The Edinburgh Investment Trust Plc Annual Financial Report 2022 - Flipbook - Page 79
THE EDINBURGH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC / OTHER INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS / 77
Notice of Annual General Meeting
THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt as to what
action to take, you should consult your stockbroker, solicitor,
accountant or other appropriate independent professional
advisor authorised under the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000. If you have sold or otherwise transferred all your
shares in The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc, please forward
this document and the accompanying Form of Proxy to the
person through whom the sale or transfer was effected, for
transmission to the purchaser or transferee.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the one hundred and thirty second
Annual General Meeting of The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc
will be held at The Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, The National
Galleries of Scotland, Weston Link, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2
2EL at 11am on 21 July 2022.
The 2022 AGM will be held in person and voting will be on a
show of hands, however, shareholders may attend virtually using
a smartphone, tablet or computer. You will be able to view and
listen to a live webcast of the 2022 AGM and submit questions
to the Directors in writing. Those attending virtually will not be
able to vote on-line and are encouraged to vote ahead of the
meeting. To join the 2022 AGM virtually, you will need to visit
www.edinburghinvestmenttrust.com from your device.
Virtual access to the Annual General Meeting will be available
from 10.30 a.m. on 21 July 2022 although you will not be able to
submit questions until the Annual General Meeting is declared
open. If you wish to appoint a proxy and for them to attend the
Annual General Meeting on your behalf, please contact Link Group
on telephone number +44 (0) 371 277 1020*.
If your shares are held by a nominee and you wish to access the
virtual Annual General Meeting, you will need to contact your
nominee immediately. Your nominee will need to have completed
a letter of representation and presented this to Link Group, our
Registrars, no later than 72 hours before the start of the Annual
General Meeting in order obtain your unique Login Code and PIN
number to access the virtual Annual General Meeting. If you are in
any doubt about your shareholding, please contact our Registrars.
*Lines are open from 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday to Friday,
calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by
provider. Calls outside the UK will be charged at the applicable
international rate.”
AGM VOTING
Shareholders are encouraged to vote by proxy and to appoint
the “Chair of the Meeting” as their proxy. Details of how to vote,
either electronically, by proxy form or through CREST, can be
found in the Notes to the Notice of AGM on pages 77 to 80.
The results of the AGM will be announced to the London Stock
Exchange and placed on the Company’s website, as soon as
practicable after the conclusion of the AGM.
ORDINARY BUSINESS
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions all
of which will be proposed as Ordinary Resolutions.
1.To receive and consider the Annual Financial Report for the
year ended 31 March 2022;
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.
3.To approve the Annual Statement and Report on
Remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2022;
4. To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares;
5. To re-elect Steven Baldwin as a Director of the Company;
6. To re-elect Victoria Hastings as a Director of the Company;
7. To re-elect Elisabeth Stheeman as a Director of the Company;
8. To re-elect Patrick Edwardson as a Director of the Company;
9. To elect Aidan Lisser as a Director of the Company;
10.To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the
Company; and
11.To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the
remuneration of the auditor.
SPECIAL BUSINESS
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions of
which resolution 12 will be proposed as an Ordinary Resolution
and resolutions 13, 14 and 15 as Special Resolutions:
12. That:
in substitution for any existing authority under section 551 of
the Companies Act 2006 (the ‘Act’) but without prejudice to the
exercise of any such authority prior to the date of this resolution
the Directors of the Company be generally and unconditionally
authorised in accordance with section 551 of the Act as amended
from time to time prior to the date of the passing of this
resolution, to exercise all powers of the Company to allot shares
and grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any securities into,
shares up to an aggregate nominal amount within the meaning of
sections 551(3) and (6) of the Act) of £4,269,703, this being 10%
of the Company’s issued ordinary share capital as at 23 May 2022,
such authority to expire at the conclusion of the next Annual
General Meeting of the Company or the date fifteen months after
the passing of this resolution, whichever is the earlier unless the
authority is renewed or revoked at any other general meeting