Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2219A

North American Income Trust (The)

03 June 2016

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC ('THE COMPANY')

RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 3 JUNE 2016

The Board of The North American Income Trust plc announces the proxy results of the resolutions held at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 3 June 2016 as shown in the following table:

	Ordinary Resolutions	Votes For (inc. discretionary)	Votes Against	Votes Withheld	Total
1	Receive the 2016 annual report and financial statements	11,533,726	783	0	11,534,509
2	Receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report	10,805,192	712,926	16,391	11,534,509
3	Approval of final dividend of 13.0p	11,534,113	288	107	11,534,508
4	Re-election of James Ferguson	7,077,356	615,724	3,841,429	11,534,509
5	Re-election of Guy Crawford	11,157,152	362,974	14,383	11,534,509
6	Re-election of Archie Hunter	11,158,264	362,118	14,127	11,534,509
7	Re-Election of Susan Rice	11,497,967	20,710	15,832	11,534,509
8	Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors	11,489,358	33,033	12,118	11,534,509
9	Authorisation of directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors	11,507,635	16,914	9,959	11,534,508
10	Section 551 authority to allot shares	11,516,950	5,957	11,601	11,534,508
	Special Resolutions
11	Limited disapplication of pre-emption rights	11,487,968	33,495	13,045	11,534,508
12	Share buyback authority	11,517,071	11,740	5,699	11,534,510

 

All resolutions were passed.

PASSING OF SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

A copy of the above document will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

For The North American Income Trust plc

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretary

 

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