Result of AGM

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North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC announced that all resolutions presented at its Annual General Meeting on June 11, 2026, were duly passed. Notably, Resolution 16, concerning a Rule 9 waiver for the Concert Party, received 32,971,800 votes in favour, representing 97.31% of the votes cast by independent shareholders, allowing the Concert Party's shareholding to increase to a maximum of 36.074% without triggering a mandatory offer. Other resolutions also passed with strong majorities, including resolutions related to share buybacks and the waiver of Rule 9.

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North Atlantic Smlr Co Inv Tst PLC
11 June 2026
 

 

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North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC

("NASCIT", "the Company")

 

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

The Company announces that at the Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company held on 11 June 2026, all of the resolutions, as set out in full in the notice of the Meeting dated 18 May 2026 (the "Notice"), were duly passed as set below:

 

Total votes received (including proxy and poll votes):

 

Resolution

For

% (of votes cast exl. withheld)

Against

% (of votes cast exl. withheld

Votes Withheld

1

 

75,283,897

99.99%

475

0.01%

                          117

2

71,918,290

95.56%

3,343,250

4.44%

                     22,949

3

72,691,211

96.56%

2,592,818

3.44%

                          460

4

71,719,146

95.28%

3,552,683

4.72%

                     12,660

5

74,762,159

99.31%

519,670

0.69%

                       2,660

6

75,165,280

99.85%

116,549

0.15%

                       2,660

7

70,485,667

93.63%

4,796,162

6.37%

                       2,660

8

74,758,209

99.30%

523,620

0.70%

                       2,660

9

70,324,749

93.61%

4,803,130

6.39%

                    156,610

10

75,269,397

99.98%

14,975

0.02%

                          117

11

75,275,160

99.99%

8,978

0.01%

                          351

12

75,222,235

99.92%

58,393

0.08%

                       3,861

13

75,085,991

99.74%

194,607

0.26%

                       3,891

14

74,631,553

99.18%

620,109

0.82%

                     32,827

15

75,231,582

99.93%

52,789

0.07%

                          118

16

32,971,800

97.31%

910,661

2.69%

               41,688,225

 

      *    Resolution 16 was put to the Meeting as a resolution of the independent shareholders of the Company. As a result, 85,696,790 of the ordinary shares in issue were eligible to vote on this resolution, these shares not being held by the Concert Party (as defined in the Notice). The waiver of Rule 9 granted by Resolution 16 permits the Concert Party's interest in the Company's shares to increase from 32.467% to a maximum of 36.074% (in each case representing 41,653,210 ordinary shares) as a result of the share buyback authorised by Resolution 14 without requiring the Concert Party to make a mandatory offer for the other shareholders' shares. The results of the poll vote on this Resolution 16 were 32,971,800 votes for, 910,661 against, therefore with 97.31% in favour of the resolution.

 

Enquiries:

Ben Harber, Company Secretary

benh@woodhamcorpservices.com

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