Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 17 December 2008
At today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions were passed by shareholders.
The proxy votes received in respect of the Annual General Meeting are shown in the following table:
ORDINARY BUSINESS |
For (inc discretionary) |
Against |
Abstain |
1 Approval of annual report |
125,835,316 |
89,962 |
343,611 |
2 Approval of remuneration report |
126,183,978 |
28,499 |
56,413 |
3 Approval of final dividend |
126,248,966 |
933 |
18,991 |
4 Re-election of Tony Cassidy |
95,526,743 |
10,628,857 |
20,113,289 |
5 Re-election of Peter Tyrie |
95,520,495 |
8,523,565 |
22,224,829 |
6 Re-election of Iain Watt |
95,517,055 |
8,527,005 |
22,224,829 |
7 Re-election of Frank Frame |
95,476,008 |
8,565,534 |
22,227,347 |
8 Re-election of David Gairns |
126,156,706 |
76,473 |
35,711 |
9 Re-appointment of KPMG Audit Plc |
126,184,323 |
63,665 |
20,902 |
10 Auditors' remuneration |
126,199,145 |
45,009 |
24,736 |
11 Section 80 Authority |
106,875,152 |
19,359,072 |
34,666 |
12 Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
105,589,525 |
20,595,757 |
83,608 |
SPECIAL BUSINESS |
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13 Share buyback authority |
126,210,117 |
17,656 |
41,117 |
The total number of votes cast was 126,268,889. Resolutions 1 - 11 were ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 12-13 were special resolutions.
PASSING OF RESOLUTIONS UNDER SPECIAL BUSINESS
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For Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc
Edinburgh Fund Managers plc, Secretary