Alliance Trust PLC : Result of AGM

Alliance Trust PLC : Result of AGM

Alliance Trust PLC

Annual General Meeting

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on Friday, 3 May 2013, Karin Forseke, Katherine Garrett-Cox, John Hylands and Alan Trotter  were re-elected as directors and Alastair Kerr, Susan Noble and Win Robbins were elected as directors.

Karin Forseke, Chair of Alliance Trust commented:

"I would like to thank all of our shareholders who took the time to vote and also those who joined us at the Trust's 125th Annual General Meeting in Dundee this morning.  Over the last year, Katherine Garrett-Cox and her team have accomplished an enormous amount.  The business is now well positioned to capitalise on these changes and continues to focus on delivering improved performance for its shareholders."

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting were carried on a poll. Votes received were:

ResolutionVotes for%Votes against%Percentage of
issued share
capital voted
Votes withheld
1Report & Accounts212,345,00599.201,715,2910.8038.12253,519
2Directors' remuneration203,371,46695.689,190,9114.3237.851,749,691
3Re-election of Mrs Karin Forseke211,249,87599.111,888,2430.8937.951,213,238
4Re-election of Mrs Katherine Garrett-Cox210,260,58798.493,229,5441.5138.02772,794
5Re-election of  Mr John Hylands211,720,25499.381,324,9850.6237.941,283,090
6Election of  Mr Alastair Kerr211,049,12499.111,905,8840.8937.921,271,568
7Election of Mrs Susan Noble211,230,47999.161,780,5270.8437.931,299,911
8Election of Ms Win Robbins210,913,42799.042,038,0370.9637.921,360,606
9Re-election of Mr Alan Trotter211,728,44899.361,355,1470.6437.941,198,699
10Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditor210,738,57298.832,504,0921.1737.971,061,564
11Remuneration of the Auditor212,287,87699.481,108,2370.5238.00914,627
12Authority to purchase Company shares211,383,42898.862,428,7341.1438.07550,513
13Authority to hold meetings at 14 days notice206,093,77296.427,652,4033.5838.06614,387

NOTES

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of resolutions 12 and 13, which were special resolutions, passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

Evan Bruce-Gardyne
Alliance Trust PLC
Telephone: 01382 321169 or 07501 500 243




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