Alliance Trust PLC - Result of AGM

Alliance Trust PLC - Result of AGM

Alliance Trust PLC

Annual General Meeting

Alliance Trust PLC announces the results of voting on the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting, held earlier today in Dundee. 

A summary of the votes cast in respect of the resolutions is set out below. Each of the resolutions was passed with the required majority.

 ResolutionVotes for%Votes against%Percentage of
issued share
capital voted
Votes withheld
1Report & Accounts86,507,07399.21686,9770.7926.32331,145
2Directors’ remuneration report (excluding Remuneration Policy)84,272,71897.672,013,1892.3326.051,227,970
3To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy84,114,72697.492,163,7482.5126.051,270,000
4To approve a new limit for the Directors’ ordinary remuneration.82,920,42795.533,876,7964.4726.21699,657
5Re-election of Lord Smith of Kelvin78,064,42489.758,920,18110.2526.26543,750
6Re-election of  Mr Anthony Brooke85,532,79198.591,219,3841.4126.19786,454
7Re-election of  Mrs Clare Dobie85,727,59398.731,101,4741.2726.21706,562
8Re-election of  Mr Christopher Samuel85,399,30598.451,341,2821.5526.19796,368
9Re-election of  Mr Karl Sternberg83,144,92096.522,996,0423.4826.011,398,993
10Re-election of Gregor Stewart85,787,24898.821,026,9771.1826.21734,573
11Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditor85,510,67798.401,389,2221.6026.24642,964
12Remuneration of the Auditor86,310,35599.15739,8660.8526.28485,231
13To approve Investment Objective and Policy76,367,84398.90848,8341.1023.3110,177,236
14Authority to purchase Company shares84,938,60697.602,091,0722.4026.28392,953
15Authority to disapply pre-emption rights83,522,04296.443,082,7423.5626.15930,751
16Authority to hold meetings at 14 days notice83,325,54095.703,739,8574.3026.29371,988

NOTES
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of resolutions 14, 15 and 16, which were special resolutions, passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

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