City of London Investment Trust PLC

AGM Information • Oct 31, 2023

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City of London Investment Trust PLC

31 October 2023

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800F3NOTF47H6AO55

31 October 2023

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Annual General Meeting of the Company

held on Tuesday, 31 October 2023

The City of London Investment Trust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a show of hands. This included six special business resolutions:

-    Resolution 11: to approve the dividend payment policy of paying four quarterly interim dividends in each year;

-    Resolution 12: to authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital;

-    Resolution 13: to authorise the Directors to allot or to sell from treasury up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital without first offering them to existing shareholders in accordance with statutory pre-emption procedures;

-    Resolution 14: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares;

-    Resolution 15: to authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's preferred stock;

-    Resolution 16: to hold general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice; and

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the circular to shareholders dated 19 September 2023 which can be viewed on the Company's website at: www.cityinvestmenttrust.com.

The proxy votes received in relation to each resolution were as follows:

Resolutions	Votes for (including at Chairman's discretion)	%	Votes against	%	Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld)	Votes withheld
1 Annual Report and financial statements	6,700,619	99.95	3,646	0.05	6,704,265	22,837
2 Directors' Remuneration Report	6,635,657	99.30	46,470	0.70	6,682,127	50,611
3 Directors' Remuneration Policy	6,622,825	99.16	56,004	0.84	6,678,829	53,908
4 Re-election of Sir Laurie Magnus	6,661,792	99.64	24,344	0.36	6,686,136	46,605
5 Re-election of Mr Ominder Dhillon	6,662,899	99.67	22,386	0.33	6,685,285	47,452
6 Re-election of Mr Robert Holmes	6,665,530	99.71	19,361	0.29	6,684,891	47,848
7 Re-election of Mrs Clare Wardle	6,662,677	99.67	22,060	0.33	6,684,737	47,933
8 Re-election of Mrs Samantha Wren	6,664,088	99.70	20,072	0.30	6,684,160	48,579
9 Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	6,660,708	99.48	34,924	0.52	6,695,632	37,107
10 Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration	6,679,092	99.66	22,906	0.34	6,701,998	31,422
11 Approve the dividend payment policy	6,704,807	99.96	2,861	0.04	6,707,668	20,112
12 Authority to allot ordinary shares	6,677,360	99.67	21,830	0.33	6,699,190	28,588
13 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment or sale of ordinary shares*	6,644,190	99.38	41,777	0.62	6,685,967	41,812
14 Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares*	6,579,210	98.17	122,394	1.83	6,701,604	26,109
15 Authority to make market purchases of preferred stock*	6,512,796	97.23	185,326	2.77	6,698,122	29,196
16 Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice*	6,629,146	98.95	70,429	1.05	6,699,575	28,206

* Special resolution.

Holders of ordinary shares have one vote for every 15 shares held, holders of first preference stock have one vote for every £10 of stock held and holders of preferred ordinary stock have one vote for every £20 of stock held.

A copy of the special business resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection on the NSM's website at:

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

For further information please contact:

Job Curtis Fund Manager The City of London Investment Trust plc Tel: 020 7818 4367	Sally Porter For and on behalf of Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited Corporate Secretary to The City of London Investment Trust plc Tel: 020 7818 2550
Harriet Hall Investment Trust PR Manager Janus Henderson Investors Tel: 020 7818 2919

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