Result of AGM

Ashmore Group PLC

06 November 2024

 

Ashmore Group plc (the "Company")

6 November 2024

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ("AGM")

The Board of Ashmore Group plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held earlier today all resolutions were duly passed on a poll. All of the resolutions are accordingly declared as carried.

The results of the poll on each resolution were as follows:

		FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN*	TOTAL VOTE	% of total votes in favour
	Resolution	No. of Votes	No. of Votes	No. of Votes
1	To receive and adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024	566,645,600	6,959	2,002,774	566,652,559	100.00
2	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2024 of 12.1 pence per Ordinary Share	567,223,644	1,431,257	432	568,654,901	99.75
3	To re-elect Mark Coombs as a Director	567,050,360	1,583,838	21,135	568,634,198	99.72
4	To re-elect Tom Shippey as a Director	568,463,976	170,118	21,239	568,634,094	99.97
5	To re-elect Clive Adamson as a Director	561,981,612	6,620,497	53,222	568,602,109	98.84
6	To re-elect Jennifer Bingham as a Director	544,239,941	24,395,289	20,101	568,635,230	95.71
7	To re-elect Thuy Dam as a Director	566,309,952	2,326,964	18,415	568,636,916	99.59
8	To re-elect Shirley Garrood as a Director	566,309,024	2,326,205	20,101	568,635,229	99.59
9	To approve the remuneration report for the year ended 30 June 2024	494,113,276	22,522,897	52,019,160	516,636,173	95.64
10	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	566,858,516	1,783,664	13,153	568,642,180	99.69
11	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors	568,603,225	22,431	29,677	568,625,656	100.00
12	To authorise political donations and political expenditure	546,755,266	21,881,194	14,373	568,636,460	96.15
13	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	544,511,075	24,130,735	13,523	568,641,810	95.76
14	To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights up to 35,637,040 shares**	547,842,856	20,798,826	13,651	568,641,682	96.34
15	To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights up to a further 35,637,040 shares**	546,084,088	22,558,525	12,720	568,642,613	96.03
16	To authorise market purchases of shares**	566,787,101	1,802,303	65,929	568,589,404	99.68
17	To reduce the notice period for general meetings other than an annual general meeting**	565,480,052	3,167,740	7,541	568,647,792	99.44

* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

** Indicates Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority.

Ashmore Group plc's Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is 549300U3L59WB4YI2X12.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of resolutions concerning special business passed at the AGM today have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's national storage mechanism. This document will shortly be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

For further information, please contact:

Ashmore Group plc

Paul Measday

Investor Relations

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