Company No. 04567378

THE COMPANIES ACT 2006

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COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

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RESOLUTIONS

OF

JPMORGAN EMERGING EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA SECURITIES PLC

(the "Company")

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Passed on 4 March 2024

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At the Annual General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at 60 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0JP on 4 March 2024 at 2.30pm , the following resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting, were passed, resolution 10 as ordinary resolution and resolution 11 and 12 as special resolutions:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

  1. Authority to allot new shares
    THAT the Directors of the Company be and they are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised, (in substitution of any authorities previously granted to the Directors), pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act') to exercise all the powers for the Company to allot relevant securities (within the meaning of Section 551 of the Act) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £20,218, representing approximately 5% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at the date of the passing of this resolution, provided that this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2025 unless renewed at a general meeting prior to such time, save that the Company may before such expiry make offers, agreements or arrangements which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry and so that the Directors of the Company may allot relevant securities in pursuance of such offers, agreements or arrangements as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
    SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
  2. Authority to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment of relevant securities
    THAT subject to the passing of Resolution 10 set out above, the Directors of the Company be and they are hereby empowered pursuant to Section 570 and 573 of the Act to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 10 or by way of a sale of Treasury shares as if Section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this power shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities for cash up to an aggregate nominal amount of £20,218, representing approximately 5% of the issued ordinary share capital as at the date of the passing of this resolution at a price of not less than the net asset value per share and shall expire upon the expiry of the general authority conferred by Resolution 10 above, save that the Company may before such expiry make offers, or agreements which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and so that the Directors of the Company may allot equity securities in pursuant of such offers, or agreements as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.

10. Authority to repurchase the Company's shares

THAT the Company be generally and, subject as hereinafter appears, unconditionally authorised in accordance with Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act') to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 693 of the Act) of its issued ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company.

PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT

  1. the maximum number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased shall be 6,061,383 or if less, that number of ordinary shares which is equal to 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital as at the date of the passing of this Resolution;
  2. the minimum price which may be paid for an ordinary share will be 1 pence;
  3. the maximum price which may be paid for an ordinary share shall be an amount equal to the highest of: (a) 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share taken from and calculated by reference to the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the ordinary share is purchased; or (b) the price of the last independent trade; or (c) the highest current independent bid;
  4. any purchase of ordinary shares will be made in the market for cash at prices below the prevailing net asset value per ordinary share (as determined by the Directors) at the date following not more than seven days before the date of purchase;
  5. the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held in 2025 unless the authority is renewed at a general meeting prior to such time; and
  6. the Company may make a contract to purchase ordinary shares under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority and may make a purchase of shares pursuant to any such contract notwithstanding such expiry.

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