15 Dec 2022 16:31
15 December 2022
Annual General Meeting
Schroder Income Growth Fund plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 1 London Wall Place, London EC2Y 5AU on Thursday 15 December 2022, resolutions numbered 1 to 11 as set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed. Voting was held by poll.
The poll results are set out below:
Res No. |
Resolution |
Votes For |
% | Votes Against |
% | Votes Total | % I.S.C. | Votes Withheld |
01 | To receive the Annual Report & Accounts | 6,393,670 | 99.95% | 2,928 | 0.05% | 6,396,598 | 9.21% | 6,789 |
02 | To approve the remuneration report | 6,207,714 | 97.50% | 159,377 | 2.50% | 6,367,091 | 9.17% | 35,896 |
03 | To re-elect Mr Ewen Cameron Watt | 5,876,859 | 92.09% | 504,860 | 7.91% | 6,381,719 | 9.19% | 21,668 |
04 | To re-elect Mr Fraser McIntyre | 5,878,311 | 92.13% | 502,208 | 7.87% | 6,380,519 | 9.19% | 22,868 |
05 | To re-elect Miss Victoria Muir | 5,873,429 | 92.07% | 505,890 | 7.93% | 6,379,319 | 9.18% | 24,068 |
06 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 6,288,421 | 98.43% | 100,567 | 1.57% | 6,388,988 | 9.20% | 14,399 |
07 | To approve the auditors remuneration | 6,366,032 | 99.51% | 31,400 | 0.49% | 6,397,432 | 9.21% | 5,955 |
08 | To approve the Company's dividend policy | 6,388,709 | 99.81% | 12,089 | 0.19% | 6,400,798 | 9.21% | 2,589 |
09* | To renew the authority to allot shares | 6,321,927 | 99.25% | 47,481 | 0.75% | 6,369,408 | 9.17% | 33,979 |
10* | To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 5,975,635 | 93.97% | 383,134 | 6.03% | 6,358,769 | 9.15% | 44,618 |
11* | To renew the authority to purchase own shares | 6,317,969 | 99.19% | 51,555 | 0.81% | 6,369,524 | 9.17% | 33,863 |
*Resolutions 10 and 11 were passed as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 9, 10 and 11 will be filed at Companies House.
Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.
The total number of ordinary shares of 10p each in issue is 69,463,343 . The total number of voting rights is: 69,463,343.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM will be available for inspection on the Company's website at http://www.schroders.co.uk/incomegrowth.
Enquiries:
Shilla Pindoria
Schroder Investment Management Limited
020 7658 7267