Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0285U

Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust PLC

24 July 2020

 

ABERDEEN JAPAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEI: 5493007LN4380BLNLM64

24 July 2020

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Board announces that at the Annual General Meeting held at 10.00 am today, Friday 24 July 2020, at Bow Bells House, 1 Bread Street, London, EC4M 9HH, the Ordinary Resolutions numbered 1 to 10 and the Special Resolutions numbered 11 and 12, as set out in the Notice of Meeting within the 2020 Annual Report, were passed.

The total number of proxy votes cast in relation to each Resolution was as follows:

		For (inc discretionary)		Against		Abstained		Total
Resolution		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
1	To receive and adopt the Directors' Report and Financial Statements	7,406,656	99.98	481	0.01	820	0.01	7,407,957
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	7,372,112	99.52	23,726	0.32	12,119	0.16	7,407,957
3	To receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report	7,380,418	99.63	16,346	0.22	11,193	0.15	7,407,957
4	To approve a final dividend of 9.0p	7,376,137	99.57	4,498	0.06	27,322	0.37	7,407,957
5	To re-elect Karen Brade	7,390,198	99.76	14,166	0.19	3,593	0.05	7,407,957
6	To re-elect Claire Boyle	7,361,466	99.37	13,498	0.18	32,993	0.45	7,407,957
7	This resolution was withdrawn due to the untimely death of Mr Pakenham.
8	To re-elect Sir David Warren	7,392,434	99.79	12,137	0.16	3,386	0.05	7,407,957
9	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as independent auditors	7,382,994	99.66	12,772	0.17	12,191	0.16	7,407,957
10	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	7,392,680	99.79	10,846	0.15	4,431	0.06	7,407,957
11	To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights	7,358,757	99.34	17,677	0.24	31,523	0.43	7,407,957
12	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	7,368,600	99.47	6,404	0.09	32,953	0.44	7,407,957

Passing of Resolutions under Special Business

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Meeting set out in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2020, copies of which are available on the Company's website, www.aberdeenjapan.co.uk*.

Copies of the special resolutions have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism *

Enquiries:

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Secretary

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*Neither the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on that website (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.

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