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AVI Japan Opportunity TrustAnnouncement

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RNS Number : 8707M  AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC  01 May 2024

AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

LEI: 894500IJ5QQD7FPT3J73

1 May 2024

 

The Board of AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC (the "Company") is pleased to
announce that all Resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the
Company held at 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 1 May 2024 were duly passed. Voting
on all resolutions was conducted by a show of hands.

 

The full text of the Resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General
Meeting dated 13 March 2024, which has previously been submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism and is available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) . The document is
also available for download from the Company's website,
www.ajot.co.uk/ajot-agm/ (http://www.ajot.co.uk/ajot-agm/) .

 

For completeness, proxy votes received in respect of the Resolutions were as
follows:

 

 Resolutions                                                                     Votes For            Votes Against     Votes at Chairman's Discretion  Votes Withheld
 Resolution 1                                                                    50,104,967  100.00%  0        0.00%    0                               0

 To receive the audited accounts of the Company
 Resolution 2                                                                    50,104,767  100.00%  0        0.00%    0                               200

 To approve a final ordinary dividend of 0.85p per Ordinary Share
 Resolution 3                                                                    50,021,311  99.83%   83,234   0.17%    0                               422

 To re-elect Mr Norman Crighton as a Director of the Company
 Resolution 4                                                                    50,097,229  99.99%   7,316    0.01%    0                               422

 To re-elect Mr Yoshi Nishio as a Director of the Company
 Resolution 5                                                                    50,064,211  99.92%   40,334   0.08%    0                               422

 To re-elect Ms Margaret Stephens as a Director of the Company
 Resolution 6                                                                    50,097,429  99.99%   7,116    0.01%    0                               422

 To re-elect Ms Ekaterina Thomson as a Director of the Company
 Resolution 7                                                                    50,036,451  99.86%   68,316   0.14%    0                               200

 To reappoint BDO LLP as Auditor to the Company
 Resolution 8                                                                    50,062,835  100.00%  2,132    0.00%    0                               0

 To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration
 Resolution 9                                                                    49,994,647  99.78%   110,120  0.22%    0                               200

 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
 Resolution 10                                                                   50,100,254  99.99%   4,713    0.01%    0                               0

 To authorise the Directors to allot securities up to an aggregate nominal
 amount of £281,673
 Resolution 11                                                                   50,042,849  99.88%   62,118   0.12%    0                               0

 To authorise the Directors to allot securities for cash and to disapply
 statutory pre-emption rights up to an aggregate nominal value of £140,836
 Resolution 12                                                                   50,039,981  99.87%   64,986   0.13%    0                               0

 To authorise the Directors to allot securities for cash and to disapply
 statutory pre-emption rights up to a further aggregate nominal value of
 £140,836
 Resolution 13                                                                   50,104,967  100.00%  0        0.00%    0                               0

 To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares in the
 capital of the Company up to an aggregate number of 21,111,421 shares
 Resolution 14                                                                   49,941,076  99.67%   162,891  0.33%    0                               1,000

 To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice

 

 

Enquiries:

 Joe Bauernfreund               020 7659 4800

Asset Value Investors

Investment Manager
 Nezia Morgan                   0333 300 1950

Link Company Matters Limited

Company Secretary

 

Notes:

A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website and, in
accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 10 to 14 will
shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

Terms used and not defined in this announcement bear the meaning given to them
in the Notice of Meeting.

 

Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of any
website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is
(or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part
of this announcement.

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