LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
ANNOUNCEMENT
JPMORGAN AMERICAN INVESTMENT TRUST
PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING
Legal Entity Identifier:
549300QNAI4XRPEB4G65
Information disclosed in accordance
with LR 9.6.18
The Board is pleased to announce
that all of the resolutions put to shareholders at today's Annual
General Meeting were passed, including the following items of
Special Business:
i) to
allow the Directors of the Company to exercise all powers of the
Company to allot shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal
amount of £917,266, representing approximately 10% of the Company's
issued ordinary share capital as at the date of the Annual General
Meeting Notice;
ii) to allow
the disapplication of pre-emption rights on the allotment of new
ordinary shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of
£917,266;
iii) to allow the
Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares
up to a maximum number of which is equal to 14.99% of the
Company's issued share capital as at the date of the passing of the
resolution; and
iv) to allow a
general meeting, other than an Annual General Meeting, to be called
on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
v) to increase
the Directors' aggregate annual remuneration cap contained in the
Articles of Association of the Company to £325,000.
As previously announced, Dr Kevin
Carter retired as Chair of the Company following the meeting and
was succeeded by Mr Robert Talbut. Ms Pui Kei Yuen is the Chair of
the Risk Committee.
The full text of all the resolutions
can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in
the Annual Report and Financial Statements which is available for
viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located
at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
and on the Company's website,
www.jpmamerican.co.uk.
Shareholders that were unable to
attend or ask questions at the AGM can direct any questions
to invtrusts.cosec@jpmorgan.com
A summary of proxy votes received
will shortly be available on the Company's website,
www.jpmamerican.co.uk.
15 May 2024
For further information, please
contact:
Priyanka Vijay Anand
For and on behalf of
JPMorgan Funds Limited - Company
Secretary
0800 20 40 20 (or +44 1268 44 44
70)
