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The Monks Investment Trust PLC announced that its Shareholders duly passed a special resolution at a General Meeting held on 23 June 2026. The resolution, authorizing the Company to make market purchases of its Shares, received 54,616,215 votes (98.47%) for and 849,090 votes (1.53%) against, representing 35.86% of the total voting rights.
| Date | 23 Jun 2026 |
| Time | 09:55:25 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 4000J |
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED. ON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN AUTHORISED FOR RELEASE BY THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
For immediate release
23 June 2026
The Monks Investment Trust PLC
Legal Entity Identifier: 213800MRI1JTUKG5AF64
Result of General Meeting
The Board of The Monks Investment Trust PLC (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at the General Meeting of the Company held today, the special resolution relating to the proposed renewal of the Company's authority to buy back Shares was duly passed by Shareholders.
Details of the number of votes cast for, against and withheld in respect of the Resolution, which was held on a poll, is set out below and will also be published on the Company's website at www.bailliegifford.com/en/uk/individual-investors/funds/monks-investment-trust.
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SPECIAL RESOLUTION |
VOTES FOR (INCLUDING DISCRETIONARY) |
% |
VOTES AGAINST |
% |
VOTES TOTAL |
% ISC REPRESENTED BY TOTAL VOTES CAST(1) |
VOTES WITHHELD(2)
|
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To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Shares. |
54,616,215 |
98.47 |
849,090
|
1.53
|
55,465,305 |
35.86 |
44,066 |
(1) The number of Shares in issue as at the voting record time of 6.00 p.m. on 19 June 2026 (the "Voting Record Time") was 253,171,460. The Company holds 98,500,930 Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at the Voting Record Time were 154,670,530 votes (representing 154,670,530 Shares, carrying one vote per Share held).
(2) A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" the Resolution.
The full text of the Resolution passed at the General Meeting can be found in the Notice of Meeting contained in the circular published by the Company on 29 May 2026 (the "Circular"). The Circular is available for viewing on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website at www.bailliegifford.com/en/uk/individual-investors/funds/monks-investment-trust.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Circular, unless the context otherwise requires.
Enquiries
For further information please contact:
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Baillie Gifford & Co Limited (Alternative Investment Fund Manager and Company Secretary) Naomi Cherry
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+44 (0) 131 275 2000 |
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The Monks Investment Trust PLC Randeep Grewal
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Contact via Company Secretary |