Notes:
- 1 To appoint a person other than the Chairman of the Meeting as a proxy please insert the appointee's name in the relevant space below. A proxy need not be a Member of the Company.
- 2 Unless indicated above a proxy will have discretion to vote as he/she thinks fit or abstain from voting.
- 3 To appoint more than one proxy please photocopy this Form of Proxy and complete the boxes as necessary. Each Form of Proxy must include the Member's original signature and all Forms of Proxy should be returned together.
- 4 To be valid, Forms of Proxy, together with any power of attorney or other authority (or a certified copy thereof) under which they are signed must be received by the Company's Registrar at the address overleaf by no later than 48 hours before the time of the meeting.
- 5 A corporation must execute a Form of Proxy under its common seal or the hand of a duly authorised officer or attorney or other person duly and lawfully authorised to sign it.
- 6 This Form of Proxy is for use by the Member to whom it has been sent. Any amendment must be initialled by the Member concerned.
- 7 Shares held in un-certificated form (ie in CREST) may be voted through the CREST Proxy Voting Service in accordance with the procedures in relation thereto set out in the CREST manual. CREST personal or sponsored members and CREST members who have appointed a voting service provider should refer to their relevant CREST sponsor or voting service provider for details of the action they need to take to vote their shares.
- 8 The "vote withheld" option is provided to enable Members to abstain from voting on any Resolution(s) but is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the computation of votes for or against a Resolution.
- 9 If attending the AGM in person, please allow some extra time to clear security.
For Against Vote Withheld
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FORM OF PROXY NEW STAR INVESTMENT TRUST PLC – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2019
I/We of
commencing at 11.00 am.
Signature of person attending
being a Member of the Company hereby appoint the Chairman of the Meeting or (see note 1)
The Annual General Meeting ("Meeting") of New Star Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is to be held at 1 Knightsbridge Green, London SW1X 7QA on Thursday 14 November 2019
form of proxy will not preclude you from attending the Meeting and voting in person.
Before completing this Form of Proxy please read the explanatory notes. Submission of a completed
as my/our proxy to speak and vote on my/our behalf at the Meeting being held at 11.00 am on Thursday 14 November 2019 and at any adjournment thereof. I/We have indicated with an 'X' how I/we wish my/our proxy to vote on the following resolutions:
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1 To receive and adopt the accounts for the year to
30 June 2019 and reports of the Directors and
Auditors thereon |
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2 To receive and approve the Annual Directors'
Remuneration Report for the year to 30 June 2019 |
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3 To approve the final dividend of 1.40p per
Ordinary Share |
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4 To re-elect Mr Geoffrey Howard-Spink as a Director |
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5 To re-elect Mr David Gamble as a Director |
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6 To re-elect Mr John Duffield as a Director |
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7 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor
and authorise the Directors to determine
the auditor's remuneration |
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SPECIAL BUSINESS
- 8 To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares
- 9 To authorise the Directors to allot a limited number of Ordinary Shares outside of pre-emption rights*
- 10 To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own Shares*
- 11 To authorise the Directors to re-sell Shares held in treasury*
- 12 To call general meetings on not less than 14 days notice*
*Special Resolutions
Tick if part of multiple appointments and state on each form the number of Shares being voted
Signature of Member Date
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