LEI: 549300K1D1P23R8U4U50
Invesco
Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust
plc
Headline: Annual
General Meeting Results
At the
Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 6 June 2024, shareholders approved the following
resolutions:
Ordinary
Business
Ordinary
Resolutions
1. to
receive and consider the Annual Financial Report for the year ended
31 January 2024;
2. to
approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy;
3. to
approve the Annual Statement and Report on Remuneration for the
year ended 31 January
2024;
4. to
approve the final dividend of 5.41p for the year ended 31 January 2024;
5. to
re-elect Bridget Guerin as a
Director of the Company;
6. to
re-elect Graham Paterson as a
Director of the Company;
7. to
re-elect Mike Prentis as a Director
of the Company;
8. to
elect Simon Longfellow as a Director
of the Company;
9. to
re-appoint the auditor, Ernst & Young LLP;
10. to
authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor’s
remuneration;
Special
Business
Ordinary
Resolution
11. to
authorise the Directors to allot securities;
Special
Resolutions
12. to
authorise the Directors to allot securities for cash, disapplying
statutory pre-emption rights;
13. to
authorise the Directors to purchase shares of the Company in the
market for cancellation or for holding in Treasury within the
parameters specified;
14.
that the period of notice
required for general meetings of the Company (other than AGMs)
shall be not less than 14 days; and
Ordinary
Resolution
15. that
the Company continue in existence as an investment
trust.
All
resolutions were passed on a show of hands.
A
breakdown of the proxy votes registered is shown below.
|
Resolution
|
Votes
For
|
%
|
Votes
Against
|
%
|
Votes
Withheld
|
|
|
(including
votes at the discretion of the Chairman)
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.
|
13,089,411
|
84.81
|
2,344,789
|
15.19
|
54,013
|
|
2.
|
15,270,534
|
99.33
|
102,549
|
0.67
|
115,130
|
|
3.
|
15,308,456
|
99.53
|
72,438
|
0.47
|
107,319
|
|
4.
|
15,447,658
|
99.94
|
9,118
|
0.06
|
31,437
|
|
5.
|
15,080,177
|
97.79
|
340,061
|
2.21
|
67,974
|
|
6.
|
15,003,544
|
97.89
|
323,112
|
2.11
|
161,556
|
|
7.
|
15,161,886
|
98.33
|
257,736
|
1.67
|
68,590
|
|
8.
|
15,356,986
|
99.59
|
63,254
|
0.41
|
67,973
|
|
9.
|
13,057,807
|
84.65
|
2,368,186
|
15.35
|
62,220
|
|
10.
|
15,410,858
|
99.85
|
22,575
|
0.15
|
54,780
|
|
11.
|
15,387,554
|
99.70
|
45,854
|
0.30
|
54,805
|
|
12.
|
15,277,861
|
99.14
|
131,804
|
0.86
|
78,548
|
|
13.
|
14,856,755
|
96.36
|
561,422
|
3.64
|
46,502
|
|
14.
|
15,401,575
|
99.71
|
44,050
|
0.29
|
42,588
|
|
15.
|
14,378,861
|
93.18
|
1,052,505
|
6.82
|
33,313
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
Company has 33,826,929 ordinary shares of 20p each in issue, of
which 19,382,155 shares are held in Treasury.
On a poll
these carry one vote per share and accordingly the total voting
rights are 33,826,929. The above tables represent the number of
votes registered.
The proxy
votes lodged with the Registrar will be available via the Company’s
website at:
www.invesco.co.uk/ipukscit
In
accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that
were passed at the annual general
meeting, which do not constitute ordinary business will shortly be
available for inspection via the National Storage
Mechanism:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Invesco
Asset Management Limited
Corporate
Company Secretary
6 June 2024