Annual General Meeting
Schroder British Opportunities Trust plc (the "Company") announces that a poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 27 September 2023. The results of the poll are:
| Res No. | Resolution | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Total | % I.S.C. | Votes Withheld |
| 01 | To receive the Annual Report & Accounts | 39,580,587 | 99.98% | 7,034 | 0.02% | 39,587,621 | 53.57% | 5,308 |
| 02 | To approve the remuneration report | 39,436,686 | 99.71% | 112,843 | 0.29% | 39,549,529 | 53.52% | 43,400 |
| 03 | To approve the Company's dividend policy | 39,531,437 | 99.88% | 46,492 | 0.12% | 39,577,929 | 53.56% | 15,000 |
| 04 | To re-elect Neil England | 39,478,936 | 99.78% | 88,843 | 0.22% | 39,567,779 | 53.54% | 25,150 |
| 05 | To re-elect Diana Dyer Bartlett | 39,458,936 | 99.72% | 108,843 | 0.28% | 39,567,779 | 53.54% | 25,150 |
| 06 | To re-elect Tim Jenkinson | 39,458,936 | 99.72% | 108,843 | 0.28% | 39,567,779 | 53.54% | 25,150 |
| 07 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 39,552,086 | 99.90% | 39,843 | 0.10% | 39,591,929 | 53.58% | 1,000 |
| 08 | To approve the auditors remuneration | 39,582,394 | 99.98% | 9,535 | 0.02% | 39,591,929 | 53.58% | 1,000 |
| 09 | To renew the authority to allot shares | 39,502,086 | 99.77% | 89,843 | 0.23% | 39,591,929 | 53.58% | 1,000 |
| 10 | To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 39,448,803 | 99.65% | 138,818 | 0.35% | 39,587,621 | 53.57% | 5,308 |
| 11 | To renew the authority to purchase own shares | 39,569,244 | 99.97% | 13,535 | 0.03% | 39,582,779 | 53.56% | 10,150 |
| 12 | To hold a general meeting not less than 14 days | 39,579,745 | 99.99% | 3,034 | 0.01% | 39,582,779 | 53.56% | 10,150 |
*Resolutions 10, 11 and 12 were passed as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 9, 10, 11, and 12 will be filed at Companies House.
Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not a vote in law and are therefore not counted in the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast for and against a resolution. Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions and their shares have been included in the "votes for" column.
The total number of ordinary shares of 1p each in issue is 75,000,000. The total held in treasury is 1,100,000. The total number of voting rights are 73,900,000.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, at today's AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries:
Paula Lockwood
Schroder Investment Management Limited
020 7658 6000
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