RNS Number : 4499T
North American Income Trust (The)
21 June 2024
 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):  5493007GCUW7G2BKY360

 

21 June 2024

 

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The Board of The North American Income Trust plc (the "Company") announces that all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, as set out in the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 January 2024, were passed on a poll, as follows:

 

Resolution

All Ordinary resolutions unless marked otherwise

For and Discretionary

Against

Votes

Total Votes

Number

No. of

% of

No. of

% of

Withheld

(excluding Votes Withheld)

 

 

Votes

Votes Cast

Votes

Votes Cast

 

1

Receive and adopt the Directors' Report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2024

46,591,309

99.9

27,223

         0.1

313,595

46,618,532

2

Receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 January 2024

46,403,342

99.7

156,761

         0.3

372,024

46,560,103

3

Adopt a new aggregate limit on Directors' fees

46,358,012

99.5

235,243

         0.5

338,872

46,593,255

4

Re-elect Patrick Edwardson as a Director

39,100,221

98.0

802,351

         2.0

7,029,555

39,902,572

5

Re-elect Karyn Lamont as a Director

39,039,045

97.9

840,129

         2.1

7,052,953

39,879,174

6

Re-elect Susannah Nicklin as a Director

39,056,955

97.9

845,617

         2.1

7,029,555

39,902,572

7

Re-elect Charles Park as a Director

38,845,130

97.4

1,034,044

         2.6

7,052,953

39,879,174

8

Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company

46,465,215

99.8

92,272

         0.2

374,640

46,557,487

9

Authorise the Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration

46,541,681

99.9

42,363

         0.1

348,083

46,584,044

10

Approve the continuation of the Company as an investment trust

41,849,983

89.2

5,045,125

       10.8

37,019

46,895,108

11

Authority to allot shares

46,523,806

99.8

92,729

         0.2

315,592

46,616,535

12

Authority to allot shares without pre-emption (Special resolution)

46,436,477

99.7

141,263

         0.3

354,387

46,577,740

13

Approve share buybacks (Special resolution)

46,482,846

99.7

125,177

         0.3

324,104

46,608,023

 

As described in the Chair's Statement in the Annual Report for the year ended 31 January 2024, Dame Susan Rice retired as a Director of the Company at the conclusion of the AGM and was succeeded as Chair by Charles Park. Patrick Edwardson has been appointed as the Company's Senior Independent Director, replacing Charles Park.

 

PASSING OF SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

 

A copy of the above document will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

for The North American Income Trust plc

abrdn Holdings Limited, Secretary

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