Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0717U

Standard Life Equity Income Tst PLC

15 December 2011

 



RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Standard Life Equity Income Trust PLC (the "Company") hereby gives notification that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier  today, Thursday 15 December 2011, all the resolutions as set out in full in the Notice of Meeting included within the Annual Report and available on the Company's website, www.standardlifeinvestments.com/its* were duly passed.

 

The total number of proxy votes were as follows:

		FOR		AGAINST		DISCRETION		WITHHELD	TOTAL
		Votes	% Votes  Cast	Votes	% Votes  Cast	Votes	% Votes  Cast	Votes	(excluding Votes Withheld)
	Ordinary resolutions -
1	Adopt report & accounts	5,328,228	99.03	600	0.01	51,504	0.96	50,232	5,380,332
2	Approve Directors Remuneration Report	5,145,819	95.83	172,260	3.21	51,504	0.96	60,981	5,369,583
3	Approve Final Dividend	5,378,460	99.04	600	0.01	51,504	0.95	0	5,430,564
4	Re-elect R R J Burns	5,270,055	98.43	24,428	0.46	59,366	1.11	64,912	5,353,849
5	Re-elect K Percy	5,282,698	98.45	22,247	0.41	60,764	1.14	64,855	5,365,709
6	Elect J Dixon	5,240,348	98.31	30,272	0.57	59,916	1.12	100,028	5,330,536
7	Re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditors	5,329,590	98.58	23,759	0.44	52,888	0.98	24,327	5,406,237
8	Allotment of new equity	5,324,621	98.16	47,313	0.87	52,284	0.97	6,346	5,424,218
	Special resolutions -
9	Disapply pre-emption rights	5,273,154	97.26	95,131	1.75	53,484	0.99	8,795	5,421,769
10	Authorise market purchases of ordinary shares	5,347,615	98.52	27,921	0.51	52,284	0.97	2,744	5,427,820
11	Authorise market purchases of sub shares	5,321,071	98.24	41,436	0.77	53,682	0.99	14,375	5,416,189

A copy of the above proxy results has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do. 

* Neither the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's 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 Standard Life Equity Income Trust PLC

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Secretary

 

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