The Edinburgh Investment Trust Plc Annual Financial Report 2022 - Flipbook - Page 82
80 / OTHER INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS / THE EDINBURGH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
Notice of Annual General Meeting / continued
A copy of the Company’s Articles of Association is
available for inspection at the website of the Company at
www.edinburghinvestmenttrust.com.
7.
Any person to whom this Notice is sent who is a person
nominated under section 146 of the Companies Act 2006
to enjoy information rights (a ‘Nominated Person’) may
have a right, under an agreement between him/her and
the shareholder by whom he/she was nominated, to be
appointed (or to have someone else appointed) as a proxy
for the meeting. If a Nominated Person has no such proxy
appointment right or does not wish to exercise it, he/she may
have a right, under such an agreement, to give instructions to
the shareholder as to the exercise of voting rights.
8.
The statement of the above rights of the shareholders in
relation to the appointment of proxies does not apply to
Nominated Persons. Those rights can only be exercised by
shareholders of the Company.
Any corporation which is a member can appoint one or more
corporate representatives who may exercise on its behalf all
of its powers as a member provided that they do not do so in
relation to the same shares.
9.
You may not use any electronic address (within the meaning
of section 333(4) of the Companies Act 2006) provided in this
Notice (or in any related documents including the proxy form)
to communicate with the Company for any purposes other
than those expressly stated.
10.
As at 23 May 2022 (being the last practicable day prior to
the publication of this Notice) the Company’s issued share
capital consists of 170,788,129 ordinary shares of 25p each
carrying one vote each. Therefore, the total voting rights in
the Company as at that date are 170,788,129.
11.
12.
A copy of this notice (which is at the back of the annual
financial report), and other information required by
section 311A of the Companies Act 2006, can be found at
www.edinburghinvestmenttrust.com.
13.
Shareholders should note that it is possible that, pursuant
to requests made by members of the Company under
section 527 of the Companies Act 2006, the Company may
be required to publish on a website a statement setting out
any matter relating to: (i) the audit of the Company’s accounts
(including the auditor’s report and the conduct of the audit)
that are to be laid before the AGM for the financial year
beginning on 1 April 2021; or (ii) any circumstance connected
with an auditor of the Company appointed for the financial
year beginning on 1 April 2021 ceasing to hold office since the
previous meeting at which the annual financial report was laid
in accordance with section 437 of the Companies Act 2006
(in each case) that the members propose to raise at the
relevant AGM.
The Company may not require the members requesting any
such website publication to pay its expenses in complying with
sections 527 or 528 of the Companies Act 2006. Where the
Company is required to place a statement on a website under
section 527 of the Companies Act 2006, it must forward
the statement to the Company’s auditor not later than the
time when it makes the statement available on the website.
The business which may be dealt with at the AGM includes
any statement that the Company has been required under
section 527 of the Companies Act 2006 to publish on a
website.