The Edinburgh Investment Trust Plc Annual Financial Report 2022 - Flipbook - Page 81
THE EDINBURGH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC / OTHER INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS / 79
Notes
1.
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. Shareholders
should continue to monitor the Company’s website at www.
edinburghinvestmenttrust.com and our announcements for
any updates in relation to the meeting.
2.
purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time
(as determined by the time stamp applied to the message
by the CREST Applications Host) from which the issuer’s
agent is able to retrieve the message by enquiry to CREST
in the manner prescribed by CREST. After this time any
changes of instructions to proxies through CREST should
be communicated to the appointee through other means.
The Company may treat as invalid a CREST Proxy Instruction
in the circumstances set out in Regulation 35(5)(a) of the
Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001. CREST members
and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service
provider(s) should note that Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited
does not make available special procedures in CREST for any
particular messages. Normal system timings and limitations
will therefore apply in relation to the input of CREST Proxy
Instructions. It is the responsibility of the CREST member
concerned to take or, if the CREST member is a CREST
personal member or sponsored member or has appointed a
voting service provider(s), to procure that his CREST sponsor
or voting service provider(s) take(s), such action as shall be
necessary to ensure that a message is transmitted by means
of the CREST system by any particular time. In this connection,
CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors
or voting service providers are referred, in particular, to those
sections of the CREST Manual concerning practical limitations
of the CREST system and timings. The CREST Manual can be
reviewed at www.euroclear.com/CREST.
A
member entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled
to appoint one or more proxies to attend, speak and vote in
his stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. In
order to be valid an appointment of proxy must be returned
by one of the following methods:
– via The Link Group website www.signalshares.com; or
– in hard copy form by post, by courier or by hand to the
Company’s Registrars, Link Group, PXS 1, Central Square,
29, Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL; or
– in the case of CREST members, by utilising the CREST
electronic proxy appointment service in accordance with
the procedures set out below
and in each case, to be received by the Company not less than
48 hours before the time of the meeting. Any amended proxy
appointment must be received by this time.
If you are an institutional investor you may be able to appoint
a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform, a process
which has been agreed by the Company and approved by
the Registrar. For further information regarding Proxymity,
please go to www.proxymity.io. Your proxy must be lodged
by 11.30 am on 19 July 2022 in order to be considered valid.
Before you can appoint a proxy via this process, you will
need to have agreed to Proxymity’s associated terms and
conditions. It is important that you read these carefully as you
will be bound by them and they will govern the electronic
appointment of your proxy.
CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy by utilising the
CREST electronic proxy appointment service may do so by
utilising the procedures described in the CREST Manual. CREST
Personal Members or other CREST sponsored members, and
those CREST members who have appointed a voting service
provider(s), should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting
service provider(s) who will be able to take the appropriate
action on their behalf. In order for a proxy appointment
made by means of CREST to be valid, the appropriate CREST
message (a ‘CREST Proxy Instruction’) must be properly
authenticated in accordance with Euroclear UK & Ireland
Limited’s specifications and must contain the information
required for such instructions, as described in the CREST
Manual. The message, regardless of whether it relates to
the appointment of a proxy or to an amendment to the
instruction given to a previously appointed proxy must, in
order to be valid, be transmitted so as to be received by
the issuer’s agent (ID RA10) by the latest time(s) for receipt
of proxy appointments specified in this document. For this
3.
A form of appointment of proxy is enclosed.
To be effective, the form of appointment of proxy, duly
completed and executed, together with any power of attorney
or other authority under which it is signed (or a notarially
certified copy thereof) must be lodged at the office of the
Company’s Registrars, Link Group, PXS 1, Central Square, 29,
Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL by no later than 11am on
19 July 2022.
4.
A person entered on the Register of Members at close of
business on 19 July 2022 (a ‘member’) is entitled to vote at
the Meeting pursuant to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated
Securities Regulations 2001. Any changes to the Register
of Members after such time and date shall be disregarded
in determining the rights of any person to vote at the
Meeting. If the Meeting is adjourned, entitlement to vote
at the adjourned meeting, and the number of votes which
may be cast thereat, will be determined by reference to the
Company’s register of members 48 hours before the time
fixed for the adjourned meeting.
5.
The Terms of Reference of the Audit, Management
Engagement and Nominations Committees and the
Letters of Appointment for Directors will be available
for inspection at the website of the Company at
https://edinburghinvestmenttrust.com.
6.