BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust plc
Results of General Meeting
Following the General Meeting which was held today, we are pleased to announce that the two resolutions put to shareholders were passed.
Resolution 1 was passed on a vote on a show of hands:
(Res.1) To authorise the Company to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of up to 100 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company.
The proxy voting results in relation to Resolution 1 were as follows:
Votes For & Discretionary: 76,462,313 (99.91%)
Votes Against: 69,171 (0.09%)
Votes Withheld: 21,433
Resolution 2 was passed on a poll:
(Res.2) To approve the waiver granted by the Takeover Panel, of the obligations that would otherwise arise under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code on any member of the BlackRock Concert Party (as defined in the Circular) to make a general offer to shareholders of the Company as a result of any market purchases by the Company of ordinary shares pursuant to Resolution 1 set out above.
The poll results in relation to Resolution 2 were as follows:
Votes For & Discretionary: 45,302,900 (91.48%)
Votes Against: 4,218,037 (8.52%)
Votes Withheld: 46,388
Under listing rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be made available for inspection at:
www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
10 February 2016