Martin Currie Global
Portfolio Trust plc
Legal
Entity Identifier: 549300RKB85NFVSTBM94
Result of General Meeting
A General Meeting of the Company was
held at 10.30am on Friday 10 January 2025. The following
resolution, as set out in the Notice of General Meeting, was duly
passed as a special resolution.
Special resolution
1.
That, pursuant to
Article 12 of the Articles of Association of the Company and in
accordance with s701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act') and in
substitution for any existing authority, the Company be and is
hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to make market
purchases (within the meaning of s693(4) of the Act) of Ordinary
shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company provided
that:
(a)
the maximum aggregate number
of Ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 9,167,459
(or, if less, 14.99% of the number of Ordinary shares in issue
(excluding Treasury shares) immediately prior to the passing of
this resolution);
(b)
the minimum price which may be
paid for an Ordinary share is 5 pence (exclusive of
expenses);
(c)
the maximum price (exclusive
of expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary share shall be not
more than the higher of
(i) 5% above the average of the
mid-market quotations for an Ordinary share of the Company as
derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange
for the five business days immediately preceding the date of
purchase; and
(ii) the higher of the last
independent trade and the highest current independent bid on the
London Stock Exchange;
(d)
the authority hereby conferred
shall expire 15 months after the date of passing of this resolution
or, if earlier, at the conclusion of the AGM of the Company in
2025, unless such authority is renewed, issued or revoked prior to
such time; and
(e)
the Company may conclude a
contract to purchase Ordinary shares under the authority hereby
conferred prior to the expiry of such authority which will or may
be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority and
may make a purchase of Ordinary shares in pursuance of any such
contract as if the authority hereby confirmed had not
expired.
Proxy votes received were as
follows:
|
|
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For and
Discretion
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Against
|
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Withheld
|
|
Resolution
|
Votes
|
%
|
Votes
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%
|
|
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To give authority for share
buybacks
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14,223,080
|
92.15
|
1,211,317
|
7.85
|
48,488
|
Franklin Templeton Investment Trust
Management Limited
Company Secretary
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