17 Dec 2020 14:26
Jupiter US Smaller Companies plc (the 'Company')
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300HKKL9K1NY4TW55
Annual General Meeting - virtual only
The 2020 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company was scheduled to be held at at the offices of Jupiter Asset Management Limited ('Jupiter'), The Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6SQ on Tuesday, 22 December 2020 at 11:00 a.m.
The Company advised in its Notice of AGM dated 19 October 2020 that in consideration of the wellbeing of the Company's shareholders and in light of UK Government guidance around social distancing, shareholders would not be permitted to attend this year's AGM in person. In order to comply with relevant statutory requirements, the Board of Directors advised that the AGM would be convened with the minimum necessary quorum to deal with the formal business of the meeting.
Shareholders may be aware that the UK Government recently announced tighter lockdown restrictions covering London. As a result, the AGM will no longer be held at the offices of Jupiter. In accordance with Section 3 of Schedule 14 of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 ("CIGA 2020"), the meeting will now be held by virtual means only. The Board has arranged for the required minimum quorum to conduct the formal business of the meeting by video conference. Shareholders should note that the AGM will continue to be held as a closed meeting.
Shareholders are encouraged to exercise their right to vote by lodging a Form of Proxy in advance of the AGM with the Company's Registrar, Computershare Investor Services.
A copy of the Company's Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2020, which contains the full text of the resolutions in the Notice of Annual General Meeting and instructions for shareholders on how to vote is available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The Annual Report & Accounts is also be available for download from the Company's section of Jupiter Asset Management's website www.jupiteram.com/JUS
For further information, please contact:
Magnus Spence
Head of Investment Trusts and Alternatives
Jupiter Asset Management Limited,
Company Secretary
investmentcompanies@jupiteram.com
020 3817 1325
17 December 2020
www.jupiteram.com/JUS