CORRECTION: The Result of AGM announcement number 1098F released on 20 September 2024 at 15.21 required minor adjustment to certain percentages in the 'For' column, for consistency. The correct information is below.
ABRDN NEW INDIA INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
(LEI:549300D2AW66WYEVKF02)
20 September 2024
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of abrdn New India Investment Trust PLC ("the Company") held on 20 September 2024, all resolutions in the Notice of the Meeting as set out in the Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2024 (the "Annual Report") were passed on a poll.
The result of the poll was as follows:
Resolution |
Resolution Description |
For |
Against |
Votes |
||
Number |
(all Ordinary resolutions unless marked otherwise) |
No. of Votes |
% of Votes Cast |
No. of Votes |
% of Votes Cast |
Withheld |
1 |
Directors' Report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
28,400,508 |
100.0 |
7,264 |
0.0 |
1,241 |
2 |
Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2024 (other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy) |
28,355,149 |
99.9 |
36,879 |
0.1 |
14,967 |
3 |
Re-elect David Simpson as a Director |
28,039,515 |
98.8 |
351,071 |
1.2 |
18,344 |
4 |
Re-elect Andrew Robson as a Director |
28,041,140 |
98.8 |
349,528 |
1.2 |
18,344 |
5 |
Re-elect Rebecca Donaldson as a Director |
28,039,135 |
98.7 |
358,227 |
1.3 |
11,650 |
6 |
Re-elect Michael Hughes as a Director |
28,002,427 |
98.6 |
384,744 |
1.4 |
21,841 |
7 |
Re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company and approve their fees |
28,387,873 |
100.0 |
13,847 |
0.0 |
7,293 |
8 |
Authority to make market purchases of shares (Special Resolution) |
27,610,920 |
97.2 |
792,658 |
2.8 |
5,435 |
9 |
Authority to allot shares |
28,322,493 |
99.7 |
84,459 |
0.3 |
2,061 |
10 |
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution) |
28,189,570 |
99.2 |
217,172 |
0.8 |
2,271 |
The full text of the above resolutions may be found in the Annual Report, which is available on the Company's website at: www.abrdnnewindia.co.uk.
Copies of resolutions 8, 9 and 10 will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism*.
Enquiries:
Stuart Reid
abrdn Holdings Limited
Secretaries
Email: cef.cosec@abrdn.com
*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.
END