Invesco Global Equity Income Trust Plc - Result of Meeting

PR News | 18 feb, 2026 12:56
Invesco Global Equity Income Trust Plc - Result of Meeting

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Legal Entity Identifier:  549300JZQ39WJPD7U596 18 February 2026 Invesco Global Equity Income Trust plc HEADLINE: General Meeting Results In connection with the proposals for a combination of the assets of Franklin Global Trust plc ("FRGT") with the Company, the Board is pleased to announce that, at the General Meeting of the Company held on 18 February 2026, all resolutions were decided on a poll and were passed. The resolutions and results of the poll are set out below. The proposals remain conditional upon, amongst other things, the passing of resolutions to be proposed at general meetings of FRGT to be held on 18 February 2026 and 27 February 2026. Ordinary Resolutions 1.To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares in connection with the Issue. 2.That, conditional upon Resolution 1 being passed, to authorise the Directors to allot further shares up to a maximum of 20% of the Company's issued share capital immediately following the issue of new shares in connection with the Scheme. Special Resolutions 3. That, conditional upon Resolutions 1 and 2 being passed, to authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash without pre-emption rights, pursuant to the authority granted by Resolution 2, up to a maximum of 10% of the Company's issued share capital immediately following the issue of new shares in connection with the Scheme. 4.That, conditional upon Resolutions 1, 2 and 3 being passed, to authorise the Directors to allot additional shares without pre-emption rights, being a further 10% of the Company's issued share capital immediately following the issue of new shares in connection with the Scheme. 5.That, conditional upon Resolution 1 being passed, to authorise the Company to make market purchases of up to 14.99% of its ordinary issued share capital immediately following the issue of new shares in connection with the Scheme. Resolution Votes For % Votes % Votes Total Issued (including Against Withheld Votes Cast votes at Share the discretion Capital of the Chair) Voted % Ordinary Resolutions 1 18,562,565 99.17 155,435 0.83 65,626 18,718,000 23.83 2 18,536,649 99.06 176,039 0.94 70,938 18,712,688 23.82 Special Resolutions 3 18,492,720 98.82 219,968 1.18 70,938 18,712,688 23.82 4 18,481,870 98.81 222,969 1.19 78,787 18,704,839 23.81 5 18,645,016 99.50 93,778 0.50 44,832 18,738,794 23.86 For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of the Company's total voting rights as at the close of business on 16 February 2026 (78,907,182), being the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the register of members in order to vote at the General Meeting. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution. On a poll the voting rights are one vote for every one share held. The poll votes lodged with the Registrar will shortly be available via the Company's website at: https://www.invesco.com/uk/en/investment-trusts/invesco -global-equity-income-trust.html In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R, copies of the resolutions that were passed at theGeneral Meeting will shortly be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism All defined terms used in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Company's circular to shareholders dated 21 January 2026, a copy of which is available on the Company's website. Enquiries: Invesco Global Equity Income Via Invesco Asset Management Limited Trust plc SueInglis, Chair Invesco Fund Managers Limited 020 7543 3500 (Manager, IGET) Will Ellis, John Armstrong -Denby Invesco Asset Management 020 7543 3559 Limited (Company Secretary, IGET) JamesPoole Cavendish 020 7220 0572 (Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to IGET) Robert Peel, Oscar Valeur-Adu |Corporate Finance Justin Zawoda-Martin, Daniel Balabanoff, Pauline Tribe |Sales This information was brought to you by Cision http://news.cision.com
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