LEI: 549300K1D1P23R8U4U50
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc
Headline: General Meeting Results
The Board of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of the General Meeting held on 5 August 2024.
The Resolution, split into two parts, was decided by poll and was passed. The poll results are shown below:
Special Resolution
Resolution 1
| Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Withheld |
Part 1 | 14,524,560 | 99.31% | 100,220 | 0.69% | 12,699 |
Part 2 | 14,513,279 | 99.34% | 96,327 | 0.66% | 27,873 |
Total Voting Rights applicable to the above resolution were 33,826,929.
The full text of the resolution passed is as follows:
Special Resolution
THAT:
Part 1
notwithstanding any provisions of the Articles of Association of the Company, the board of directors be and is hereby authorised to declare and pay an interim dividend per ordinary share equal to 97.5 per cent of the Net Asset Value per Share (as such term is defined in the circular to shareholders dated 19 July 2024, of which notice of this General Meeting forms part (the “Circular”)) to those holders of ordinary shares in the Company who are on the Register of Members of the Company as at the Special Dividend Record Date (as defined in the Circular) and who have validly elected to receive such dividend in accordance with and subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions of the Special Dividend Offer (as defined in the Circular) set out in the Circular; and
Part 2
conditional upon the approval of the Court of England and Wales, the ordinary shares in the Company in respect of which valid elections are received for the Special Dividend (as defined in the Circular) from the holders of such ordinary shares be cancelled for no consideration.
NSM
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2 a copy of the resolution that was passed at the general meeting, will shortly be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
The Company will now proceed with the return of capital by way of the elective Special Dividend, subject to the Court confirming the proposed Reduction of Capital, and will make further announcements in due course.
Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meaning given to them in the Circular.
For further information, please contact:
Naomi Rogers
For and on behalf of Invesco Asset Management Limited
Corporate Secretary to Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc
Email: [email protected]
+44 (0)20 7543 3591
Will Ellis / John Armstrong-Denby
Invesco Asset Management
+44 (0)20 7543 3500
William Simmonds / Rupert Budge
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
+44 (0)20 3493 8000
5 August 2024