AGM Results

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Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC announced that all resolutions were passed at its Annual General Meeting on May 21, 2026. Shareholders approved the renewal of the Directors' general authority to issue shares up to a nominal amount of £1,371,202.16 and a special resolution to allot shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis up to £411,401.80, approximately 10% of the issued share capital. Additionally, a special resolution was passed authorising the company to buy back up to 14.99% of its issued share capital, equating to 30,834,564 ordinary shares of 2p. These authorities will expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting or after 15 months, whichever is sooner.

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Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC
21 May 2026
 

BAILLIE GIFFORD SHIN NIPPON PLC (BGS)

Legal Entity Identifier: X5XCIPCJQCSUF8H1FU83

Annual General Meeting, 21 May 2026

All resolutions were passed at the AGM of the Company held on 21 May 2026, including those detailed below:

Ordinary Business

·  Shareholders approved an ordinary resolution renewing the Directors' general authority to issue shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,371,202.16 and a special resolution to allot a limited number of shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis up to £411,401.80 (being approximately 10% of the nominal value of the issued share capital of the Company as at 26 March 2026).  These authorities will expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or on the expiry of 15 months from the passing of the resolutions, whichever is the earlier, unless previously varied, revoked or renewed.

·  Shareholders approved a special resolution authorising the Company to buy-back its own shares up to a maximum of 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital, being 30,834,564 ordinary shares of 2p. This authority will expire at the conclusion of the Company's next Annual General Meeting unless previously varied, revoked or renewed.

 

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Financial Statements which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism



 

Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed on a poll. A breakdown of the votes registered is shown below:

Resolution

Votes for (including
votes at the discretion
of the Chairman)

%

Votes
Against

%

Votes
Withheld

Ordinary Resolutions

1

91,378,711

99.71

262,561

0.29

27,695

2

91,065,400

99.50

455,049

0.50

148,518

3

91,088,561

99.55

413,696

0.45

166,710

4

91,451,513

99.84

147,102

0.16

70,352

5

91,067,414

99.47

482,197

0.53

119,356

6

91,188,300

99.62

351,844

0.38

128,823

7

91,181,074

99.64

325,420

0.36

162,473

8

91,220,228

99.65

319,916

0.35

128,823

9

91,190,195

99.62

349,949

0.38

128,823

10

91,419,193

99.77

206,573

0.23

43,201

11

91,391,912

99.77

212,214

0.23

64,841

12

91,134,791

99.63

334,913

0.37

199,263

Special Resolutions

13

91,004,557

99.55

413,227

0.45

251,183

14

88,950,731

97.26

2,503,891

2.74

214,345

 

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Company Secretaries

21 May 2026

 

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