ASHOKA INDIA EQUITY INVESTMENT TRUST

AGM Information • Dec 13, 2023

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author: Anthony Lee
date: 2022-11-15 18:01:00+00:00

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ASHOKA INDIA EQUITY INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

COMPANY No. 11356069

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT 1985

This is to confirm that at the Annual General Meeting of Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust Plc, duly convened and held at:

13 Hanover Square,

Mayfair, London W1S 1HN

On 8th December 2023

The following resolutions were passed. Resolutions 10 to 15 were passed as special business.

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

1. That the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”) (in addition to any subsisting authorities to the extent unused) to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot up to 23,702,989 Ordinary Shares of 1 penny each in the capital of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) (equivalent to 20% of the Ordinary Shares in issue at the date of this notice of Annual General Meeting), such authority to expire (unless previously varied, revoked or renewed by the Company in general meeting) at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2024 or, if earlier, on the expiry of 15 months from the passing of this resolution, save that the Company may, at any time prior to the expiry of such authority, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require the allotment of shares in pursuance of such an offer or agreement, and the Directors may allot Ordinary Shares in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if such authority had not expired.

2. That the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 551 of the Act to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot up to 23,702,989 Ordinary Shares (equivalent to 20% of the Ordinary Shares in issue at the date of this notice of Annual General Meeting) in connection with any performance fees payable to the Investment Manager (as defined and described in the prospectus of the Company dated 20 December 2019), such authority to expire (unless previously varied, revoked or renewed by the Company in general meeting) at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2024 or, if earlier, on the expiry of 15 months from the passing of this resolution, save that the Company may, at any time prior to the expiry of such authority, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require the allotment of shares in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if such authority had not expired.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

1. That, subject to the passing of Resolution 10 above, the Directors be and are hereby empowered (pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Act) to allot Ordinary Shares and to sell Ordinary Shares from treasury for cash pursuant to the authority referred to in Resolution 11 above as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such power to expire (unless previously varied, revoked or renewed by the Company in general meeting) at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2024 or, if earlier, on the expiry of 15 months from the passing of this resolution, save that the Company may, at any time prior to the expiry of such power, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted or sold from treasury after the expiry of such power, and the Directors may allot or sell from treasury equity securities in pursuance of such an offer or an agreement as if such power had not expired.

2. That, subject to the passing of Resolution 11 above, the Directors be and are hereby empowered (pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Act) to allot Ordinary Shares and to sell Ordinary Shares from treasury for cash pursuant to the authority referred to in Resolution 11 above as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such power to expire (unless previously varied, revoked or renewed by the Company in general meeting) at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2024 or, if earlier, on the expiry of 15 months from the passing of this resolution, save that the Company may, at any time prior to the expiry of such power, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted or sold from treasury after the expiry of such power, and the Directors may allot or sell from treasury equity securities in pursuance of such an offer or an agreement as if such power had not expired.

3. That the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 701 of the Act to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of its Ordinary Shares, provided that:

a) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be purchased shall be 16,476,659 (representing 14.99 per cent of the Company’s issued Ordinary Share capital (excluding shares held in treasury) at the date of this notice of Annual General Meeting);

b) the minimum price (exclusive of any expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is 1 penny.

c) the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is not more than the higher of (i) 5 per cent. above the average of the mid-market values of the Ordinary Shares for the five business days before the purchase is made; and (ii) the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid for the Ordinary Shares;

d) the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2024 or, if earlier, on the expiry of 15 months from the passing of this resolution, unless such authority is renewed prior to such time; and

e) the Company may make a contract to purchase Ordinary Shares under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority, which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiration of such authority and may make a purchase of Ordinary Shares pursuant to any such contract.

1. That a general meeting of the Company other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days’ notice, provided that this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the Company’s next Annual General Meeting after the date of the passing of this resolution.