AGM Statement
Source: RNS
SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
Legal Entity Identifier: 213800G37DCS3Q9IJM38
Annual General Meeting, 24 June 2021
At the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 24 June 2021 all resolutions were passed, including those detailed below. A film of the Managers' presentations is available at www.scottishmortgageit.com.
· Shareholders approved an ordinary resolution granting the Directors' general authority to issue shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £7,108,094.80 representing approximately 10% of the total issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) of the Company as at 10 May 2021. This authority will expire on 24 September 2022 or, if earlier, at the conclusion of the AGM of the Company to be held in 2022 (unless previously varied, revoked or renewed).
· Shareholders approved a special resolution granting the Company authority to allot equity securities or sell treasury shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis up to £7,108,094.80, being approximately 10% of the issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) of the Company as at 10 May 2021. The Directors do not intend to use these powers to issue shares or sell treasury shares at a discount to net asset value on the basis of debt valued at fair value. This authority will expire on 24 September 2022 or, if earlier, at the conclusion of the AGM to be held in 2022 (unless previously varied, revoked or renewed).
· Shareholders approved under Special Business an ordinary resolution authorising the Directors for the purposes of LR15.4.11 of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority of the Financial Conduct Authority to issue shares or sell treasury shares (as defined in section 724 of the Companies Act 2006) for cash at a price below the net asset value per share of those shares without first offering those shares pro rata to existing Shareholders.
· Shareholders approved a special resolution renewing the Company's authority to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares), being 212,177,965 ordinary shares of 5 pence. The Company's authority permits it to hold shares bought back "in treasury". Such treasury shares may subsequently be either sold for cash or cancelled. This authority will expire at the conclusion of the AGM to be held in 2022 (unless previously varied, revoked or renewed).
· Shareholders approved under Special Business a special resolution to amend the Company's Articles of Association by deleting Article 97. Article 97 provided that a director shall be required to hold shares in the Company having, in aggregate, a nominal value of £250 by way of qualification for the office of director.
The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Baillie Gifford & Co Limited
Company Secretaries
24 June 2021
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