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Result of AGM

30th Apr 2026 13:19

RNS Number : 6399C

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC

30 April 2026

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800JUA8RKIDDLH380

Result of Annual General Meeting

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (the Company) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) today.

Ordinary resolutions 1 to 3 and 9 have been passed by shareholders. Ordinary resolutions 4 to 8 relating to the re-election of the board of directors and resolution 11 relating to the authority to issue shares did not pass.

Ordinary resolutions 14 to 16 relating to the appointment of Gabriel Gliksberg, Jassen Trenkow and Michael Joseph were passed by shareholders.

Special resolutions 12 relating to the disapplication of pre-emption rights on the issue of new shares and, 13 in relation to the Company's authority to make market purchases of its own shares were not passed by shareholders.

The board of directors of the Company with effect from the end of the AGM are Gabriel Gliksberg, Jassen Trenkow and Michael Joseph.

All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll. A breakdown of the votes cast is set out below.

Resolutions	Votes For		Votes Against		Total Votes Cast		Votes Withheld
Resolutions	Number	% of votes cast	Number	% of votes cast	Number	% of total voting rights	Number
Ordinary Resolutions
1. To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Company	214,477,676	99.59%	872,352	0.41%	215,350,028	62.26%	12,828,611
2. To approve the Directors' Annual Report on Remuneration	109,712,226	51.01%	105,372,487	48.99%	215,084,713	62.18%	13,093,925
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	109,489,933	50.92%	105,526,031	49.08%	215,015,964	62.16%	13,162,674
4. To re-elect Jonathan Simpson-Dent as a director of the Company	83,938,534	38.98%	131,392,720	61.02%	215,331,254	62.26%	12,847,384
5. To re-elect Caroline Roxburgh as a director of the Company	84,097,380	39.05%	131,260,566	60.95%	215,357,946	62.26%	12,820,692
6. To re-elect Mary Gunn as a director of the Company	84,076,553	39.04%	131,285,893	60.96%	215,362,446	62.26%	12,816,192
7. To re-elect Jane McCracken as a director of the Company	84,057,354	39.03%	131,304,552	60.97%	215,361,906	62.26%	12,816,732
8. To elect Gregory Eckersley as a director of the Company	83,867,501	38.95%	131,449,623	61.05%	215,317,124	62.25%	12,861,514
9. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Independent Auditor of the Company	214,168,776	99.51%	1,060,363	0.49%	215,229,139	62.23%	12,949,500
10. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the Independent Auditor of the Company	214,330,315	99.57%	934,823	0.43%	215,265,138	62.24%	12,913,501
11. To authorise the directors' to allot new shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	94,211,267	43.79%	120,933,966	56.21%	214,145,233	62.20%	13,033,405
Special Resolutions
12. To authorise the directors to issue shares on a non pre-emptive basis pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006	92,068,730	42.82%	122,939,246	57.18%	215,007,976	62.16%	13,143,662
13. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	110,013,483	51.12%	105,179,841	48.88%	215,193,324	62.22%	12,985,314
Ordinary Resolutions
14. To appoint Gabriel Gliksberg as a director of the Company	135,537,875	62.84%	80,150,061	37.16%	215,687,936	62.36%	12,850,139
15. To appoint Jassen Trenkow as a director of the Company	135,442,819	62.80%	80,245,117	37.20%	215,687,936	62.36%	12,850,139
16. To appoint Michael Joseph as a director of the Company	135,472,058	62.81%	80,202,082	37.19%	215,674,140	62.35%	12,863,935

The full text of all the resolutions can also be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

For any enquiries, please contact:

Investors

Deutsche Numis

Nathan Brown

Tel: +44 20 7547 0569

Matt Goss

Tel: +44 20 7547 0541

Company Secretary:

Baillie Gifford & Co

Tel: +44 131 275 2000

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Company Secretary

30 April 2026

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