Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3387P

Aberdeen New Dawn Invest Trust PLC

30 August 2017

 

ABERDEEN NEW DAWN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Legal Entity Identifier:  5493002K00AHWEME3J36

Information disclosed in accordance with paragraph LR 9.6.18 of the UKLA Listing Rules

At the Annual General Meeting of Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC held on 30 August 2017, all resolutions were passed by shareholders. The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:

Resolution	No of Votes  For (incl discretionary)	% of Votes For (incl discretionary)	No of Votes  Against	% of Votes Against	No of Votes Witheld	Total Votes Cast (Incl Withheld)
1.   Receive Annual Report and Accounts	62,785,789	100.00%	199	0.00%	44,539	62,830,528
2.   Receive and Adopt Directors' Remuneration Report (excl Directors' Remuneration Policy)	62,479,187	99.64%	227,783	0.36%	123,556	62,830,527
3.   Approve Directors' Remuneration Policy	62,421,698	99.54%	285,891	0.46%	122,938	62,830,528
4.   Approve Final Dividend	62,773,846	99.99%	3,942	0.01%	52,739	62,830,528
5.   Re-elect Susie Rippingall	62,614,195	99.80%	126,845	0.20%	89,486	62,830,527
6.   Re-elect John Lorimer	62,629,647	99.83%	106,164	0.17%	94,715	62,830,527
7.   Re-elect Hugh Young	53,003,461	84.47%	9,741,865	15.53%	85,201	62,830,528
8.   Re-elect Marion Sears	62,602,216	99.79%	133,454	0.21%	94,856	62,830,527
9.   Re-elect David Shearer	62,539,742	99.80%	126,317	0.20%	164,468	62,830,528
10.  Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor	62,615,530	99.79%	130,487	0.21%	84,510	62,830,528
11.  Authorise the Directors to Determine Auditor's Remuneration	62,736,592	99.92%	49,244	0.08%	44,690	62,830,527
12.  Authorise the Directors to Allot Shares	62,616,577	99.82%	115,488	0.18%	98,462	62,830,528
13.  Approve Disapplication of Pre Emption Rights	62,509,678	99.72%	177,383	0.28%	143,465	62,830,527
14.  Authorise the Company to Purchase its Own Shares	62,613,897	99.76%	148,596	0.24%	68,033	62,830,527

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 30 April 2017, copies of which are available on the Company's website, www.newdawn-trust.co.uk*. The Annual Report has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and is available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm*.

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

 

 

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