Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC (the "Company")
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493000FBZP1J92OQY70
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
16 January 2019
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today (16 January 2019), all resolutions in the Notice of Meeting were passed on a show of hands.
In relation to Resolution 11 (authority to disapply pre-emption rights), 10.0 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital equates to 3,455,862 Ordinary shares as at today's date.
In relation to Resolution 12 (authority to purchase shares for cancellation or treasury), 14.99 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital equates to 5,180,337 Ordinary shares as at today's date.
The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:
Resolution Number |
Votes For |
% of Votes For |
Votes Against |
% of Votes Against |
Votes Discretion-ary |
% of Votes Discretion-ary |
Total Votes Cast (Excluding Withheld) |
Number of Votes Withheld |
01 |
15,932,977 |
99.98% |
1,870 |
0.01% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,936,553 |
13,975 |
02 |
15,881,101 |
99.75% |
38,557 |
0.24% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,921,364 |
29,164 |
03 |
15,939,592 |
99.98% |
1,062 |
0.01% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,942,360 |
8,168 |
04 |
15,933,295 |
99.95% |
6,124 |
0.04% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,941,125 |
9,403 |
05 |
15,628,301 |
98.19% |
286,633 |
1.80% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,916,640 |
33,887 |
06 |
11,540,053 |
72.51% |
4,374,289 |
27.48% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,916,048 |
34,480 |
07 |
15,619,581 |
98.23% |
280,149 |
1.76% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,901,436 |
49,092 |
08 |
14,937,526 |
93.86% |
975,724 |
6.13% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,914,956 |
35,571 |
09 |
14,688,906 |
92.24% |
1,234,602 |
7.75% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,925,214 |
25,313 |
10 |
15,929,653 |
99.93% |
9,633 |
0.06% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,940,992 |
9,536 |
11 |
15,903,102 |
99.84% |
23,689 |
0.15% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,928,497 |
22,031 |
12 |
15,930,403 |
99.95% |
6,291 |
0.04% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,938,400 |
12,128 |
13 |
15,690,048 |
98.69% |
207,273 |
1.30% |
1,706 |
0.01% |
15,899,027 |
51,501 |
The Board notes the voting on Resolution 6. The Board strongly supports the resolution for reasons as set out on page 34 of the Annual Report for the year to 31 July 2018.
PASSING OF RESOLUTIONS UNDER SPECIAL BUSINESS
A copy of the resolutions passed under special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM*.
*Neither the NSM website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the NSM website (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.
For Aberdeen Asset Management PLC - Secretaries
16 January 2019