18 Dec 2019 07:00
17 December 2019
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 Tuesday 17 December 2019, resolutions numbered 1 to 14 as set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed on a show of hands.
The proxy votes received by the Company were as follows:
Resolution | For (including discretionary) | % | Against | % | Withheld | Total % of Voting Capital voted (Including Withheld) | |
1 | To receive the Annual Report & Accounts | 8,214,155 | 99.88% | 9,993 | 0.12% | 6,242 | 11.98% |
2 | To approve the Remuneration report | 8,083,769 | 98.45% | 127,287 | 1.55% | 19,334 | 11.98% |
3 | To elect Mr Fraser McIntyre | 8,133,021 | 99.27% | 59,713 | 0.73% | 37,655 | 11.98% |
4 | To elect Ms Victoria Muir | 8,190,333 | 99.78% | 17,781 | 0.22% | 22,276 | 11.98% |
5 | To re-elect Mr Ewen Cameron Watt | 8,172,875 | 99.67% | 26,839 | 0.33% | 30,676 | 11.98% |
6 | To re-elect Mr David Causer | 6,636,567 | 80.91% | 1,565,546 | 19.09% | 28,276 | 11.98% |
7 | To re-elect Mrs Bridget Guerin | 6,763,548 | 82.40% | 1,444,565 | 17.60% | 22,276 | 11.98% |
8 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 8,125,865 | 99.31% | 56,715 | 0.69% | 47,810 | 11.98% |
9 | To approve the auditors' remuneration | 8,177,010 | 99.88% | 9,793 | 0.12% | 43,587 | 11.98% |
10 | To approve the Dividend Policy | 8,212,553 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 17,837 | 11.98% |
11 | To update the Investment Policy wording | 8,191,775 | 99.88% | 9,745 | 0.12% | 28,870 | 11.98% |
12 | To renew the authority to allot shares | 8,175,639 | 99.70% | 24,290 | 0.30% | 30,461 | 11.98% |
13 | To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 8,112,478 | 99.38% | 50,460 | 0.62% | 67,452 | 11.98% |
14 | To renew the authority to purchase own shares | 8,150,571 | 99.37% | 51,594 | 0.63% | 28,225 | 11.98% |
*Resolutions 13 and 14 were passed as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 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 68,688,343. The total number of voting rights is: 68,688,343.
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:
Matthew Riley
Schroder Investment Management Limited
020 7658 6596