Aberdeen Asset Management plc : - Result of AGM

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting held 19 January 2012 - Proxy Results

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed and the proxy results are shown below.

Resolutions	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld
1.  Receive Report and Accounts	901,545,162	99.91	841,481	0.09	97,666
2.  Declare a final dividend of 5.2 pence per share	902,373,430	100.00	15,250	0.00	95,629
3.  Reappoint KPMG Audit plc as auditors and to authorise the directors to agree their remuneration	901,304,021	99.88	1,051,122	0.12	129,166
4.  Re-elect Roger Cornick as a director	891,377,728	99.09	8,173,096	0.91	2,933,485
5.  Re-elect Anita Frew as a director	831,785,250	92.18	70,589,568	7.82	109,491
6.  Re-elect Gerhard Fusenig as a director	862,696,919	95.60	39,674,368	4.40	113,021
7.  Re-elect Martin Gilbert as a director	859,586,107	97.32	23,677,622	2.68	19,220,579
8.  Re-elect Andrew Laing as a director	878,624,728	97.37	23,749,130	2.63	110,451
9.  Re-elect Kenichi Miyanaga as a director	861,126,241	95.43	41,244,576	4.57	113,491
10.  Re-elect James Pettigrew as a director	893,926,849	99.06	8,448,439	0.94	109,021
11.  Re-elect William Rattray as a director	878,720,366	97.38	23,641,952	2.62	121,991
12.  Re-elect Simon Troughton as a director	777,608,710	88.92	96,924,901	11.08	27,950,697
13.  Re-elect Giles Weaver as a director	835,079,705	92.97	63,170,665	7.03	4,233,939
14.  Elect as a director Anne Richards who was appointed during the year	878,724,427	97.38	23,650,861	2.62	109,021
15.  Elect as a director Hugh Young who was appointed during the year	878,611,521	97.37	23,753,367	2.63	119,421
16   Elect as a director Julie Chakraverty who was appointed during the year	894,204,565	99.09	8,150,858	0.90	128,886
17.  Approve the remuneration report	730,074,189	84.27	136,291,394	15.73	36,118,724
18.  Authorise the directors to allot relevant securities	899,299,726	99.66	3,057,800	0.34	126,783
19. Disapply the statutory pre-emption rights over equity securities	901,595,848	99.92	735,762	0.08	152,699
20. Permit general meetings to be called on 14 clear days notice	856,899,757	94.96	45,477,623	5.04	106,929
21.  Authorise the directors to make market purchases	889,834,384	99.88	1,017,347	0.11	11,632,577
22.  Authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	896,519,185	99.35	5,887,391	0.65	77,733
23.  Authorise the Company to increase fee levels	901,601,808	99.91	822,272	0.09	60,229
24.	901,808,769	99.94	544,913	0.06	130,627

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