Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4831B

Schroder AsiaPacific Fund PLC

30 January 2020

 

30 January 2020

Annual General Meeting

Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 1 London Wall Place, London EC2Y 5AU on Thursday 30 January 2020, resolutions numbered 1 to 15 as set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed on a show of hands.

The proxy votes received by the Company were as follows:

	Resolution	For (including discretionary)	%	Against	%	Withheld	Total % of Voting Capital voted (Including Withheld)
1	To receive the Annual Report & Accounts	90,543,131	99.99%	6,720	0.01%	10,281	54.08%
2	To approve the final dividend	90,546,012	99.99%	9,120	0.01%	5,000	54.08%
3	To approve the Directors Remuneration Policy	90,320,707	99.86%	130,602	0.14%	108,823	54.08%
4	To approve the Directors Remuneration report	90,337,612	99.89%	97,136	0.11%	125,384	54.08%
5	To elect Mrs Vivien Gould	90,472,603	99.98%	19,920	0.02%	67,609	54.08%
6	To re-elect Mr Nicholas Smith	88,216,705	97.51%	2,250,817	2.49%	92,609	54.08%
7	To re-elect Mr Keith Craig	90,468,003	99.98%	15,720	0.02%	76,409	54.08%
8	To re-elect Mrs Rosemary Morgan	90,450,672	99.96%	40,650	0.04%	68,809	54.08%
9	To re-elect Mr Martin Porter	90,467,683	99.99%	11,720	0.01%	80,729	54.08%
10	To re-elect Mr James Williams	90,466,903	99.98%	16,820	0.02%	76,409	54.08%
11	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor	90,476,336	99.95%	47,401	0.05%	35,995	54.07%
12	To approve the auditor's remuneration	90,496,864	99.98%	22,620	0.02%	40,648	54.08%
13	To renew the authority to allot shares	90,465,500	99.94%	53,463	0.06%	41,169	54.08%
14*	To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights	90,383,766	99.87%	113,241	0.13%	63,125	54.08%
15*	To renew the authority to purchase own shares	90,480,078	99.93%	61,330	0.07%	18,724	54.08%

*Resolutions 14 and 15 were passed as special resolutions.  Copies of resolutions 13, 14 and 15 will be filed at Companies House.

Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.

The total number of ordinary shares of 10p each in issue is 167,470,716.  The total number of voting rights is: 167,470,716.  

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM will be available for inspection on the Company's website at http://www.schroders.co.uk/asiapacific.

Enquiries:

Benjamin Hanley

Schroder Investment Management Limited                                        

020 7658 3847

 

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