SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )
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Baillie Gifford Funds
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Template Email Communication for Institutional Shareholders and Consultants
EMAIL SUBJECT – Baillie Gifford Positive Change Equities Fund – Proxy Vote Materials
[Good Morning]
[Insert Client Name] – Proxy Vote for Baillie Gifford Positive Change Equities Fund
Broadridge recently sent [you / your client] proxy material regarding a special meeting of shareholders scheduled for July 6, 2022, for the Baillie Gifford Positive Change Equities Fund. With us all working different working patterns and from different locations, we wanted to ensure that [you / your client] received these materials and have the opportunity to vote.
The purpose of the meeting is for shareholders to vote on a proposal that provides for the reorganization of the Baillie Gifford Positive Change Equities Fund into the Vanguard Baillie Gifford Global Positive Impact Stock Fund. [Your / Your client’s] vote is critical to helping us reach quorum. The presence (in person or by proxy) of a certain number of Fund shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting (a “quorum”) is needed to approve the reorganization.
The attached proxy voting materials provide further details, including the different options on how [you / your client] can vote.
[Kind regards]
