Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1248Z

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

12 December 2017

 

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

Results of Annual General Meeting on 12 December 2017

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:

Resolution	Number of Votes For & Discretionary	Number of Votes  Against	Number of Votes  Withheld
1.  To receive the reports of the Directors and auditor and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2017	127,377,175	41,500	19,518
2.  To receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report, excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy, for the year ended 31 August 2017	127,223,640	177,427	37,127
3.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	127,188,523	184,913	64,757
4.  To approve a final dividend of 3.3p per Ordinary share	127,409,728	142	28,323
5.  To re-elect Mr McKenzie as a Director	94,576,872	32,823,127	38,195
6.  To re-elect Ms Langridge as a Director	94,604,859	32,796,067	37,268
7.  To re-elect Mr Maynard as a Director	94,582,847	32,817,884	37,462
8.  To re-elect Mr McLaren as a Director	94,531,803	32,825,789	80,601
9.  To re-elect Mr Ricketts as a Director	94,625,022	32,768,851	44,320
10.           To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company	127,226,478	174,653	37,062
11.           To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor for the year to 31 August 2018	127,343,481	70,998	23,714
12.           To authorise the Directors to allot shares	126,893,339	507,928	36,925
13.           To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights	126,794,228	588,437	55,528
14.           To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	126,895,526	487,830	54,837
15.           To allow general meetings to be held on not less than 14 days' notice	125,684,692	1,727,969	25,532

The total number of votes cast was 127.4 million.  Resolutions 1 - 12 were ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 13-15 were special resolutions.

The Board of Directors further notes the votes against Resolutions 5 to 9. These votes were cast primarily by one shareholder who the Board will continue to engage with.

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.

For Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited, Secretary

 

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