Posting of General Meeting Circular

RNS Number : 8834C

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC

22 April 2013

 

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC

Posting of Circular Convening a General Meeting

In order to meet continuing demand for shares in The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC (the "Company"), the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") is seeking shareholder approval to renew the disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights on the issue of shares in the capital of the Company.

Accordingly, the Company has today issued a circular convening a General Meeting (the "General Meeting") to be held at 10.30am on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at the offices of Baillie Gifford & Co, Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh EH1 3AN.

At the General Meeting, a resolution will be put to shareholders to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares up to an aggregate nominal value of £160,712.50, representing approximately 5 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital as at 17 April 2013.

The Board believes that the authority sought at the General Meeting will provide sufficient flexibility to enable demand for shares to be satisfied in the period from the General Meeting to the Company's next Annual General Meeting.

A copy of the circular is available for inspection on the Company's website at www.japantrustplc.co.uk.

A copy of the circular will also be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Baillie Gifford & Co
Company Secretaries
22 April 2013

Enquiries

Anzelm Cydzik (Baillie Gifford & Co, Company Secretaries)        
Tel: [phone]

 

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