Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust : Special Business passed at AGM
December 07, 2022 at 06:22 am
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The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc
Annual General Meeting held on 5 December 2022
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To receive the reports of the Directors and
Auditors and to adopt the Report and Accounts
1
for the financial year ended 31 August 2022.
13,209,988
99.91
121
0.00
9,075
0.07
2,232
13,219,184
13,219,063
100.00
To approve the dividend of 13.0p, and special
dividend of 1.0p per ordinary share of 25p each
2
in the capital of the Company.
13,209,988
99.91
121
0.00
9,075
0.07
2,232
13,219,184
13,219,063
100.00
3
To re-elect Andrew Baird as a Director.
13,002,237
98.34
191,674
1.45
9,075
0.07
18,430
13,202,986
13,011,312
98.55
4
To re-elect Michelle Paisley as a Director.
12,953,447
97.97
242,732
1.84
9,075
0.07
16,162
13,205,254
12,962,522
98.16
5
To re-elect Anne West as a Director.
7,921,941
59.92
638,564
4.83
9,075
0.07
4,651,836
8,569,580
7,931,016
92.55
6
To re-elect Jeremy Whitley as a Director.
13,066,135
98.83
121,965
0.92
9,075
0.07
24,241
13,197,175
13,075,210
99.08
To re-appoint Johnston Carmichael LLP,
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor,
as Auditor and to authorise the Directors to fix
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their remuneration.
13,180,696
99.69
16,329
0.12
9,075
0.07
15,316
13,206,100
13,189,771
99.88
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
8
for the financial year ended 31 August 2022.
13,184,562
99.72
5,927
0.04
9,075
0.07
21,852
13,199,564
13,193,637
99.96
To authorise the Directors to allot shares under
9
Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.
13,183,510
99.71
6,361
0.05
9,075
0.07
22,470
13,198,946
13,192,585
99.95
To authorise the Directors to allot shares
without regard to pre-emption rights under
10
Section 570 of the Companies Act 2006.
13,176,415
99.66
13,456
0.10
9,075
0.07
22,470
13,198,946
13,185,490
99.90
To renew the Company's authority to purchase
its own shares under Section 701 of the
11
Companies Act 2006.
13,193,898
99.79
1,869
0.01
9,075
0.07
16,574
13,204,842
13,202,973
99.99
That the Company be and is hereby generally
and unconditionally authorised to hold general
meetings (other than annual general meetings)
on 14 clear days' notice, such authority to
expire at the conclusion of the next Annual
12
General Meeting.
13,143,624
99.41
52,760
0.40
9,075
0.07
15,957
13,205,459
13,152,699
99.60
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The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The investment objective of the Company is to achieve long-term capital growth by investing in mainly smaller Asian quoted companies. The Company invests mainly in the shares of smaller Asian quoted companies, which have a market capitalization of below US$5,000 million. Its investments in various regions, which include Australasia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. The Company invests no more than 15% of its total assets in other listed investment companies (including listed investment trusts). It invests in various sectors, consumer staples, consumer discretionary, materials, financials, industrials, healthcare, technology, real estate, utilities and logistics. Its investment manager is First Sentier Investors (UK) Investment Management Limited.
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