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City of London Investment Trust PLC
31 October 2024
 

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

 

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

 

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800F3NOTF47H6AO55

 

31 October 2024

 

 

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

 

Annual General Meeting of the Company

held on Thursday, 31 October 2024

 

The City of London Investment Trust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a show of hands. This included six special business resolutions:

 

-    Resolution 10: to approve the dividend payment policy of paying four quarterly interim dividends in each year;

 

-    Resolution 11: to authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital;

 

-    Resolution 12: to authorise the Directors to allot or to sell from treasury up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital without first offering them to existing shareholders in accordance with statutory pre-emption procedures;

 

-    Resolution 13: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares;

 

-    Resolution 14: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's preferred stock; and

 

-    Resolution 15: to hold general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

 

 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 17 September 2024 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.cityinvestmenttrust.com.

 

The proxy votes received in relation to each resolution were as follows:

 

Resolutions

Votes for (including at Chairman's discretion)

%

Votes against

%

Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld)

Votes withheld

1   Annual Report and financial statements

6,170,744

99.92

5,154

0.08

6,175,898

12,193

2   Directors' Remuneration Report

6,117,823

99.36

39,464

0.64

6,157,287

30,799

3   Election of Ms Sally Lake

6,138,142

99.69

19,392

0.31

6,157,534

30,527

4   Re-election of Sir Laurie Magnus

6,140,139

99.65

21,714

0.35

6,161,853

26,232

5   Re-election of Mr Ominder Dhillon

6,141,189

99.69

19,230

0.31

6,160,419

27,666

6   Re-election of Mr Robert Holmes

6,143,835

99.71

17,758

0.29

6,161,593

26,493

7   Re-election of Mrs Clare Wardle

6,140,880

99.69

19,128

0.31

6,160,008

28,079

8   Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors

6,140,273

99.52

29,483

0.48

6,169,756

18,333

9   Audit and Risk Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration

6,151,077

99.73

16,664

0.27

6,167,741

20,348

10  Approve the dividend payment policy

6,174,254

99.92

4,861

0.08

6,179,115

8,974

11  Authority to allot ordinary shares

6,140,154

99.49

31,595

0.51

6,171,749

16,338

12  Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment or sale of ordinary shares*

6,109,771

99.01

60,797

0.99

6,170,568

16,850

13  Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares*

6,151,625

99.77

14,110

0.23

6,165,735

22,354

14  Authority to make market purchases of preferred stock*

6,147,823

99.78

13,729

0.22

6,161,552

26,539

15  Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice*

6,132,997

99.32

42,004

0.68

6,175,001

13,087

 

* Special resolution.

 

Holders of ordinary shares have one vote for every 15 shares held, holders of first preference stock have one vote for every £10 of stock held and holders of preferred ordinary stock have one vote for every £20 of stock held.

 

A copy of the special business resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection on the NSM's website at:

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

 

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

Job Curtis

Fund Manager

The City of London Investment Trust plc

Tel: 020 7818 4367

 

Sally Porter

For and on behalf of Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited

Corporate Secretary to The City of London Investment Trust plc

Tel: 020 7818 2550

Harriet Hall

PR Director, Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Tel: 020 7818 2919 


 

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