Edinburgh Investment Trust PLC

AGM Information • Jul 19, 2023

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RNS Number : 5595G

Edinburgh Investment Trust PLC

19 July 2023

19 July 2023

LEI number: 549300HV0VXCRONER808

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc

(the "Company")

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Board of The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc (ticker: EDIN), is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put forward at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today were passed.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Company's Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 March 2023. The proxy votes lodged with the Registrar will shortly be available via the Company's website at: www.edinburgh-investment-trust.co.uk

The proxy votes received were as follows:

Resolution	For	% For	Against	% Against	Withheld*
1. To receive and consider the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 March 2023	47,633,268	99.98%	8,675	0.02%	15,283
2. To approve the Annual Statement and Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2023	47,343,454	99.59%	194,020	0.41%	119,752
3. To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares	47,612,173	99.93%	34,402	0.07%	10,651
4. To re-elect Steven Baldwin as a Director of the Company	47,462,127	99.83%	81,742	0.17%	106,857
5. To re-elect Elisabeth Stheeman as a Director of the Company	47,490,647	99.86%	68,307	0.14%	91,772
6. To re-elect Patrick Edwardson as a Director of the Company	47,481,033	99.87%	62,836	0.13%	106,857
7. To re-elect Aidan Lisser as a Director of the Company	47,466,784	99.89%	50,877	0.11%	133,065
8. To elect Annabel Tagoe-Bannerman as a Director of the Company	47,454,651	99.83%	81,081	0.17%	114,994
9. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	47,484,630	99.72%	131,477	0.28%	37,869
10. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	47,606,123	99.95%	22,766	0.05%	28,337
11. To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to 10% of the issued share capital.	47,483,369	99.69%	149,178	0.31%	18,179
12. Special resolution. To approve disapplication of pre-emption rights, subject to passing resolution 11.	47,391,396	99.49%	242,831	0.51%	19,749
13. Special resolution. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares.	44,819,483	94.09%	2,815,125	5.91%	19,368
14. Special resolution. To authorise that the general meetings of the Company, other than Annual General Meetings, may be called on 14 clear days' notice.	47,480,550	99.68%	152,991	0.32%	20,435

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

At the time of the above meeting, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 195,666,734 ordinary shares. The Company held 32,070,209 shares in treasury.  Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights was 163,596,525. Each ordinary share held entitles the holder to one vote and there are no restrictions on those voting rights.

In accordance with LR9.6.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism website and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Enquiries

Apex Listed Companies Services (UK) Limited (Company Secretary)

020 3327 9720

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