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20 May 2025 13:15:02
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AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting
LEI: 894500IJ5QQD7FPT3J73
20 May 2025
The Board of AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all Resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 11.30 a.m. on Tuesday, 20 May 2025, were duly passed. Voting on all resolutions was conducted by a poll.
The full text of the Resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 4 April 2025, which has previously been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and is available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. The document is also available for download from the Company's website, www.ajot.co.uk/ajot-agm/.
For completeness, proxy votes received in respect of the Resolutions were as follows:
|
Resolutions |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Withheld |
||
|
Resolution 1 To receive the audited accounts of the Company |
42,276,291 |
99.98% |
8,862 |
0.02% |
2,340 |
|
Resolution 2 To approve a final ordinary dividend of 1.2p per Ordinary Share |
42,276,291 |
99.98% |
8,862 |
0.02% |
2,340 |
|
Resolution 3 To re-elect Norman Crighton as a Director of the Company |
41,059,427 |
97.14% |
1,209,885 |
2.86% |
18,181 |
|
Resolution 4 To re-elect Margaret Stephens as a Director of the Company |
41,058,940 |
97.14% |
1,210,372 |
2.86% |
18,181 |
|
Resolution 5 To elect Andrew Rose as a Director of the Company |
42,217,266 |
99.88% |
52,046 |
0.12% |
18,181 |
|
Resolution 6 To elect Tom Yoritaka as a Director of the Company |
42,255,266 |
99.97% |
14,046 |
0.03% |
18,181 |
|
Resolution 7 To reappoint BDO LLP as Auditor to the Company |
42,180,244 |
99.76% |
103,021 |
0.24% |
4,228 |
|
Resolution 8 To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration |
42,270,613 |
99.97% |
14,540 |
0.03% |
2,340 |
|
Resolution 9 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
42,151,847 |
99.74% |
107,918 |
0.26% |
27,728 |
|
Resolution 10 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
42,150,627 |
99.74% |
109,138 |
0.26% |
27,728 |
|
Resolution 11 To authorise the Directors to allot securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £272,246 |
42,253,308 |
99.92% |
31,845 |
0.08% |
2,340 |
|
Resolution 12* To authorise the Directors to allot securities for cash and to disapply statutory pre-emption rights up to an aggregate nominal value of £136,123 |
42,228,912 |
99.87% |
54,353 |
0.13% |
4,228 |
|
Resolution 13* To authorise the Directors to allot securities for cash and to disapply statutory pre-emption rights up to a further aggregate nominal value of £136,123 |
42,220,849 |
99.85% |
62,416 |
0.15% |
4,228 |
|
Resolution 14* To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company up to an aggregate number of 20,404,872 shares |
42,276,291 |
99.98% |
8,862 |
0.02% |
2,340 |
|
Resolution 15* To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice |
42,195,032 |
99.79% |
89,121 |
0.21% |
3,340 |
*Special resolutions
Enquiries:
|
Joe Bauernfreund |
020 7659 4800 |
|
Eva Kulich |
0333 300 1932 |
Notes:
A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website and, in accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.13 copies of resolutions 12 to 15 will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Terms used and not defined in this announcement bear the meaning given to them in the Notice of Meeting.
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