Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc
Annual General Meeting on 11 December 2012
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:
|
For (inc discretionary) |
Against |
Abstain |
1 Approval of 2012 annual report |
100,758,628 |
85,326 |
3,042 |
2 Approval of remuneration report |
100,161,511 |
557,484 |
128,001 |
3 Approval of final dividend |
100,759,894 |
450 |
86,652 |
4 Re-election of Mr McKenzie |
100,683,336 |
85,314 |
78,346 |
5 Re-election of Mr Gairns |
97,820,735 |
191,765 |
2,834,496 |
6 Re-election of Mr Lowrie |
97,872,060 |
2,890,698 |
84,238 |
7 Re-election of Mr Maynard |
100,705,862 |
57,497 |
83,637 |
8 Re-election of Mr McLaren |
100,257,212 |
489,471 |
100,313 |
9. Re-election of Ms Langridge |
100,667,302 |
89,602 |
90,092 |
10 Re-appointment of KPMG Audit Plc |
100,525,825 |
167,610 |
153,561 |
11 Auditors' remuneration |
100,575,343 |
138,742 |
132,911 |
12 Continuation vote |
100,838,019 |
679 |
8,298 |
13 Section 551 Authority |
100,625,490 |
165,085 |
56,421 |
14 Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
100,089,019 |
503,956 |
254,021 |
15 Share buyback authority |
100,704,976 |
98,024 |
43,996 |
16 Allow notice period of 14 days |
99,736,932 |
1,068,471 |
41,593 |
The total number of votes cast was 100.8 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM *. The document is also available for download from the Company's website, www.edinburghdragon.co.uk
*Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.
Board
As previously announced, Mr Watt retired from the Board at the conclusion of the annual general meeting.
For Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited, Secretary