Result of AGM

F&C INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
(“the Company”)

LEI: 213800W6B18ZHTNG7371



10 May 2021


Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) Results

The Company announces that at its AGM held earlier today a poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority. The results of the poll were as follows:


For and Discretionary Against Withheld Total Votes (exc. Votes Withheld)
Resolution No of Votes % of Votes Cast No of Votes % of Votes Cast No of Votes
1 Receive Report & Accounts

317,379,578
99.78%
683,960
0.22%
833,789
318,063,538
2 Approve Remuneration Report
288,965,721
94.10%
18,101,881
5.90%
11,829,725
307,067,602
3 Approve Final Dividend

317,213,676
99.74%
821,481
0.26%
862,169
318,035,157

4
Elect Tom Joy

305,961,178
98.56%
4,484,167
1.44%
8,447,586
310,445,345
5 Re-elect Sarah Arkle

294,927,551
94.62%
16,768,981
5.38%
7,200,794
311,696,532
6 Re-elect Francesca Ecsery

305,204,254
97.97%
6,318,175
2.03%
7,374,898
311,522,429
7 Re-elect Jeffrey Hewitt

294,797,972
94.71%
16,464,150
5.29%
7,635,205
311,262,122
8 Re-elect Beatrice Hollond

304,693,264
98.07%
6,002,125
1.93%
8,201,937
310,695,389
9 Re-elect Edward Knapp

305,789,598
98.27%
5,368,689
1.73%
7,739,039
311,158,287
10 Re-elect Quintin Price

304,274,492
97.81%
6,798,351
2.19%
7,824,484
311,072,843
11 Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor
299,220,326
95.62%
13,706,351
4.38%
5,970,650
312,926,677
12 Remuneration of the Auditor

305,860,908
97.84%
6,741,752
2.16%
6,292,666
312,602,660
13 Renew the authority to allot shares
307,545,330 9
8.26%
5,442,279
1.74%
5,909,718
312,987,609
14 Approve disapplication of pre-emption rights
295,646,904
96.12%
11,945,183
3.88%
11,303,193
307,592,087
15 Renew authority to purchase own shares
308,033,274
97.78%
7,003,967
2.22%
3,860,086
315,037,241
16 Adoption of new Articles of Association
304,902,429
98.41%
4,914,628
1.59%
9,078,222
309,817,057


Resolutions 14, 15 and 16 were passed as special resolutions and have been lodged with the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2020, copies of which are available on the Company’s website www.fandcit.com. The Annual Report is also available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

At the time of the above meeting the Company's share capital consisted of 533,339,527 ordinary shares with voting rights and a further 28,479,489 ordinary shares held in treasury.

In the context of the coronavirus outbreak, the AGM was held as a purely procedural meeting, covering only the formal business.

A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company’s website www.fandcit.com.



Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:


Hugh Potter
For and on behalf of BMO Investment Business Limited, Secretary
Telephone: 020 7628 8000

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