 |
96.12% |
12,192,370 |
3.88% |
7,079,812 |
314,104,962 |
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14 |
Remuneration of the Auditor
|
308,331,663 |
98.03% |
6,203,822 |
1.97% |
6,650,402 |
314,535,485 |
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15 |
Renew the authority to allot shares |
310,079,041 |
97.91% |
6,604,766 |
2.09% |
4,502,080 |
316,683,807 |
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16 |
Approve disapplication of pre-emption rights |
293,777,669 |
95.70% |
13,202,663 |
4.30% |
14,205,555 |
306,980,332 |
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17 |
Renew authority to purchase own shares |
307,030,793 |
97.18% |
8,899,243 |
2.82% |
5,255,851 |
315,930,036 |
Resolutions 16 and 17 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 2019, 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 542,245,047 ordinary shares with voting rights and a further 79,584,335 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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