Result of AGM

Edinburgh Investment Trust PLC

21 July 2026

 

21 July 2026

LEI number: 549300HV0VXCRONER808

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc

(the "Company")

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Board of The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc (ticker: EDIN), is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put forward at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today were passed.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Company's Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 March 2026. The proxy votes lodged with the Registrar will shortly be available via the Company's website at: www.edinburgh-investment-trust.co.uk

The proxy votes received were as follows:

Resolution	For	% For	Against	% Against	Withheld*
1. To receive and consider the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 March 2026	36,331,247	99.92%	29,070	0.08%	76,491
2. To approve the Annual Statement and Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2026	35,776,356	98.62%	502,160	1.38%	158,292
3. To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares for the year ended 31 March 2026	36,333,544	99.92%	29,069	0.08%	74,195
4. To authorise the Directors to declare and pay four interim dividends for the year ending 31 March 2027	36,315,116	99.87%	47,498	0.13%	74,194
5. To re-elect Steven Baldwin as a Director of the Company	35,951,847	99.20%	288,611	0.80%	196,350
6. To re-elect Elisabeth Stheeman as a Director of the Company	35,985,510	99.22%	281,728	0.78%	169,570
7. To re-elect Patrick Edwardson as a Director of the Company	35,982,800	99.25%	270,109	0.75%	183,899
8. To re-elect Aidan Lisser as a Director of the Company	35,979,258	99.24%	274,351	0.76%	183,199
9. To re-elect Annabel Tagoe-Bannerman as a Director of the Company	35,986,654	99.14%	313,455	0.86%	136,699
10. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	36,179,673	99.64%	131,732	0.36%	125,403
11. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	36,270,943	99.82%	63,842	0.18%	102,023
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to 10% of the issued share capital.	36,075,471	99.22%	284,055	0.78%	77,282
13. Special resolution. To approve disapplication of pre-emption rights, subject to passing resolution 12.	35,963,135	98.96%	377,330	1.04%	96,343
14. Special resolution. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares.	35,406,917	97.36%	960,391	2.64%	69,500
15. Special resolution. To authorise that the general meetings of the Company, other than Annual General Meetings, may be called on 14 clear days' notice.	36,070,115	99.18%	296,568	0.82%	70,125

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.

At the time of the above meeting, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 195,666,734 ordinary shares. The Company held 69,799,709 shares in treasury.  Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights was 125,867,025. Each ordinary share held entitles the holder to one vote and there are no restrictions on those voting rights.

In accordance with LR9.6.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism website and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Enquiries:

NSM Funds (UK) Limited (Company Secretary)

[e-mail]

 

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