JPMORGAN JAPANESE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
(the 'Company')
Combination with JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income plc ("JSGI")
Results of General Meeting
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300JZW3TSSO464R15
In connection with the proposals for a combination (the "Combination") of the Company with JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income plc ("JSGI"), the Board is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed at the General Meeting held earlier today.
Resolution 1 was proposed as an Ordinary Resolution and Resolution 2 was proposed as a Special Resolution.
Details of the number of votes cast for, against and withheld in respect of the resolutions are set out below and will also be published on the Company's website:
| Resolution | Votes FOR (including Discretionary) No. | % | Votes AGAINST No. | % | TOTAL VOTES CAST | Issued Share Capital Voted % | Votes WITHHELD No. | % |
| 1. Authority to allot relevant securities, being the Scheme Shares in connection with the Issue | 86,295,573 | 99.92 | 68,807
| 0.08 | 86,364,380
| 60.39
| 24,440
| 0.03 |
| 2. Amend the Articles of Association | 86,284,609
| 99.92 | 67,653
| 0.08 | 86,352,262
| 60.39 | 36,558
| 0.04 |
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 8 October 2024, 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.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the notice of General Meeting contained in the Company's circular to shareholders dated 19th September 2024 (the "Circular").
The Circular is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website at JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc | J.P. Morgan Asset Management. In addition, in accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R a copy of the Resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement will have the same meaning as set out in the Circular.
10 October 2024
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information please contact:
| JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc Stephen Cohen
| Contact via Company Secretary |
| JPMorgan Funds Limited (Company Secretary)
| +44 (0) 20 7742 4000
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| Investec Bank plc (Sponsor, Financial Adviser and Broker to JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc) Lucy Lewis Tom Skinner Denis Flanagan | +44 (0) 20 7597 4000
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| JPMorgan Funds Limited Simon Crinage Katie Standley (for JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc)
| +44 (0) 20 7742 4000 |
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