Result of AGM

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Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust plc announced that all resolutions were duly passed at its Annual General Meeting held on March 5, 2026. Key resolutions included the approval of the Directors' Report and audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2025, with 20,420,226 votes for and 48,516 against. The Directors' Remuneration Report was approved with 19,921,856 votes for and 440,410 against. The company's dividend policy was also approved with 20,438,979 votes for and 70,917 against. Additionally, the appointment of David Benda and the reappointments of Malcolm King, Susannah Nicklin, and Joanna Santinon as directors were approved, as were the re-appointment of BDO LLP as auditor and various authorities for directors regarding share allotment, pre-emption rights, market purchases, and general meeting notices.

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Ecofin Global Utilities Inf Tst PLC
05 March 2026
 

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust plc
(the "Company")
LEI: 2138005JQTYKU92QOF30

 

5 March 2026

Result of Annual General Meeting


The Board is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Thursday, 5 March 2026, all resolutions as detailed below were duly passed on a poll by the requisite majorities.

Details of the number of votes cast for, against and withheld on each resolution can be  found below.

Resolutions

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes Cast

Votes Withheld

1. To receive the Directors' Report and audited Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2025.

20,420,226

99.76%

48,516

0.24%

20,468,742

211,974

2. To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2025.

19,921,856

97.84%

440,410

2.16%

20,362,266

318,450

3. To approve the Company's dividend policy.

20,438,979

99.65%

70,917

0.35%

20,509,896

170,820

4. To appoint David Benda as a director of the Company.

20,024,201

98.59%

287,121

1.41%

20,311,322

369,394

5. To reappoint Malcolm King as a director of the Company.

19,528,148

96.13%

786,864

3.87%

20,315,012

365,704

6. To reappoint Susannah Nicklin as a director of the Company.

19,416,431

95.53%

908,266

4.47%

20,324,697

356,019

7. To reappoint Joanna Santinon as a director of the Company.

19,492,357

96.06%

798,525

3.94%

20,290,882

389,834

8. To re-appoint BDO LLP as Independent Auditor of the Company.

20,196,953

98.90%

225,527

1.10%

20,422,480

258,236

9. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor.

20,146,304

98.69%

266,954

1.31%

20,413,258

267,458

10. To authorise the Directors to allot securities in the Company.

20,125,758

98.67%

 271,432

1.33%

20,397,190

283,526

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

19,665,541

96.46%

722,200

3.54%

20,387,741

292,975

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

20,302,203

99.10%

184,428

0.90%

20,486,631

194,085

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

20,084,961

98.27%

 354,288

1.73%

20,439,249

241,467

14#. To approve and adopt the revised Articles of Association.

20,051,000

98.27%

352,553

1.73%

20,403,553

277,163

15. To authorise the increase of the maximum aggregate amount payable to Directors.

19,301,359

95.09%

996,195

4.91%

20,297,554

383,162

 

Notes:

 # - Special Resolution

Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chair have been included in the "Votes For" total. Please note 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.

As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of voting rights in the Company was 93,762,968. 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism and can be located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website, https://www.eglplc.com/corporate-information/important-documents/.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2 and UK Listing Rule 6.4.3, the full text of the 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 10 to 15 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.  

-ENDS-

For further information please contact:

Administrator and Company Secretary
Frostrow Capital LLP
Email: 
cosec@frostrow.com
Tel: 020 3008 4910 

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