Replacement - Result of AGM

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The Scottish American Investment Company PLC announced that at its Annual General Meeting on 17 April 2026, shareholders approved resolutions to renew the Directors' general authority to issue shares up to a nominal value of £13,457,925.75, representing approximately 33% of the issued share capital, and a special resolution for non-pre-emptive share allotment for cash up to £4,078,159.25, approximately 10% of issued share capital. Additionally, shareholders approved a special resolution for market purchases of up to 14.99% of the company's issued share capital, totaling 23,644,682 ordinary shares. These authorities will expire at the conclusion of the 2027 Annual General Meeting.

Disclaimer*

Scottish American Investment Co PLC
17 April 2026
 

The following amendments have been made to the Result of AGM announcement released on 17/04/2026 at 15:58 under RNS No 9947A.

 

The date of the Annual General Meeting should read 17 April 2026.  The year under the second bullet point should read 2027.

 

All other details remain unchanged.

 

The full amended text is shown below.

 

 

 

The Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C. (SAIN)

 

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300NF03XVC5IFB447

ISIN: GB0007873697

Annual General Meeting

17 April 2026

 At the Annual General Meeting held on 17 April 2026 all resolutions were passed, including those detailed below:

 

·    Shareholders approved an ordinary resolution renewing the Directors' general authority to issue shares up to an aggregate nominal value of £13,457,925.75 (representing approximately 33% of the Company's total issued share capital as at 16 February 2026) and a special resolution to renew the Directors' authority to allot a limited number of shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis up to an aggregate nominal value of £4,078,159.25 (representing approximately 10% of the Company's total issued share capital as at 16 February 2026). Both authorities will expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2027 or on 17 July 2027 whichever is the earlier, unless previously renewed, revoked or varied.

·    Shareholders approved a special resolution renewing the Company's authority to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital, being 23,644,682 ordinary shares of 25p. The Company's authority permits it to hold shares bought back 'in treasury'. Such treasury shares may subsequently be either sold for cash or cancelled. The authority will expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2027, unless previously varied, revoked or renewed.

 

The following levels of proxy appointments and associated instructions were received prior to the meeting:

Resolution

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

Votes Against

Votes Withheld

 

 

1

47,478,425

124,770

57,160

 

2

46,729,644

664,323

266,388

 

3

46,761,334

638,898

26,123

 

4

47,531,460

63,657

65,238

 

5

47,016,759

482,319

161,277

 

6

47,003,819

516,768

139,768

 

7

47,000,044

526,367

133,944

 

8

46,963,772

506,914

189,669

 

9

46,961,315

502,184

196,856

 

10

47,221,613

315,315

123,427

 

11

47,255,766

34,009

60,580

 

12

47,054,764

425,635

179,956

 

13

47,013,338

440,308

206,709

 

14

45,730,386

1,828,238

101,731

 

15

47,084,195

408,664

167,496

 

 

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.

 

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Company Secretaries

17 April 2026

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