Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc
13 December 2006
Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 13 December 2006
At today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions were passed by shareholders.
In particular the Board is extremely pleased that shareholders have voted in
favour of continuation as an investment trust. For Resolution 14, the
continuation of the Company as an investment trust, 99.8% of shareholders voting
at the meeting voted in favour. The Board continues to believe there are
excellent investment opportunities in the Pacific region.
The proxy votes received in respect of the Annual General Meeting are shown in
the following table:
ORDINARY BUSINESS For (inc Against Abstain
discretionary)
1 Approval of annual report 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2 Approval of remuneration report 99.9% 0.1% 0.0%
3 Approval of final dividend 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
4 Re-election of Tony Cassidy 94.7% 5.2% 0.1%
5 Re-election of Peter Tyrie 97.5% 2.3% 0.2%
6 Re-election of Iain Watt 97.2% 2.8% 0.0%
7 Election of Alan McKenzie 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
8 Re-election of Frank Frame 98.2% 1.6% 0.2%
9 Re-election of David Gairns 99.4% 0.5% 0.1%
10 Re-appointment of KPMG Audit Plc 99.9% 0.0% 0.1%
11 Auditors' remuneration 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
12 Section 80 Authority 99.4% 0.5% 0.1%
13 Disapplication of pre-emption rights 99.4% 0.5% 0.1%
SPECIAL BUSINESS
14 Continuation vote 99.8% 0.0% 0.2%
15 Share buyback authority 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
The total number of votes cast was 103,303,733.
PASSING OF RESOLUTIONS UNDER SPECIAL BUSINESS
A copy of the above document has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and
will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document
Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
For Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc
Edinburgh Fund Managers plc
Secretary
Contact:
Jeremy Whitley, Fund Manager, 0065 6395 2575
Ian Massie, Head of Investment Trust Relations, 0131 313 1000
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