Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8329F

Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust PLC

20 July 2021

 

ABERDEEN JAPAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEI: 5493007LN4380BLNLM64

20 July 2021

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Board announces that at the Annual General Meeting held at 9.00 am today, Tuesday 20 July 2021, at Bow Bells House, 1 Bread Street, London, EC4M 9HH, the Ordinary Resolutions numbered 1 to 8 and the Special Resolutions numbered 9 to 12, as set out in the Notice of Meeting within the 2021 Annual Report, were passed.

The total number of proxy votes cast in relation to each Resolution was as follows:

		For (inc discretionary)		Against		Abstained		Total
Resolution		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
1	To receive and adopt the Directors' Report and Financial Statements	6,961,072	99.95	2,411	0.03	848	0.01	6,964,331
2	To receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report	6,901,990	99.10	29,067	0.42	33,274	0.48	6,964,331
3	To approve a final dividend of 9.0p	6,937,377	99.61	26,696	0.38	259	0.00	6,964,332
4	To re-elect Karen Brade	6,955,062	99.87	8,707	0.13	562	0.01	6,964,331
5	To re-elect Claire Boyle	6,952,268	99.83	11,034	0.16	1,029	0.01	6,964,331
6.	To re-elect Sam Dean	6,953,086	99.84	7,991	0.11	3,253	0.05	6,964,330
7	To re-elect Sir David Warren	6,951,235	99.81	10,272	0.15	2,824	0.04	6,964,331
8	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as independent auditors	6,944,717	99.72	5,213	0.08	14,401	0.21	6,964,331
9	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	6,953,946	99.85	848	0.01	9,538	0.14	6,964,332
10	To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights	6,950,778	99.81	7,308	0.11	6,245	0.09	6,964,331
11	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	6,955,040	99.87	4,852	0.07	4,439	0.06	6,964,331
12	To approve an amendment to the Articles of Association	6,914,800	99.29	8,738	0.13	40,793	0.59	6,964,331

Passing of Resolutions under Special Business

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Meeting set out in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021, copies of which are available on the Company's website, www.aberdeenjapan.co.uk*.

Copies of the special resolutions have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism *

Enquiries:

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Secretary

Tel. [phone]

*Neither the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on that website (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.

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