Company Announcements

Legal Entity Identifier:     549300JZQ39WJPD7U596

 

18 February 2026

 

Invesco Global Equity Income Trust plc

 

HEADLINE:     General Meeting Results

 

In connection with the proposals for a combination of the assets of Franklin Global Trust plc ("FRGT") with the Company, the Board is pleased to announce that, at the General Meeting of the Company held on 18 February 2026, all resolutions were decided on a poll and were passed. The resolutions and results of the poll are set out below.

 

The proposals remain conditional upon, amongst other things, the passing of resolutions to be proposed at general meetings of FRGT to be held on 18 February 2026 and 27 February 2026.

 

Ordinary Resolutions

 

1.   To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares in connection with the Issue.

2.   That, conditional upon Resolution 1 being passed, to authorise the Directors to allot further shares up to a maximum of 20% of the Company's issued share capital immediately following the issue of new shares in connection with the Scheme.

 

Special Resolutions

 

3. That, conditional upon Resolutions 1 and 2 being passed, to authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash without pre-emption rights, pursuant to the authority granted by Resolution 2, up to a maximum of 10% of the Company's issued share capital immediately following the issue of new shares in connection with the Scheme.

4.   That, conditional upon Resolutions 1, 2 and 3 being passed, to authorise the Directors to allot additional shares without pre-emption rights, being a further 10% of the Company's issued share capital immediately following the issue of new shares in connection with the Scheme.

5.   That, conditional upon Resolution 1 being passed, to authorise the Company to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of its ordinary issued share capital immediately following the issue of new shares in connection with the Scheme.

 

 

           Votes For
           (including                                           Issued
Resolution votes at the %     Votes   %    Votes    Total Votes
           discretion         Against      Withheld Cast        Share Capital
           of the                                               Voted %
           Chair)

Ordinary Resolutions

1          18,562,565   99.17 155,435 0.83 65,626   18,718,000  23.83

2          18,536,649   99.06 176,039 0.94 70,938   18,712,688  23.82

Special Resolutions

3          18,492,720   98.82 219,968 1.18 70,938   18,712,688  23.82

4          18,481,870   98.81 222,969 1.19 78,787   18,704,839  23.81

5          18,645,016   99.50 93,778  0.50 44,832   18,738,794  23.86

 

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of the Company's total voting rights as at the close of business on 16 February 2026 (78,907,182), being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to vote at the General Meeting.   A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution. On a poll the voting rights are one vote for every one share held.  

 

The poll votes lodged with the Registrar will shortly be available via the Company's website at: https://www.invesco.com/uk/en/investment-trusts/invesco-global-equity-income-trust.html

 

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R, copies of the resolutions that were passed at the   General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

All defined terms used in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Company's circular to shareholders dated 21 January 2026, a copy of which is available on the Company's website.

 

Enquiries:


Invesco Global Equity Income Trust plcVia Invesco Asset Management LimitedSue Inglis, Chair

Invesco Fund Managers Limited

(Manager, IGET)                           020 7543 3500

Will Ellis, John Armstrong-DenbyInvesco Asset Management Limited

(Company Secretary, IGET)                 020 7543 3559

James Poole

Cavendish

(Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker
to IGET)
                                          020 7220 0572
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Finance

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