Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0817C

Aberdeen Emerging Markets Inv Co Ld

10 April 2017

 

Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment Company Limited (the "Company")

Result of AGM

The Board of the Company announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held earlier today all the resolutions were passed.

A summary of the resolutions and the proxy voting figures received in advance of the meeting are shown below:

			For		Discretionary		Against		Withheld
Resolution			Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
1	To receive and adopt the financial statements for the year ended 31 October 2016, with the reports of the directors and auditors thereon.	45,669,052		99.99	0	0	3	0.01	0
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 October 2016.	43,868,972		99.99	0	0	83	0.01	1,800,000
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy for the three years ended 31 October 2019.	45,668,972		99.99	0	0	83	0.01	0
4	To elect Helen Green as a director of the Company.	45,668,972		99.99	0	0	83	0.01	0
5	To re-elect John Hawkins as a director of the Company.	36,280,335		79.44	0	0	9,388,720	20.56	0
6	To re-appoint KPMG Channel Islands Limited as auditor to the Company.	43,102,936		99.99	0	0	3	0.01	2,566,116
7	To authorise the directors to determine KPMG Channel Islands Limited's remuneration as auditor of the Company.	45,669,052		99.99	0	0	3	0.01	0
8	To give the Company authority to purchase its own shares.	45,669,056		100	0	0	0	0	0
9	To give the Company the authority to allot new shares.	45,646,782		99.95	0	0	22,273	0.05	0
10	To waive Members' rights of pre-emption or similar rights which they may have under the Company's articles of incorporation or otherwise.	45,646,659		99.95	0	0	22,273	0.05	122
11	To adopt amended Articles of Incorporation.	45,646,782		99.95	0	0	22,273	0.05	0

At the time of the above meeting the Company's share capital consisted of 51,273,729 ordinary shares with voting rights and a further 3,344,778 ordinary shares held in treasury.

As indicated in the Chairman's Statement in the Annual report for the year ended 31 October 2016, Richard Bonsor has retired as a director and Chairman and Mark Hadsley-Chaplin has been appointed as Chairman.

10 April 2017

Enquiries:

Aberdeen Fund Managers Limited (Investment Manager to Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment Company Limited)

Andrew Lister / Bernard Moody   Tel: [phone]

Vistra Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited (Company Secretary)

Tel: [phone]

Ordinary Shares - Listing Category: Premium - Equity Closed-ended Investment Funds

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