30 November 2010
ABERDEEN ASIAN SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC (the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today (30 November 2010), all resolutions in the Notice of Meeting were unanimously passed on a show of hands.
In relation to Resolution 11 (disapplication of pre-emption rights), 10 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital equates to 3,113,661 Ordinary shares as at today's date.
In relation to Resolution 12 (authority to purchase shares for cancellation or treasury), 14.99 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital equates to 4,667,379 Ordinary shares as at today's date.
The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:
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FOR |
DISCRETIONARY |
AGAINST |
WITHHELD |
TOTAL VOTE |
Resolution Number |
No. of Votes |
No. of Votes |
No. of Votes |
No. of Votes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01 |
16,246,009 |
360 |
1,047 |
35,902 |
16,283,318 |
02 |
16,202,800 |
360 |
53,922 |
26,236 |
16,283,318 |
03 |
16,279,300 |
360 |
1,018 |
2,640 |
16,283,318 |
04 |
16,279,300 |
360 |
1,018 |
2,640 |
16,283,318 |
05 |
15,660,086 |
360 |
174,298 |
448,574 |
16,283,318 |
06 |
15,765,187 |
360 |
509,621 |
8,150 |
16,283,318 |
07 |
15,766,216 |
360 |
65,992 |
450,750 |
16,283,318 |
08 |
16,270,381 |
360 |
6,167 |
6,410 |
16,283,318 |
09 |
16,251,855 |
360 |
23,810 |
7,293 |
16,283,318 |
10 |
16,172,728 |
1,860 |
25,072 |
83,658 |
16,283,318 |
11 |
16,245,677 |
1,860 |
26,349 |
9,432 |
16,283,318 |
12 |
16,224,404 |
360 |
54,333 |
4,221 |
16,283,318 |
13 |
16,212,409 |
360 |
58,905 |
11,644 |
16,283,318 |
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|
|
|
|
|
A copy of the resolutions passed under special business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do*
*Neither the NSM website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the NSM website (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.