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:
Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes against | % | Percentage of issued share capital voted | Votes withheld | |
1 | Report & Accounts | 212,345,005 | 99.20 | 1,715,291 | 0.80 | 38.12 | 253,519 |
2 | Directors' remuneration | 203,371,466 | 95.68 | 9,190,911 | 4.32 | 37.85 | 1,749,691 |
3 | Re-election of Mrs Karin Forseke | 211,249,875 | 99.11 | 1,888,243 | 0.89 | 37.95 | 1,213,238 |
4 | Re-election of Mrs Katherine Garrett-Cox | 210,260,587 | 98.49 | 3,229,544 | 1.51 | 38.02 | 772,794 |
5 | Re-election of Mr John Hylands | 211,720,254 | 99.38 | 1,324,985 | 0.62 | 37.94 | 1,283,090 |
6 | Election of Mr Alastair Kerr | 211,049,124 | 99.11 | 1,905,884 | 0.89 | 37.92 | 1,271,568 |
7 | Election of Mrs Susan Noble | 211,230,479 | 99.16 | 1,780,527 | 0.84 | 37.93 | 1,299,911 |
8 | Election of Ms Win Robbins | 210,913,427 | 99.04 | 2,038,037 | 0.96 | 37.92 | 1,360,606 |
9 | Re-election of Mr Alan Trotter | 211,728,448 | 99.36 | 1,355,147 | 0.64 | 37.94 | 1,198,699 |
10 | Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditor | 210,738,572 | 98.83 | 2,504,092 | 1.17 | 37.97 | 1,061,564 |
11 | Remuneration of the Auditor | 212,287,876 | 99.48 | 1,108,237 | 0.52 | 38.00 | 914,627 |
12 | Authority to purchase Company shares | 211,383,428 | 98.86 | 2,428,734 | 1.14 | 38.07 | 550,513 |
13 | Authority to hold meetings at 14 days notice | 206,093,772 | 96.42 | 7,652,403 | 3.58 | 38.06 | 614,387 |
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