RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING
In accordance with the Principle 19 of the AIC Code of Corporate Governance (the "Governance Code"), the Company advises that for the General Meeting held on 3 August 2012 valid proxy appointments were made in respect of 158,789,414 voting shares and voting was as follows:
IT WAS RESOLVED to receive the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 December 2011. (205,592,086 votes cast in favour, 5,621,888 votes cast against and 45,000 votes withheld).
IT WAS RESOLVED to reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors to the Company, to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next General Meeting to be held in 2013 under Section 199 of Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008, as amended (the "Law"), and to authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration. (211,213,973 votes cast in favour, 1 vote cast against and 45,000 votes withheld).
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr Richard Crowder a director. (209,046,484 votes cast in favour, no votes cast against and 2,212,490 votes withheld).
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr Paul Meader a director. (211,213,974 votes cast in favour, no cast against and 45,000 votes withheld).
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr Jonathan Hooley a director. (211,213,974 votes cast in favour, no votes cast against and 45,000 votes withheld).
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr John le Prevost a director. (190,430,469 votes cast in favour, 20,783,505 votes cast against and 45,000 votes withheld).
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Mr Andrew Dodd a director. (190,342,989 votes cast in favour, 16,336,819 votes cast against and 4,579,166 votes withheld).
IT WAS RESOLVED that the Company be authorised, in accordance with section 315(1)(a) of the Law, to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 316 of the Law) of ordinary shares of no par value each, whether denominated in Sterling, Euros or US Dollars ("Shares"), and to cancel such Shares or hold such Shares as treasury shares on the four terms set out in the Notice of Meeting for this meeting. (196,341,692 votes cast in favour, 14,480,358 votes against and 436,924 votes withheld).
IT WAS RESOLVED that the pre-emption rights granted to Shareholders pursuant to Article 12(2) of the Articles of Association of the Company (the "Articles") be disapplied in respect of up to 500,000,000 Shares for a period concluding on 31 December 2013, unless such resolution is previously revoked by the Company's shareholders in general meeting. For the purpose of this resolution, capitalised terms shall have the same meaning as set out in the Articles. (165,878,863 votes cast in favour, 45,327,547 votes cast against and 52,564 votes withheld).
It should be noted that a vote withheld is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against each resolution.
For further information contact:
Anson Fund Managers Limited
Secretary
Tel: 44 (0) 1481 722 260
3 August 2012
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