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BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust plc Results of General Meeting Following the General Meeting which was held today, the Board is pleased to announce that the following Special and Ordinary Resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a vote on a show of hands: SPECIAL RESOLUTION 1. THAT the new articles of association (in the form produced to the meeting and signed by the Chairman for the purposes of identification) be adopted as the articles of association of the Company in substitution for and to the exclusion of the existing articles of association. ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS 2. THAT, conditionally upon the passing of resolution 1, the Directors are generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot 70 million C shares of US$0.10 each in the capital of the Company ("C Shares") in connection with the placing and offer for subscription of up to 70 million C Shares at an issue price of 100p per C Share (the "Issue"), such authority to expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2014, save that the Company may, at any time prior to the expiry of such authority, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require the allotment of C Shares after the expiry of such authority in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if such authority had not expired. 3. THAT, conditionally upon the passing of resolutions 2 and 4 notwithstanding that the proposed participation by funds managed or advised by BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited in the Issue is a related party transaction of the Company for the purposes of the listing rules made by the UKLA under section 74 of FSMA, the Company's proposal to issue and allot up to, in aggregate, 30 million C Shares to funds managed or advised by BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited pursuant to the Issue be approved. SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS 4. THAT, conditionally upon the passing of resolution 2, the Directors are generally empowered (pursuant to section 570 of the Act) to allot C Shares for cash pursuant to the authority referred to in resolution 2 above as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, such power to expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2014, save that the Company may, at any time prior to the expiry of such power, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require C Shares to be allotted after the expiry of such power and the Directors may allot C Shares in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if such power had not expired. 5. THAT, conditionally upon the issue of C Shares by the Company pursuant to the Issue and the payment up in full thereof, the amount standing to the credit of the share premium account of the Company following completion of the Issue be cancelled. ORDINARY RESOLUTION 6. THAT, in substitution for the authority granted by resolution 8 which was passed as an ordinary resolution at the annual general meeting of the Company held on 5 March 2013, the Directors are generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 551 of the Act to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot ordinary shares of US$0.01 each in the capital of the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into Ordinary Shares ("Securities"): (i) up to an aggregate nominal amount of US$47,383.13 up to the date of conversion of the C Shares issued pursuant to the Issue, if any, into Ordinary Shares (the "Conversion Date"); and (ii) from the Conversion Date, up to an aggregate nominal amount of 5 per cent. of the aggregate nominal value of the issued Ordinary Shares immediately following the Conversion Date, provided that such authority shall expire at the earlier of 31 March 2014 and the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2014 but so that the Company may, before such expiry, make any offer or agreement which would or might require Securities to be allotted after the expiry of such authority pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the authority hereby conferred has not expired. SPECIAL RESOLUTION 7. THAT, in substitution for the authority granted by resolution 9 which was passed as a special resolution at the annual general meeting of the Company held on 5 March 2013, the Directors are empowered (pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Act) to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the Act) and to sell equity securities held by the Company as treasury shares (as defined in section 724 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority referred to in resolution 6 above as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotments or sales provided that this power: (i) shall expire at the earlier of 31 March 2014 and the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2014, save that the Company may, at any time prior to the expiry of such power, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted or sold from treasury after the expiry of such power and the Directors may allot or sell equity securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if such power had not expired; (ii) shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities and/or the sale of equity securities held in treasury for cash: (a) up to an aggregate nominal amount of US$47,383.13 up to the Conversion Date; and (b) from the Conversion Date, up to an aggregate nominal amount of 5 per cent. of the aggregate nominal value of the issued Ordinary Shares immediately following the Conversion Date; and (iii) shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities and/or the sale of equity securities held in treasury at a price of not less than the net asset value per Ordinary Share. Under listing rule 9.6.2 a copy of the Ordinary and Special Resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be made available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do Proxy votes received in favour of the resolutions were as follows: Resolution 1: 100% Resolution 2: 100% Resolution 3: 100% Resolution 4: 100% Resolution 5: 100% Resolution 6: 100% Resolution 7: 100% 25 July 2013 Enquiries: Darren Willis/Alex Blake - Winterflood Investment Trusts 020 3100 0258/0297 Simon White - BlackRock - 0207 743 5284
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