Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc
Annual General Meeting on 7 December 2011
Results of Resolutions at Annual General Meeting
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 2011 annual report |
99,173,000 |
37,268 |
7,391,847 |
2 Approval of remuneration report |
106,043,414 |
529,223 |
29,478 |
3 Approval of final dividend |
106,592,345 |
1,466 |
8,304 |
4 Re-election of Mr McKenzie |
106,236,682 |
320,256 |
45,177 |
5 Re-election of Mr Gairns |
103,117,967 |
472,206 |
3,011,942 |
6 Re-election of Mr Lowrie |
103,189,705 |
3,372,475 |
39,935 |
7 Re-election of Mr Maynard |
106,244,593 |
315,268 |
42,254 |
8 Re-election of Mr McLaren |
106,316,601 |
245,193 |
40,321 |
9. Re-election of Mr Watt |
101,005,868 |
358,026 |
5,238,221 |
10 Re-appointment of KPMG Audit Plc |
106,413,605 |
125,123 |
63,387 |
11 Auditors' remuneration |
106,477,012 |
89,667 |
35,436 |
12 Increase limit on Directors' Fees |
93,019,381 |
6,114,573 |
7,468,161 |
13 Section 551 Authority |
106,133,405 |
442,817 |
25,893 |
SPECIAL BUSINESS |
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14 Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
105,339,042 |
1,200,810 |
62,263 |
15 Share buyback authority |
106,421,568 |
169,584 |
10,963 |
16 Allow notice period of 14 days |
100,374,034 |
6,156,353 |
71,728 |
The total number of votes cast was 106.6 million. Resolutions 1 - 13 were ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 14-16 were special resolutions.
A copy of the above proxy results has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do. The document is also available for download from the Company's website, www.edinburghdragon.co.uk
Board
As previously announced, Mr Frame resigned from the Board at the conclusion of the annual general meeting.
For Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited, Secretary