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28 March 2024

 

Invesco Select Trust plc

Results of General Meeting and Class Meetings

 

The Board of Invesco Select Trust plc (the " Company ") is pleased to announce the results of the General Meeting and the Class Meetings of the Global Equity Income and Balanced Risk Allocation share classes held yesterday, 27 March 2024.

Resolutions at the General Meeting have voting rights based on the net asset values of the respective share classes at close of business on 25 March 2024. All Resolutions at the General Meeting and the Class Meetings of the Global Equity Income and Balanced Risk Allocation share classes were passed and the results are shown below:

General Meeting:

 _______________________________________________________________________
|            |Votes For (including|    |             |   |              |
|Special     |votes at            |%   |Votes Against|%  |Votes Withheld|
|resolutions:|the discretion of   |    |             |   |              |
|            |the Chairman)       |    |             |   |              |
|____________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|
|1.          |46,837,090          |98.9|533,471      |1.1|205,905       |
|____________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|
|2.          |46,837,090          |98.9|533,471      |1.1|205,905       |
|____________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|
|3.          |46,837,090          |98.9|533,471      |1.1|205,905       |
|____________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|
|4.          |46,837,090          |98.9|533,471      |1.1|205,905       |
|____________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|
|5.          |46,721,210          |98.8|574,395      |1.2|280,861       |
|____________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|
|6.          |46,721,210          |98.8|574,395      |1.2|280,861       |
|____________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|
|7.          |46,721,210          |98.8|574,395      |1.2|280,861       |
|____________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|
|8.          |46,721,210          |98.8|574,395      |1.2|280,861       |
|____________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|


 

Total Voting Rights applicable to the above resolutions were 217,623,710.

 

Global Equity Income Class Meeting:

 ______________________________________________________________________________
|                   |Votes For (including|    |             |   |              |
|Special resolution:|votes at the        |%   |Votes Against|%  |Votes Withheld|
|                   |discretion of the   |    |             |   |              |
|                   |Chairman)           |    |             |   |              |
|___________________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|
|1.                 |8,393,809           |98.8|103,604      |1.2|22,205        |
|___________________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|


 

Balanced Risk Allocation Class Meeting:

 ______________________________________________________________________________
|                   |Votes For (including|    |             |   |              |
|Special resolution:|votes at            |%   |Votes Against|%  |Votes Withheld|
|                   |the discretion of   |    |             |   |              |
|                   |the Chairman)       |    |             |   |              |
|___________________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|
|1.                 |1,890,476           |99.8|4,151        |0.2|2,126         |
|___________________|____________________|____|_____________|___|______________|


 

The voting rights for the above Class Meetings were one vote per share.

Despite favourable proxy voting received, the UK Equity and Managed Liquidity Class Meetings did not meet their quorum requirements and those Class Meetings have been adjourned. For yesterday’s Class Meetings the quorum requirement was for one third of the holders of the nominal value of each respective Class to be in attendance either in person or by proxy. For the adjourned Class Meetings the quorum will be one member attending in person or by proxy (holding any number of shares). The adjourned UK Equity and Managed Liquidity Class Meetings will now take place at 9.30 a.m. and 9.45 a.m., respectively on 16 April 2024.   Shareholders in the UK Equity and Managed Liquidity Classes will now have until 1.00 p.m. on 12 April 2024 to make elections in respect of their Tender Offer and until 9.30 a.m. and 9.45 a.m., respectively on 12 April 2024 to submit proxy votes for the adjourned Class Meetings. The tender election period is not being extended for the Balanced Risk Allocation Share Class.

Please note, as a result of the adjournment, the Board has postponed the quarterly share conversion that would have taken place on 1 May 2024.

The revised timetable for the Tender Offers and the Reclassification is as follows:

 


Latest time and date for receipt of Tender Forms
and submission of TTE Instructions from            1.00 p.m. on 12 April
Shareholders in the UK Equity and Managed
Liquidity Share Classes

Latest time and date for receipt of PURPLE Proxy   9.30 a.m. on 12 April
Forms for the UK Equity Share Class Meeting

Latest time and date for receipt of YELLOW Proxy
Forms for the Managed Liquidity Share Class        9.45 a.m. on 12 April
Meeting

Record Date for the Tender Offers                  6.00 p.m. on 12 April

Updated results of Tender Offers announced         15 April

Calculation date for the Tender Offers             close of business on 15 April

UK Equity Share Class Meeting                      9.30 a.m. on 16 April

Managed Liquidity Share Class Meeting              9.45 a.m. on 16 April

Interim dividends announced                        16 April, post meetings

CREST accounts credited for revised uncertificated
holdings of tendered Shares (or, in the case of    17 April
unsuccessful tenders, for entire holdings of
tendered Shares)

Tender Prices announced                            22 April

On market purchase of tendered Shares              23 April

Interim dividends XD dates                         25 April

Interim dividends record date                      26 April

CREST Settlement Date: payments through CREST made
and CREST accounts settled for tendered Shares.    29 April
Cheques for certificated Shareholders despatched.

Final announcement of separate NAVs for the Global
Share Class, UK Equity Share Class, Balanced Risk  30 April
Share Class and Managed Liquidity Share Class

Calculation Date and Record Date for the
Restructuring (following repurchase of tendered    5 p.m. on 30 April
Shares)

Non-Global Shares disabled in CREST                5 p.m. on 30 April

Trading halted in Non-Global Shares on the London  1 May
Stock Exchange

Announcement of results of redesignation of shares by 4.00 p.m. on 3 May
and the number of new Global Shares

CREST accounts credited with, and dealings         8.00 a.m. on 7 May
commence in new Global Shares, and Admission

Payment of interim dividend (in CREST)             10 May

Definitive share certificates are despatched to    Week beginning 20 May
certificated Shareholders



 

Note : All references to time are to UK time. Each of the times and dates in the above expected timetable (other than in relation to the adjourned Class Meetings) may be extended or brought forward. If any of the above times or dates change, such if any of the meetings need to be adjourned, the revised time(s) and/or date(s) will be notified to Shareholders by an announcement through a Regulatory Information Service.

The Company expects to make further announcements in due course.

Defined terms used in this announcement have the meanings given in the circular published by the Company on 15 February 2024, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

Enquiries:

        Invesco Asset Management Limited  +44 (0) 20 7543 3559

James Poole, Company Secretary

Invesco Fund Managers Limited     +44 (0)20 7543 3500

Will EllisJohn Armstrong-DenbyWinterflood Securities Limited    +44 (0) 20 3100 0000

Neil MorganDarren WillisCavendish Capital Markets Limited +44 (0) 20 7397 8900

James KingWill Talkington