F&C Investment Trust PLC Result of AGM (1257Y)

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RNS Number : 1257Y

F&C Investment Trust PLC

10 May 2021

F&C INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

("the Company")

LEI: 213800W6B18ZHTNG7371

10 May 2021

   Annual   General Meeting ("AGM") Results 

The Company announces that at its AGM held earlier today a poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority. The results of the poll were as follows:

 
                          For and Discretionary          Against          Withheld      Total Votes 
                                                                                         (exc. Votes 
                                                                                         Withheld) 
      Resolution          No of Votes     % of     No of Votes    % of    No of Votes 
                                          Votes                   Votes 
                                           Cast                   Cast 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Receive 
       Report & 
 1     Accounts            317,379,578    99.78%       683,960    0.22%       833,789    318,063,538 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Approve 
       Remuneration 
 2     Report              288,965,721    94.10%    18,101,881    5.90%    11,829,725    307,067,602 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Approve 
 3     Final Dividend      317,213,676    99.74%       821,481    0.26%       862,169    318,035,157 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
       Elect Tom 
  4     Joy                305,961,178    98.56%     4,484,167    1.44%     8,447,586    310,445,345 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Re-elect 
 5     Sarah Arkle         294,927,551    94.62%    16,768,981    5.38%     7,200,794    311,696,532 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Re-elect 
       Francesca 
 6     Ecsery              305,204,254    97.97%     6,318,175    2.03%     7,374,898    311,522,429 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Re-elect 
       Jeffrey 
 7     Hewitt              294,797,972    94.71%    16,464,150    5.29%     7,635,205    311,262,122 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Re-elect 
       Beatrice 
 8     Hollond             304,693,264    98.07%     6,002,125    1.93%     8,201,937    310,695,389 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Re-elect 
 9     Edward Knapp        305,789,598    98.27%     5,368,689    1.73%     7,739,039    311,158,287 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Re-elect 
       Quintin 
 10    Price               304,274,492    97.81%     6,798,351    2.19%     7,824,484    311,072,843 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Re-appoint 
       Ernst & 
       Young LLP 
 11    as Auditor          299,220,326    95.62%    13,706,351    4.38%     5,970,650    312,926,677 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Remuneration 
 12    of the Auditor      305,860,908    97.84%     6,741,752    2.16%     6,292,666    312,602,660 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Renew the 
       authority 
       to allot 
 13    shares              307,545,330         9     5,442,279    1.74%     5,909,718    312,987,609 
                                           8.26% 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Approve 
       disapplication 
       of pre-emption 
 14    rights              295,646,904    96.12%    11,945,183    3.88%    11,303,193    307,592,087 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Renew authority 
       to purchase 
 15    own shares          308,033,274    97.78%     7,003,967    2.22%     3,860,086    315,037,241 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
      Adoption 
       of new Articles 
 16    of Association      304,902,429    98.41%     4,914,628    1.59%     9,078,222    309,817,057 
     -----------------  --------------  --------  ------------  -------  ------------  ------------- 
 

Resolutions 14, 15 and 16 were passed as special resolutions and have been lodged with the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2020, copies of which are available on the Company's website www.fandcit.com. The Annual Report is also available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

At the time of the above meeting the Company's share capital consisted of 533,339,527 ordinary shares with voting rights and a further 28,479,489 ordinary shares held in treasury.

In the context of the coronavirus outbreak, the AGM was held as a purely procedural meeting, covering only the formal business.

A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's website www.fandcit.com .

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

Hugh Potter

For and on behalf of BMO Investment Business Limited, Secretary

Telephone: [phone]

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