LEI: 549300K1D1P23R8U4U50
Invesco
Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust
plc
Headline:
General Meeting Results
The Board
of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust
plc (the
"Company")
is pleased to announce the results of the General Meeting held on
5 August 2024.
The
Resolution, split into two parts, was decided by poll and was
passed. The poll results are shown below:
Special
Resolution
|
Resolution
1
|
Votes
For
(including
votes at the discretion of the Chairman)
|
%
|
Votes
Against
|
%
|
Votes
Withheld
|
|
Part
1
|
14,524,560
|
99.31%
|
100,220
|
0.69%
|
12,699
|
|
Part
2
|
14,513,279
|
99.34%
|
96,327
|
0.66%
|
27,873
|
Total
Voting Rights applicable to the above resolution were
33,826,929.
The full
text of the resolution passed is as follows:
Special
Resolution
THAT:
Part
1
notwithstanding
any provisions of the Articles of Association of the Company, the
board of directors be and is hereby authorised to declare and pay
an interim dividend per ordinary share equal to 97.5 per cent of
the Net Asset Value per Share (as such term is defined in the
circular to shareholders dated 19 July
2024, of which notice of this General Meeting forms part
(the “Circular”))
to those holders of ordinary shares in the Company who are on the
Register of Members of the Company as at the Special Dividend
Record Date (as defined in the Circular) and who have validly
elected to receive such dividend in accordance with and subject to
the satisfaction of the terms and conditions of the Special
Dividend Offer (as defined in the Circular) set out in the
Circular; and
Part
2
conditional
upon the approval of the Court of England and Wales, the ordinary shares in the Company in
respect of which valid elections are received for the Special
Dividend (as defined in the Circular) from the holders of such
ordinary shares be cancelled for no consideration.
NSM
In
accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2 a copy of the resolution that
was passed at the general meeting, will shortly be available for
inspection via the National Storage Mechanism:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
The
Company will now proceed with the return of capital by way of the
elective Special Dividend, subject to the Court confirming the
proposed Reduction of Capital, and will make further announcements
in due course.
Capitalised
terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meaning
given to them in the Circular.
For
further information, please contact:
Naomi Rogers
For and on
behalf of Invesco Asset Management Limited
Corporate
Secretary to Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment
Trust plc
Email:
investmenttrusts@invesco.com
+44 (0)20
7543 3591
Will Ellis / John
Armstrong-Denby
Invesco
Asset Management
+44 (0)20
7543 3500
William Simmonds / Rupert
Budge
J.P.
Morgan Cazenove
+44 (0)20
3493 8000
5 August 2024