AGM Statement

RNS Number : 5844I

Aberdeen New Dawn Invest Trust PLC

31 August 2016

 

ABERDEEN NEW DAWN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

RESULT OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

At the Annual General Meeting of Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC held on 31 August 2016, all resolutions were passed by shareholders. 

The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:

Resolution Name	Number of Votes  For (incl discretionary)	% of Votes For	Number of Votes  Against	% of Votes Against	Total Votes Cast (Including Withheld)
1.     Receive Annual Report and Accounts	53,443,731	99.99%	4,800	0.01%	53,512,580
2.     Receive and Adopt Directors' Remuneration Report	53,123,457	99.51%	261,615	0.49%	53,512,580
3.     Approve Final Dividend	53,446,048	99.96%	19,804	0.04%	53,512,580
4.     Re-elect David Shearer	53,282,141	99.76%	128,767	0.24%	53,512,579
5.     Re-elect John Lorimer	53,257,286	99.69%	164,800	0.31%	53,512,580
6.     Re-elect Hugh Young	46,565,045	87.19%	6,842,083	12.81%	53,512,579
7.     Elect Marion Sears	53,287,242	99.74%	137,943	0.26%	53,512,580
8.     Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor	53,276,871	99.78%	116,573	0.22%	53,512,579
9.     Authorise the Directors to Determine Auditor's Remuneration	53,370,764	99.86%	73,179	0.14%	53,512,580
10.   Authorise the Directors to Allot Shares	53,301,434	99.76%	130,599	0.24%	53,512,580
11.   Approve Disapplication of Pre Emption Rights	53,273,310	99.71%	152,813	0.29%	53,512,580
12.   Authorise the Company to Purchase its Own Shares	53,316,531	99.73%	146,045	0.27%	53,512,580

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 30 April 2016, copies of which are available on the Company's website, www.newdawn-trust.co.uk*. The Annual Report has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and is available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm*.

Enquiries:

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Secretary

Tel. [phone]

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

 

 

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