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Company No: SC000489

THE SCOTTISH AMERICAN INVESTMENT COMPANY P.L.C.

At the Annual General Meeting of The Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C. (the "Company") duly convened and held at Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh on 4 April 2024 at 11.30am, the following resolutions were passed:

Ordinary Resolutions

11. That, in substitution for any existing authority, but without prejudice to the exercise of any such authority prior to the date hereof, the Directors of the Company be and they are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act') to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company ('Securities') provided that such authority shall be limited to the allotment of shares and the grant of rights in respect of shares with an aggregate nominal value of up to £14,858,175.75 (representing approximately 33 per cent of the nominal value of the issued share capital as at 13 February 2024), such authority to expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on the expiry of 15 months from the passing of this resolution, whichever is the earlier, unless previously revoked, varied or extended by the Company in a general meeting, save that the Company may at any time prior to the expiry of this authority make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require Securities to be allotted or granted after the expiry of such authority and the Directors shall be entitled to allot or grant Securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if such authority had not expired.

13. That the Directors be authorised, for the purposes of LR 15.4.11 of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority, to issue further ordinary shares (including selling treasury shares) for cash at a price below the net asset value per share of those shares (with borrowings valued at book) without first offering those shares pro rata to existing shareholders.

Special Resolution

12. That, subject to the passing of resolution 11 above, and in substitution for any existing power but without prejudice to the exercise of any such power prior to the date hereof, the Directors of the Company be and they are hereby generally empowered, pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act'), to allot equity securities

(within the meaning of section 560(1) of the Act), for cash pursuant to the authority given by resolution 11 above and by the sale of treasury shares as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment of equity securities, provided that this power:

  1. expires at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on the expiry of 15 months from the passing of this resolution, whichever is the earlier, save that the Company may, before such expiry, make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired; and
  2. shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal value of £4,457,898.50 being approximately 10% of the nominal value of the issued share capital of the Company, as at 13 February 2024.

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14. That, in substitution for any existing authority but without prejudice to the exercise of any such authority prior to the date hereof, the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised, pursuant to and in accordance with section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act') to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of fully paid ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the capital of the Company ('ordinary shares') (either for retention as treasury shares or for cancellation), provided that:

  1. the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 26,729,559, or, if less, the number representing approximately 14.99% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution;
  2. the minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is 25 pence;
  3. the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share shall not be more than the higher of:
    1. 5 per cent. above the average closing price on the London Stock Exchange of an ordinary share over the five business days immediately preceding the date of purchase; and
  1. an amount equal to the higher of the last independent trade of an Ordinary Share and the highest current independent bid for an Ordinary Share on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out; and
  1. unless previously varied, revoked or renewed by the Company in a general meeting, the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the Company's
    Annual General Meeting to be held in respect of the financial year ending 31 December 2024, save that the Company may, prior to such expiry, enter into a contract to purchase ordinary shares under such authority which will or might be completed or executed wholly or partly after the expiration of such authority and may make a purchase of ordinary shares pursuant to any such contract.

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For The Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C. Baillie Gifford & Co Limited, Secretaries 4 April 2024

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