28 Jul 2020 15:55
JPMORGAN JAPAN SMALLER
COMPANIES TRUST PLC
(the "Company")
RESULTS OF THE 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300KP3CRHPQ4RF811
Information disclosed in accordance with LR 9.6.18
28th July 2020
Following the Annual General Meeting of the Company, which was held today, the Board is pleased to announce that all of the Ordinary Resolutions put to shareholders were voted on by Poll and passed. In addition, the following items of Special Business were also voted on by Poll and passed. These:
i.) allow the Company to allot new shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £272,550 representing approximately 5% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at the date of the passing of the resolution;
ii.) allow the disapplication of pre-emption rights on the allotment of new shares; and,
iii.) allow the Company to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of the Company's ordinary share capital as at the date of the passing of the resolution.
The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Financial Statements which is available for viewing at the FCA's National Storage Mechanism which can be located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism as well as from the Company's website, www.jpmjapansmallercompanies.co.uk
A Summary of votes received and the poll results will shortly be available on the Company's website, www.jpmjapansmallercompanies.co.uk
For further information, please contact:
Divya Amin
For and on behalf of
JPMorgan Funds Limited
020 7742 4000