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10 October 2024
JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income plc
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300 KP3CRHPQ4RF811
Result of First General Meeting
In connection with the proposals for the combination of JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income plc (the "Company") with JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc ("JFJ") by way of a scheme of reconstruction and members' voluntary winding up of the Company under section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the "Scheme"), the Board of the Company is pleased to announce the result of the First General Meeting.
The Company announces that the special resolution proposed at the First General Meeting held today has been approved by Shareholders. Details of the number of votes cast for, against and withheld in respect of the resolution, which was held on a poll, are set out below and will also be published on the Company's website at www.jpmjapansmallcapgrowthandincome.co.uk.
| Special Resolution | Votes For (including Discretionary) | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Total | % I.S.C. | Votes Withheld |
| To reorganise the share capital of the Company and to amend the articles of association of the Company. | 30,297,207 | 99.78 | 66,583 | 0.22 | 30,363,790 | 56.33 | 38,653 |
| To approve the Scheme and further amend the articles of association of the Company. | 30,307,031 | 99.81 | 58,408 | 0.19 | 30,365,439 | 56.33 | 37,004 |
1. A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution.
The Shares will be disabled for settlement in CREST from close of business on 11 October 2024 and trading will be suspended on 14 October 2024.
The full text of the resolutions of the First General Meeting are set out in the Notice of First General Meeting contained in the Circular published by the Company on 19 September 2024 (the "Circular").
The Circular is available for viewing on the Company's website at www.jpmjapansmallcapgrowthandincome.co.uk and at the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. A copy of the resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Terms used and not defined in this announcement shall have the meanings given to them in the Circular.
For further information please contact:
| JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income plc Alexa Henderson, Chair
| Contact via Company Secretary |
| JPMorgan Funds Limited Simon Crinage Simon Elliott
| 0800 20 40 20 (or +44 1268 44 44 70) |
| JPMorgan Funds Limited (Company Secretary)
| 0800 20 40 20 (or +44 1268 44 44 70) |
| Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Financial Adviser and Broker to JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income plc) James King Andrew Worne |
+44 (0) 20 7220 0500 |
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