THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT ARE NOT
FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
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JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SAME WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
10 October 2024
JPMorgan Japan Small Cap
Growth & Income plc
Legal
Entity Identifier: 549300 KP3CRHPQ4RF811
Result of First General
Meeting
In connection with the proposals for
the combination of JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income plc
(the "Company") with JPMorgan
Japanese Investment Trust plc ("JFJ") by way of a scheme of
reconstruction and members' voluntary winding up of the Company
under section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the "Scheme"), the Board of the Company is
pleased to announce the result of the First General
Meeting.
The Company announces that the
special resolution proposed at the First General Meeting held today
has been approved by Shareholders. Details
of the number of votes cast for, against and withheld in respect of
the resolution, which was held on a poll, are set out below and
will also be published on the Company's website at www.jpmjapansmallcapgrowthandincome.co.uk.
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Special
Resolution
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Votes For (including
Discretionary)
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%
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Votes
Against
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%
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Votes
Total
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% I.S.C.
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Votes
Withheld
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To reorganise the share capital of
the Company and to amend the articles of association of the
Company.
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30,297,207
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99.78
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66,583
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0.22
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30,363,790
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56.33
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38,653
|
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To approve the Scheme and further
amend the articles of association of the Company.
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30,307,031
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99.81
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58,408
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0.19
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30,365,439
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56.33
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37,004
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1. A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and
will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the
votes for and against the resolution.
The Shares will be disabled for
settlement in CREST from close of business on 11 October 2024 and
trading will be suspended on 14 October 2024.
The full text of the resolutions of
the First General Meeting are set out in the Notice of First
General Meeting contained in the Circular published by the Company
on 19 September 2024 (the "Circular").
The Circular is available for viewing on the Company's website at
www.jpmjapansmallcapgrowthandincome.co.uk and at the National Storage Mechanism at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of the resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Terms used and not defined in this
announcement shall have the meanings given to them in the
Circular.
For
further information please contact:
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JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income
plc
Alexa Henderson, Chair
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Contact via Company
Secretary
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JPMorgan Funds Limited
Simon Crinage
Simon Elliott
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0800 20 40 20 (or +44 1268 44 44
70)
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JPMorgan Funds Limited (Company Secretary)
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0800 20 40 20 (or +44 1268 44 44
70)
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Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Financial Adviser and
Broker to JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income
plc)
James King
Andrew Worne
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+44 (0) 20 7220 0500
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