Legal Entity Identifier:
549300K1D1P23R8U4U50
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc
HEADLINE: Appointment of Non-Executive
Director
The Board of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment
Trust plc (‘the Company’) is pleased to announce the appointment of
Mr Simon Longfellow as a
Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 July 2023.
Simon Longfellow co-founded Steps
to Investing Limited which launched in 2020 and also runs marketing
consultancy Neo Strategic Marketing. Until 2019 he was the Head of
Investment Trust Marketing at Janus Henderson Investors, focusing
on marketing investment trusts to retail investors.
Simon is currently the independent director of Electric and
General Investment Fund and a non-executive director of
CT Global Managed Portfolio Trust plc, and a director of Neo
Strategic Marketing Limited.
It is noted that the Chairman is due to retire at the conclusion
of the AGM and following the appointment of Simon, the Board will
comprise 3 men and 1 woman. The Board is cognisant of new listing
rules in respect of disclosures relating to diversity (including
gender and ethnicity) and inclusion on company boards and executive
committees, and has taken these requirements into consideration,
along with the balance of directors' skills and experience, in its
recruitment process. The Board has determined that Simon is the
most suitable candidate to complement the existing board and that
his appointment will benefit the Company. The Board will
continue to consider its composition, skills, gender balance, and
the interests of shareholders on an ongoing basis.
Mr Longfellow does not currently hold
any of the Company’s ordinary shares.
There is no information to disclose in respect of paragraphs
9.6.12(2) to 9.6.13(6) of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Listing
Rules.
Naomi
Rogers
for and on behalf of
Invesco Asset Management Limited
Company Secretary
9 May 2023