1 Nov 2018 17:01
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HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED
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THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
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1 November 2018
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THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
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Annual General Meeting held on 1 November 2018
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The City of London Investment Trust plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions proposed were duly passed on a show of hands. This included four Special Resolutions authorising:
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- the allotment of ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis up to a nominal value of £8,971,496 (equivalent to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital at today's date);
- market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares up to a maximum of 14.99% of the issued ordinary share capital (equivalent to 53,793,094 ordinary shares as at today's date) at the maximum price per share (exclusive of expenses) not exceeding the higher of: i) 105% of the average middle market quotations for the five business days preceding the date of purchase; and ii) the higher of the last independent bid and the highest current independent bid on the London Stock Exchange;
- market purchases of the preferred stock of the Company; and
- That a General Meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
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The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting, copies of which are available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
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For further information please contact:
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Rachel Peat
For and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Limited
The City of London Investment Trust plc
Tel: 020 7818 6125
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Laura Thomas
Investment Trust PR Manager
Janus Henderson Investors
Tel: 020 7818 2636