DUNEDIN INCOME GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 23 MAY 2012
The Board is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held on 23 May 2012, all resolutions were passed by shareholders.
The proxy votes received in respect of the Annual General Meeting are shown in the following table:
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FOR/ |
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Resolution Number |
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No. of |
No. of |
No of |
No. of |
01 |
Adoption of report of the Directors and auditor and the accounts for the year ended 31 January 2012 |
55,109,103 |
208 |
284,801 |
55,394,112 |
02 |
Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report |
54,383,584 |
658,508 |
352,020 |
55,394,112 |
03 |
Approval of final dividend |
55,261,068 |
0 |
133,044 |
55,394,112 |
04 |
Re-election of Peter Wolton |
55,045,951 |
93,951 |
254,210 |
55,394,112 |
05 |
Election of Elisabeth Scott |
54,941,412 |
157,208 |
295,492 |
55,394,112 |
06 |
Re-appointment of KPMG Audit plc as auditor |
54,944,518 |
137,592 |
312,002 |
55,394,112 |
07 |
Authorisation of directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor for the year to 31 January 2013 |
55,056,771 |
47,494 |
289,847 |
55,394,112 |
08 |
Allotment of Shares |
54,749,712 |
217,886 |
426,514 |
55,394,112 |
09 |
Limited disapplication of pre-emption provisions |
54,568,984 |
370,018 |
455,110 |
55,394,112 |
10 |
Share buyback proposals |
55,029,999 |
165,488 |
198,625 |
55,394,112 |
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Meeting set out in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2012, copies of which are available on the Company's website, www.dunedinincomegrowth.co.uk*. Copies of the special resolutions have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do*.
Dividend
The next dividend will be the first of our quarterly dividends and will be paid on 31 August 2012. It is the Board's intention that this dividend will be 2.5p per share but this will be confirmed in July 2012.
Board
As previously announced, Mr Scott retired from the Board at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.
For Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust PLC
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Secretary
* Neither the Company's website nor the NSM 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.