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THE EDINBURGH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC / OTHER INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS / 81
6. The Terms of Reference of the Audit, Management
Engagement and Nominations Committees and the
Letters of Appointment for Directors will be available
for inspection at the website of the Company at
www.edinburgh-investment-trust.co.uk.
7.
A copy of the Company’s Articles of Association is
available for inspection at the website of the Company at
www.edinburgh-investment-trust.co.uk
8. Any person to whom this Notice is sent who is a person
nominated under section 146 of the Companies Act 2006
to enjoy information rights (a ‘Nominated Person’) may
have a right, under an agreement between him/her and
the shareholder by whom he/she was nominated, to be
appointed (or to have someone else appointed) as a
proxy for the meeting. If a Nominated Person has no such
proxy appointment right or does not wish to exercise it,
he/she may have a right, under such an agreement, to
give instructions to the shareholder as to the exercise of
voting rights.
The statement of the above rights of the shareholders in
relation to the appointment of proxies does not apply to
Nominated Persons. Those rights can only be exercised
by shareholders of the Company.
9. Any corporation which is a member can appoint one or
more corporate representatives who may exercise on its
behalf all of its powers as a member provided that they
do not do so in relation to the same shares.
10. You may not use any electronic address (within the
meaning of section 333(4) of the Companies Act 2006)
provided in this Notice (or in any related documents
including the proxy form) to communicate with the
Company for any purposes other than those expressly
stated.
11. As at 22 May 2024 (being the last practicable day prior
to the publication of this Notice) the Company’s issued
share capital consists of 195,666,734 ordinary shares of
25p each carrying one vote each. 44,815,209 ordinary
shares held in treasury, therefore, the total voting rights
in the Company as at that date are 150,851,525.
12. A copy of this notice (which is at the back of the annual
financial report), and other information required by
section 311A of the Companies Act 2006, can be found at
www.edinburgh-investment-trust.co.uk
13. Shareholders should note that it is possible that, pursuant
to requests made by members of the Company under
section 527 of the Companies Act 2006, the Company
may be required to publish on a website a statement
setting out any matter relating to: (i) the audit of the
Company’s financial statements (including the auditor’s
report and the conduct of the audit) that are to be laid
before the AGM for the financial year beginning on
1 April 2023; or (ii) any circumstance connected with an
auditors of the Company appointed for the financial year
beginning on 1 April 2023 ceasing to hold office since the
previous meeting at which the annual financial report was
laid in accordance with section 437 of the Companies
Act 2006 (in each case) that the members propose to
raise at the relevant AGM.
The Company may not require the members requesting
any such website publication to pay its expenses in
complying with sections 527 or 528 of the Companies Act
2006. Where the Company is required to place a statement
on a website under section 527 of the Companies Act
2006, it must forward the statement to the Company’s
auditors not later than the time when it makes the
statement available on the website. The business which
may be dealt with at the AGM includes any statement
that the Company has been required under section 527
of the Companies Act 2006 to publish on a website.
