VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited
(the "Company" or "VOF")
LEI Number: 2138007UD8FBBVAX9469
Results of AGM - 5 December 2022
The Directors of the Company are pleased to announce the results of voting at the annual general meeting of the Company held at 11:00 AM (UK Time) on 5 December 2022 at the offices of Aztec Group, East Wing, Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 3PP (the "AGM").
All resolutions proposed at the AGM were passed.
Voting was conducted by a show of hands and inclusive of votes received by the Company by way of proxy, either by post, web voting or via CREST, by no later than 11:00 AM (UK Time) on 1 December 2022.
The text of the resolutions is paraphrased, the full text of each resolution is available in the notice and agenda of the AGM.
Total proxy votes of 98 were cast at the AGM. The results of the voting are noted as follows:
# |
Resolution |
Type |
In Favour |
Against |
Votes Withheld |
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Votes |
%age |
Votes |
%age |
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1. |
To adopt the annual report and financial statements of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2022.
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Ordinary Resolution |
69,967,448 |
99.99% |
7,296 |
00.01% |
6,851 |
2. |
To adopt the Directors' Remuneration Implementation Report.
|
Ordinary Resolution |
69,935,359 |
99.95% |
34,245 |
00.05% |
11,991 |
3. |
To adopt the Directors' Remuneration Policy.
|
Ordinary Resolution |
69,932,273 |
99.95% |
38,367 |
00.05% |
10,955 |
4. |
To re-appoint PriceWaterhouseCoopers CI LLP as Auditor of the Company until conclusion of the next annual general meeting.
|
Ordinary Resolution |
69,939,820 |
99.95% |
35,448 |
00.05% |
6,327 |
5. |
To authorise the Board of Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration.
|
Ordinary Resolution |
69,961,783 |
99.98% |
14,485 |
00.02% |
5,327 |
6. |
To re-elect Thuy Dam following her retirement as a Director of the Company.
|
Ordinary Resolution |
69,113,110 |
98.78% |
851,552 |
01.22% |
16,933 |
7. |
To re-elect Huw Evans following his retirement as a Director of the Company.
|
Ordinary Resolution |
69,141,356 |
98.82% |
828,806 |
01.18% |
11,433 |
8. |
To re-elect Peter Hames following his retirement as a Director of the Company.
|
Ordinary Resolution |
69,121,448 |
98.79% |
848,714 |
01.21% |
11,433 |
9. |
To re-elect Julian Healy following his retirement as a Director of the Company.
|
Ordinary Resolution |
69,123,115 |
98.79% |
847,047 |
01.21% |
11,433 |
10. |
To re-elect Kathryn Matthews following her retirement as a Director of the Company.
|
Ordinary Resolution |
69,121,624 |
98.79% |
848,538 |
01.21% |
11,433 |
11. |
To elect Hai Trinh following his retirement as a Director of the Company.
|
Ordinary Resolution |
69,960,158 |
99.98% |
11,418 |
00.02% |
10,019 |
12. |
To receive and approve the Company's dividend policy as contained within its annual report and financial statements of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2022.
|
Ordinary Resolution |
69,967,423 |
99.99% |
7,296 |
00.01% |
6,876 |
13. |
That the Company be authorised in accordance with section 315 of the Companies Law to make market acquisitions of its ordinary shares.
|
Ordinary Resolution
|
69,943,210 |
99.96% |
30,483 |
00.04% |
7,902 |
14. |
That the Directors be authorised to issue ordinary shares up to a maximum of 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.
|
Ordinary Resolution |
69,946,836 |
99.96% |
29,936 |
00.04% |
4,823 |
15. |
That the pre-emption rights granted to shareholders shall not apply in respect of the issue of up to 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.
|
Extraordinary Resolution |
69,927,289 |
99.93% |
49,764 |
00.07% |
4,542 |
A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website at https://vinacapital.com/investment-solutions/offshore-funds/vof/corporate-literature/ and, in accordance with Listing Rules, the full text of the special resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.
Further information is available on the Company's website at: https://vinacapital.com/investment-solutions/offshore-funds/vof/overview/
Enquiries:
Joel Weiden |
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Investment Manager - Investor Relations and Communications VinaCapital Investment Management Limited |
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T: +84 28 3821 9930 |
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E: joel.weiden@vinacapital.com |
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David Benda / Hugh Jonathan |
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Broker Numis Securities Limited |
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T: +44 20 7260 1000 |
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E: funds@numis.com |
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Magdala Mullegadoo |
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Company Secretary / Administrator Aztec Financial Services (Guernsey) Limited |
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T: +44 1481 748 814 |
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E: vinacapital@aztecgroup.co.uk |
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Edward Gascoigne-Pees |
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Public Relations (London) Camarco |
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T: +44 20 3757 4980 |
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E: ed.gascoigne-pees@camarco.co.uk |
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David Harris |
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Marketing and Distribution (London) Frostrow Capital LLP |
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T: +44 203 427 3835 E: david.harris@frostrow.com
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Dion Di Miceli / Stuart Muress / Andrew Davies |
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Marketing and Investor Engagement (Global) Barclays Bank PLC |
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T: +44 207 623 2323 |
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E: BarclaysInvestmentCompanies@barclays.com
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1. References to VOF or the Company in this announcement shall mean VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited, a non-cellular company incorporated in the Bailiwick of Guernsey under The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008, with registered number 61765. It is authorised by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (reference number 2268242) as a registered closed-ended investment scheme under The Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987 and in compliance with the Registered Collective Investment Scheme Rules, as amended.
2. The registered office address of the Company is East Wing, Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 3PP.
3. This announcement may contain inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations.
4. The total voting rights of the Company immediately prior to convening the AGM were 161,528,346.
5. Pursuant the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008, resolutions of the members are passed on a show of hands if passed by members who vote in person and by persons who vote as duly appointed proxies of members entitled to vote. Accordingly, this means that resolutions are passed by the requisite majority of votes cast at the AGM, not as a majority of the total voting rights.
6. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a particular resolution.
7. Ordinary resolutions are passed if more than 50% of votes are cast in favour of the resolution.
8. Special resolutions are passed if more than 75% of votes are cast in favour of the resolution.
9. Pursuant to the articles of the Company, an Extraordinary resolution is passed if more than 75% of votes are cast in favour of the resolution.
10. Total percentages voted may not add to 100% in all cases due to rounding.