Result of AGM

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Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC announced that all resolutions were duly passed by shareholders at its Annual General Meeting on January 15, 2026. Key resolutions included the approval of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended September 30, 2025, and the re-election of all directors, with votes for each resolution exceeding 99% of the total votes cast. The appointment of Deloitte LLP as auditor and the authorization of the Audit Committee to determine auditor remuneration also passed with strong support. Shareholders approved the company's continuation as an investment trust, with 97.19% voting in favour, and authorized market purchases of ordinary shares with 96.43% approval. The total number of voting rights in the company was 117,508,631.

Disclaimer*

 

15 January 2026

     

Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC

(the “Company”)


Result of Annual General Meeting

The Board is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Thursday, 15 January 2026, all resolutions as detailed below were duly passed by shareholders on a poll.  

Resolutions

Votes

For

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes Cast

Votes

Withheld

1. To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2025.

 

42,203,654

99.80

82,619

0.20

42,286,273

592,387

2. To re-elect James Ashton as a Director of the Company.

41,874,591

99.32

285,598

0.68

42,160,189

718,471

3. To re-elect Kate Cornish-Bowden as a Director of the Company.

 

41,905,512

99.40

252,210

0.60

42,157,722

720,938

4. To re-elect Sandra Kelly as a Director of the Company.

 

41,905,700

99.40

252,272

0.60

42,157,972

720,688

5. To re-elect Pars Purewal as a Director of the Company.

 

41,908,380

99.35

272,566

0.65

42,180,946

697,714

6. To re-elect Lorna Tilbian as a Director of the Company.

 

41,865,071

99.31

292,901

0.69

42,157,972

720,688

7. To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2025.

 

41,787,262

99.14

360,517

0.86

42,147,779

730,881

8. To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy.

41,791,916

99.12

372,966

0.88

42,164,882

713,778

9. To appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor to the Company, to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which financial statements are laid before the Company.

 

42,007,991

99.57

179,492

0.43

42,187,483

691,177

10. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor of the Company.

42,098,719

99.77

97,257

0.23

42,195,976

682,684

11. To receive and approve the Company’s Dividend Policy, as set out in the Annual Report.

 

42,088,797

99.66

145,281

0.34

42,234,078

642,254

12. To approve the Company continuation in its present form as an investment trust, in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Association.

41,538,064

97.19

1,203,126

2.81

42,741,190

141,957

13. To allot securities in the Company.

 

41,949,818

99.42

243,873

0.58

42,193,691

678,648

14#. To disapply the rights of pre-emption in relation to the allotment of securities.

41,913,817

99.36

270,977

0.64

42,184,794

691,538

15#. To disapply pre-emption rights on the sale of Treasury Shares and to sell Treasury Shares at a premium to the net asset value per share.

 

42,027,705

99.62

158,939

0.38

42,186,644

689,688

16#. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares in the Company.

 

40,699,242

96.43

1,506,466

3.57

42,205,708

670,624

17#. That the Directors be permitted to call General Meetings (excluding the AGM) on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.

 

42,010,617

99.51

206,616

0.49

42,217,233

659,604

 

# - Special Resolution

 

A vote Withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes “For” and “Against” a resolution.

 

Notes:

 

Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "for" total. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes for or against a resolution.

 

As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of voting rights in the Company was 117,508,631. The Company had 107,482,672 ordinary shares held in Treasury.

 

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2 and UK Listing Rule 6.4.3, the full text of the special business resolutions passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism . Resolutions 12 to 17 will additionally be filed at Companies House.

 

Terms not otherwise defined in this announcement have the meaning given to them in the Notice of Meeting.   

 

   

For further information, please contact:

 

Frostrow Capital LLP

Victoria Hale, Company Secretary

 

+44 (0)20 3170 8732

info@frostrow.com

 




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