Result of AGM

23 January 2025

 

BARINGS EMERGING EMEA OPPORTUNITIES PLC (the “Company”)

 

Result of Annual General Meeting held on 23 January 2025

 

Following the Annual General Meeting held today, the Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a poll.

 

The poll votes received in relation to the resolutions were as follows:

 

Resolutions

For

% For

Against

% Against

Total

% Voting Capital Voted

Withheld

 

1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts

 6,972,496

99.92%

5,888

0.08%

6,978,384

59.15%

2,635

 

2. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report

 

6,965,306

 

99.83%

 

11,639

 

0.17%

 

6,976,945

 

59.14%

                   4,074

 

3. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy

 
6,964,994

 

99.83%

 

11,639

 

0.17%

 

6,976,633

 

59.14%

                   4,386

 

4. To approve the final dividend


 6,973,032

 

99.99%

 

 959

 

0.01%

 

6,973,991

 

59.12%

                   7,028

 

5. To re-elect Frances Daley


 6,941,217

 

99.60%

 

27,631

 

0.40%

 

6,968,848

 

59.07%

                 12,171

 

6.  To re-elect Vivien Gould


 6,965,794

 

99.96%

 

3,054

 

0.04%

 

6,968,848

 

59.07%

                 12,171

 

7. To re-elect Christopher Granville


 6,970,014

 

99.95%

 

3,763

 

0.05%

 

6,973,777

 

59.12%

                   7,242

 

8. To elect Alastair Bruce


 6,965,085

 

99.95%

 

3,763

 

0.05%

 

6,968,848

 

59.07%

                 12,171

 

9. To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor of the Company


 6,965,377

 

99.86%

 

10,114

 

0.14%

 

6,975,491

 

59.13%

                   5,528

 

10. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine Auditor remuneration


 6,966,877

 

99.90%

 

 7,114

 

0.10%

 

6,973,991

 

59.12%


7,028

 

 

11. To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary shares

 

 

6,959,969

 

 

99.77%

 

 

15,951

 

 

0.23%

 

 

6,975,920

 

 

59.13%

 

                   5,099

 

12. To disapply pre-emption rights*


 6,907,239

 

99.09%

 

63,752

 

0.91%

 

6,970,991

 

59.09%

                 10,028

 

13. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own Ordinary shares*


 6,968,437

 

99.83%

 

11,983

 

0.17%

 

6,980,420

 

59.17%

                      599

 

14. To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on not less than 14 days’ notice*


 6,960,950

 

99.76%

 

16,470

 

0.24%

 

6,977,420

 

59.15%

                   3,599

 

* Special Resolutions

 

In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of the full text of Resolutions 11 to 14 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

For further information, please contact:

MUFG Corporate Governance Limited   +44 (0) 333 300 1932

Secretary

 

LEI: 213800HLE2UOSVAP2Y69

 

About Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC

“Finding quality companies from Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa.”

 

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC (the “Company”) is a UK based investment trust that was launched on 18 December 2002 and is managed by Baring Fund Managers Limited.

 

On 13 November 2020, the Company obtained shareholders’ approval to broaden its investment policy and will focus on growth and income from quality companies in the Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA") region. It also changed its name from Baring Emerging Europe PLC to Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC on the same date.

 

For more information, please visit the Company’s website: www.bemoplc.com

 




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