AVI JAPAN OPPORTUNITY TRUST PLC

AGM Information • Nov 6, 2025

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AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC

06 November 2025

AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC

Result of General Meeting

LEI: 894500IJ5QQD7FPT3J73

06 November 2025

The Board of AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the ordinary resolution relating to the issue of New Shares in connection with the proposed combination of the assets of the Company with the assets of Fidelity Japan Trust Plc ("FJV") was approved by the Company's shareholders at the general meeting of the Company held at 03.00 p.m today.

The full text for the resolution is contained in the Notice of General Meeting incorporated in the circular dated 14 October 2025 (the "Circular"), a copy of which is available on the Company's website at https://www.ajot.co.uk.

The implementation of the proposals remains condition upon, amongst other things, the passing of the resolution to be proposed at the First FJV General Meeting to be held tomorrow 07 November, and the Second FJV General Meeting to be held on Thursday, 27 November.

For completeness, proxy votes received in respect of the Resolution were as follows:

	Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Withheld*
Resolution 1 To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities under section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to shareholders of Fidelity Japan Trust Plc in connection with the scheme of reconstruction and winding up of Fidelity Japan Trust plc, provided that this authority will (unless previously revoked) expire on 31 December 2025.	33,721,634	99.86%	46,806	0.14%	23,584

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.

Enquiries:

Joe Bauernfreund Asset Value Investors Investment Manager	020 7659 4800
Nezia Morgan MUFG Corporate Governance Limited Company Secretary	020 4617 1038
James Maxwell, Asha Chotai, James Waterlow, Anthony Debson Singer Capital Markets Limited Sole Sponsor and Joint Financial Adviser	020 7496 3000

Notes:

A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website and, in accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.13 will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

At the time of the above meeting, the Company's issued share capital was 137,198,943 with 1,360,716 held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights in the Company were 135,838,227.

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