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AVI GLOBAL TRUST PLC
Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results
AVI Global Trust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 19 December 2025, all the Resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were duly passed. All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll.
The full text of the Resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 11 November 2025, contained in the 2025 Annual Report, 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.aviglobal.co.uk.
Resolutions | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | ||
Resolution 1 Receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements | 104,241,263 | 99.98 | 17,426 | 0.02 | 113,824 |
Resolution 2 Approve a Final Ordinary Dividend of 3.00p per Ordinary Share | 104,193,143 | 99.86 | 141,633 | 0.14 | 37,737 |
Resolution 3 Re-elect Anja Balfour as a Director of the Company | 101,780,977 | 97.66 | 2,436,654 | 2.34 | 154,882 |
Resolution 4 Re-elect Neil Galloway as a Director of the Company | 101,993,432 | 97.89 | 2,197,396 | 2.11 | 181,685 |
Resolution 5 Re-elect June Jessop as a Director of the Company | 78,231,512 | 76.86 | 23,549,883 | 23.14 | 2,591,118 |
Resolution 6 Re-elect Graham Kitchen as a Director of the Company | 98,938,078 | 94.95 | 5,261,201 | 5.05 | 173,234 |
Resolution 7 Re-elect Calum Thomson as a Director of the Company | 93,156,024 | 97.69 | 2,199,841 | 2.31 | 9,016,648 |
Resolution 8 Re-appoint BDO LLP as the Company's Auditor | 103,994,725 | 99.82 | 190,588 | 0.18 | 187,200 |
Resolution 9 Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's Remuneration | 104,146,142 | 99.93 | 74,744 | 0.07 | 151,627 |
Resolution 10 Approve the Directors' Report on Remuneration | 103,609,360 | 99.48 | 539,427 | 0.52 | 223,726 |
Resolution 11 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 103,537,967 | 99.48 | 541,342 | 0.52 | 293,204 |
Resolution 12 Authorise the Directors to Issue Shares for Cash | 103,858,487 | 99.69 | 318,935 | 0.31 | 195,091 |
Resolution 13 Authorise the Directors to Issue Shares disapplying Pre-Emption Rights | 103,044,004 | 99.00 | 1,038,768 | 1.00 | 289,741 |
Resolution 14 Authorise the Company to make Market Repurchases of Ordinary Shares | 103,970,368 | 99.69 | 325,024 | 0.31 | 77,121 |
Resolution 15 Authorise General Meetings to be called on 14 days' notice | 103,816,719 | 99.58 | 434,007 | 0.42 | 121,787 |
Copies of all resolutions passed as Special Business at the Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The Board is pleased to note that all resolutions were passed with the requisite majority of votes and welcomes the overwhelming support of the Company's shareholders for the majority of the resolutions proposed, including the resolutions relating to the re-election of the Directors. However, the Board recognises that support for the re-election of June Jessop, Chair of the Nomination Committee, fell below 80%.
The Board values an open and transparent dialogue with our shareholders and will engage with those shareholders who voted against this resolution to understand their specific concerns.
In accordance with the Corporate Governance Code published by The Association of Investment Companies, the Company will publish an update on this engagement within six months of the AGM, with a final summary to be included in the Company's next Annual Report.
MUFG Corporate Governance Limited
Secretary
19 December 2025
LEI: 213800QUODCLWWRVI968
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