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.
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
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