LEI:   549300K1D1P23R8U4U50

 

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc

 

Headline :   Annual General Meeting Results

 

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 6 June 2024, shareholders approved the following resolutions:

 

Ordinary Business

 

Ordinary Resolutions

 

1.   to receive and consider the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 January 2024;

 

2.   to approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy;

 

3.   to approve the Annual Statement and Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 January 2024;

 

4.   to approve the final dividend of 5.41p for the year ended 31 January 2024;

 

5.   to re-elect Bridget Guerin as a Director of the Company;

 

6.   to re-elect Graham Paterson as a Director of the Company;

 

7.   to re-elect Mike Prentis as a Director of the Company;

 

8.   to elect Simon Longfellow as a Director of the Company;

 

9.   to re-appoint the auditor, Ernst & Young LLP;

 

10.   to authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor’s remuneration;

 

Special Business

 

Ordinary Resolution

 

11.   to authorise the Directors to allot securities;

 

Special Resolutions

 

12.   to authorise the Directors to allot securities for cash, disapplying statutory pre-emption rights;

 

13.     to authorise the Directors to purchase shares of the Company in the market for cancellation or for holding in Treasury within the parameters specified;

14.        that the period of notice required for general meetings of the Company (other than AGMs) shall be not less than 14 days; and

 

Ordinary Resolution

 

15.     that the Company continue in existence as an investment trust.

 

All resolutions were passed on a show of hands.

 

A breakdown of the proxy votes registered is shown below.

 

Resolution Votes For   %     Votes Against %      Votes Withheld

           (including
           votes at
           the
           discretion
           of the
           Chairman)

1.          13,089,411 84.81 2,344,789     15.19 54,013

2.          15,270,534 99.33 102,549       0.67  115,130

3.          15,308,456 99.53 72,438        0.47  107,319

4.          15,447,658 99.94 9,118         0.06  31,437

5.          15,080,177 97.79 340,061       2.21  67,974

6.          15,003,544 97.89 323,112       2.11  161,556

7.          15,161,886 98.33 257,736       1.67  68,590

8.          15,356,986 99.59 63,254        0.41  67,973

9.          13,057,807 84.65 2,368,186     15.35 62,220

10.         15,410,858 99.85 22,575        0.15  54,780

11.         15,387,554 99.70 45,854        0.30  54,805

12.         15,277,861 99.14 131,804       0.86  78,548

13.         14,856,755 96.36 561,422       3.64  46,502

14.         15,401,575 99.71 44,050        0.29  42,588

15.         14,378,861 93.18 1,052,505     6.82  33,313

 

 

The Company has 33,826,929 ordinary shares of 20p each in issue, of which 19,382,155 shares are held in Treasury.   On a poll these carry one vote per share and accordingly the total voting rights are 33,826,929. The above tables represent the number of votes registered.  

 

The proxy votes lodged with the Registrar will be available via the Company’s website at:

 

www.invesco.co.uk/ipukscit

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that were passed at the   annual   general meeting, which do not constitute ordinary business will shortly be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism:

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

 

Invesco Asset Management Limited

Corporate Company Secretary

6 June 2024