Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6393E

Templeton Emerging Markets IT PLC

08 July 2021

 

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493002NMTB70RZBXO96

8 July 2021

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Board of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC (the "Company") announces that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 8 July 2021, all of the following resolutions were passed by the requisite majority.

Resolutions 1 - 12 were passed on a poll. A breakdown of results is shown below.

Resolution	Votes for (including votes at the discretion of the Chairman)	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes Cast	% of Issued Share Capital Voted	Votes Withheld
Ordinary Resolutions
1. To receive and adopt the Directors' and Auditor's Reports and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021.	137,491,542	99.97%	41,521	0.03%	137,533,063	58.22	17,484
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2021.	137,304,281	99.88%	164,585	0.12%	137,468,866	58.19	81,681
3. To declare a final dividend of 14.00 pence per share for the year ended 31 March 2021.	137,494,266	99.97%	35,649	0.03%	137,529,915	58.21	20,632
4.1 To re-elect Paul Manduca as a Director.	137,388,114	99.91%	117,053	0.09%	137,505,167	58.20	45,380
4.2 To re-elect Beatrice Hollond as a Director.	137,464,889	99.97%	48,040	0.03%	137,512,929	58.21	37,618
4.3 To re-elect Charlie Ricketts as a Director.	137,419,057	99.93%	93,449	0.07%	137,512,506	58.21	38,041
4.4 To re-elect David Graham as a Director.	137,074,056	99.69%	432,148	0.31%	137,506,204	58.20	44,343
4.5 To re-elect Simon Jeffreys as a Director.	136,698,716	99.42%	797,537	0.58%	137,496,253	58.20	54,294
4.6 To elect Magdalene Miller as a Director	137,454,782	99.96%	50,247	0.04%	137,505,029	58.20	45,518
5. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company, to act until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which audited accounts are laid before the members.	137,217,519	99.79%	294,826	0.21%	137,512,345	58.21	38,202
6. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration.	137,333,346	99.95%	70,395	0.05%	137,403,741	58.16	23,118
Special Business
Ordinary Resolution 7. To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	137,319,673	99.94%	81,961	0.06%	137,401,634	58.16	25,225
Special Resolution 8. To disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares by the Directors.	137,301,099	99.84%	215,547	0.16%	137,516,646	58.21	33,901
Special Resolution 9. That the Investment Policy produced to the Meeting and initialled by the Chairman of the Meeting for the purpose of identification be adopted as the new Investment Policy of the Company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing Investment Policy.	137,414,555	99.93%	99,188	0.07%	137,513,743	58.21	36,804
Ordinary Resolution 10. To sub-divide each of the issued ordinary shares of 25 pence each into five ordinary shares of 5 pence each.	137,430,525	99.94%	75,742	0.06%	137,506,267	58.20	44,280
Special Resolution 11. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.	137,385,499	99.89%	150,297	0.11%	137,535,796	58.22	14,751
Special Resolution  12. That a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	136,979,594	99.60%	545,185	0.40%	137,524,779	58.21	25,768

The total number of voting rights at the proxy deadline was 236,245,731.

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