The Edinburgh Investment Trust Plc Annual Financial Report 2022 - Flipbook - Page 47
THE EDINBURGH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC / GOVERNANCE / 45
DIRECTORS’ SHAREHOLDINGS AND SHARE INTERESTS (AUDITED)
Save as here stated, no Director had any interests, beneficial or otherwise, in the ordinary shares or debenture stock of the Company
during the year. No changes to these holdings have been notified since the year end. No connected person interests have been notified.
Directors hold shares in the Company at their discretion. Share ownership is encouraged, but no guidelines have been set.
The beneficial interests of the Directors in the ordinary share capital of the Company are set out below:
Glen Suarez
31 March
2022
31 March
2021
37,000
37,000
Steve Baldwin
-
–
Vicky Hastings
9,000
9,000
Elisabeth Stheeman
6,000
3,000
Patrick Edwardson
60,000
60,000
(1)
1
Patrick Edwardson’s holding includes 13,000 shares which are being held by a connected person.
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF SPEND ON PAY
The following table compares the remuneration paid to the non-executive Directors with aggregate distributions to shareholders in
respect of the year to 31 March 2022 and the prior year:
Aggregate Directors’ Remuneration
Aggregate Shareholder Distributions
2022
£’000
2021
£’000
Change
£’000
185
187
(2)
42,512
49,331
(6,819)
VOTING AT LAST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 22 July 2021 a resolution approving the Chairman’s Annual Statement and Report
on Remuneration were passed. The votes cast (including votes cast at the Chairman’s discretion) were as follows.
Annual Statement and Report on Remuneration
Votes
For
%
Votes
Against
%
Votes
Withheld
52,829,474
98.67
712,465
1.33
59,536
Approval
This Directors’ Remuneration Report was approved by the Board of Directors on 25 May 2022.
GLEN SUAREZ / CHAIRMAN
Signed on behalf of the Board of Directors