Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Plc - Result of AGM

23 January 2024

Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC

(the “Company”)

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Board is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Tuesday, 23 January 2024, all resolutions as detailed below were duly passed by shareholders on a poll. 

Resolutions	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes Cast	VotesWithheld
1. To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2023.	81,134,252	99.95	38,765	0.05	81,173,017	83,505
2. To re-elect Simon Hayes as a Director of the Company.	78,348,850	98.55	1,149,669	1.45	79,498,519	1,758,002
3. To re-elect James Ashton as a Director of the Company.	79,878,288	98.57	1,159,093	1.43	81,037,381	219,140
4. To re-elect Kate Cornish-Bowden as a Director of the Company.	79,902,522	98.60	1,132,174	1.40	81,034,696	221,825
5. To re-elect Sandra Kelly as a Director of the Company.	79,903,455	98.60	1,133,098	1.40	81,036,553	219,968
6. To re-elect Pars Purewal as a Director of the Company.	72,276,455	89.23	8,726,791	10.77	81,003,246	253,275
7. To re-elect Lorna Tilbian as a Director of the Company.	72,372,708	89.31	8,666,887	10.69	81,039,595	216,926
8. To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2023.	80,902,238	99.77	184,178	0.23	81,086,416	169,856
9. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditors of the Company.	81,108,060	99.94	51,009	0.06	81,159,069	97,453
10. To receive and approve the Company's Dividend Policy, as set out in the Annual Report.	81,034,066	99.90	78,763	0.10	81,112,829	143,693
11. To authorise the increase of the maximum aggregate amount payable to Directors.	79,955,810	98.67	1,081,134	1.33	81,036,944	219,578
12. To allot securities in the Company.	81,090,349	99.91	76,556	0.09	81,166,905	89,617
13#. To disapply the rights of pre-emption in relation to the allotment of securities.	80,956,559	99.76	194,376	0.24	81,150,935	105,587
14#. To disapply pre-emption rights on the sale of Treasury Shares and to sell Treasury Shares at a premium to the net asset value per share.	80,799,783	99.54	370,719	0.46	81,170,502	86,020
15#.To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary shares in the Company.	79,059,678	97.40	2,113,347	2.60	81,173,025	83,497
16#. Cancellation of Share Premium Account.	81,095,047	99.92	64,769	0.08	81,159,816	96,706
17#. That the Directors be permitted to call General Meetings (excluding the AGM) on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.	80,783,543	99.55	368,386	0.45	81,151,929	104,593

# - Special Resolution

A vote Withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes “For” and “Against” a resolution.

Notes:

Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "for" total. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes for or against a resolution.

As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of voting rights in the Company was 196,008,422. The Company had 28,982,881 ordinary shares held in Treasury.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism and can be located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company’s website, www.finsburygt.com

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 and Listing Rule 9.6.3, the full text of the resolutions passed has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. Resolutions 11 to 17 will additionally be filed with Companies House.

Terms not otherwise defined in this announcement have the meaning given to them in the Notice of Meeting.  

For further information, please contact:

Frostrow Capital LLP Victoria Hale, Company Secretary

[phone] [e-mail]

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