Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5790S
Templeton Emerging Markets IT PLC
09 July 2020
 

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493002NMTB70RZBXO96

 

9 July 2020

 

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

The Board of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC (the "Company") announces that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 9 July 2020, all of the following resolutions were passed by the requisite majority.

Resolutions 1 - 12 were passed on a poll. A breakdown of results is shown below.

 

Resolution

Votes for (including votes at the discretion of the Chairman)

 

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes Cast

% of Issued Share Capital Voted

Votes Withheld

Ordinary Resolutions

1. To receive and adopt the Directors' and Auditor's Reports and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2020.

155,339,725

99.05%

1,483,735

0.95%

156,823,460

65.35

21,022

2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.

156,547,651

99.88%

192,243

0.12%

156,739,894

65.31

104,588

3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2020.

156,571,074

99.89%

180,134

0.11%

156,751,208

65.32

93,274

4. To declare a final dividend of 14.00 pence per share for the year ended 31 March 2020.

156,831,962

100.00%

176

0.00%

156,832,138

65.35

12,344

5.1 To re-elect Paul Manduca as a Director.

142,915,293

92.96%

10,821,822

7.04%

153,737,115

64.06

3,107,367

5.2 To re-elect Beatrice Hollond as a Director.

156,287,676

99.68%

505,074

0.32%

156,792,750

65.34

51,732

5.3 To re-elect Charlie Ricketts as a Director.

156,222,918

99.64%

566,123

0.36%

156,789,041

65.33

55,441

5.4 To re-elect David Graham as a Director.

156,287,987

99.68%

504,560

0.32%

156,792,547

65.34

51,935

5.5 To re-elect Simon Jeffreys as a Director.

151,737,060

96.78%

5,051,369

3.22%

156,788,429

65.33

56,053

6. To re- appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company, to act until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which audited accounts are laid before the members.

156,634,242

99.89%

171,734

0.11%

156,805,976

65.34

38,505

7. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration.

156,734,031

99.96%

61,464

0.04%

156,795,495

65.34

48,987

Special Business - Ordinary Resolution

8. To authorise the Directors to allot shares.

153,916,672

98.15%

2,896,184

1.85%

156,812,856

65.34

31,626

Special Resolutions

9. To disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares by the Directors.

143,408,560

91.88%

12,667,544

8.12%

156,076,104

65.04

768,378

10. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.

155,962,175

99.45%

859,853

0.55%

156,822,028

65.35

22,454

11. That the Articles of Association produced to the Meeting and initialled by the Chairman of the Meeting for the purpose of identification be adopted as the new Articles of Association of the Company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing Articles of Association.

156,641,550

99.90%

152,548

0.10%

156,794,098

65.34

50,384

12. That a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

155,380,261

99.08%

1,441,162

0.92%

156,821,423

65.35

23,059

The total number of voting rights at the proxy deadline was 239,981,107.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of all resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority for publication through the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

For further information please e-mail  CompanySecretarialEdinburgh@franklintempleton.com  or contact Client Dealer Services at Franklin Templeton on free phone 0800 305 306, +44 (0) 20 7073 8690 for overseas investors, or e-mail  enquiries@franklintempleton.co.uk .

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