Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6205B

Ashmore Group PLC

29 October 2009

 

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Ashmore Group PLC 

29 October 2009 

Ashmore Group plc

29 October 2009

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board of Ashmore Group plc (the "Company"), is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held earlier today, resolutions 1 to 9 and resolutions 11 and 12 were duly passed on a show of hands and resolution 10 proposed in the Notice of Meeting was passed on a poll. All of the resolutions are accordingly declared as carried.

For information, the proxy votes received were as follows:

Resolution		Total votes for	%	Total votes against	%	Total votes cast (including abstentions)	Abstentions/ Votes withheld *
Ordinary business
1	Adoption of report and accounts
		580,396,127	99.96	230,443	0.04	580,710,106	83,536
2	Declaration of dividend
		580,622,351	99.99	4,219	0.01	580,710,106	83,536
3	Re-election of Melda Donnelly
		578,032,459	99.55	2,594,111	0.45	580,710,106	83,536
4	Approval of remuneration report
		574,402,034	99.39	3,533,796	0.61	580,710,105	2,774,275
5	Re-appointment and remuneration of auditors
		504,818,631	98.31	8,688,314	0.69	580,710,105	67,203,160
Special business
6	Authorisation of political donations and political expenditure
		580,420,275	99.97	182,295	0.03	580,710,106	107,536
7	Authority to allot shares
		575,083,524	99.38	3,568,570	0.62	580,710,106	2,058,012
8	Dis-application of pre-emption rights **
		579,567,790	99.99	12,719	0.01	580,710,106	1,129,597
9	Authority to make market purchases of shares **
		577,373,990	99.44	3,227,516	0.56	580,710,106	108,600
10	Approval of renewal of waiver to the obligation under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code (decided by poll)***
		206,204,203	74.50	70,567,533	25.50	580,739,185	303,967,449
11	Reduction of the notice period for general meetings other than the Annual General Meeting**
		576,995,748	99.39	3,555,068	0.61	580,710,106	159,290
12	Approval of new Articles of Association **
		579,308,605	99.97	174,271	0.03	580,710,105	1,227,229

Notes:

*     A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the       proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

**    Indicates Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority

***   Mark Coombs has abstained on Resolution 10 as an interested party

The above summary of proxy votes will shortly be available on the Company's website, www.ashmoregroup.com.

For further details, please contact:

Ashmore Group plc  

Michael Perman

Company Secretary

Ashmore Group plc

61, Aldwych

London WC2B 4AE

(T) 020 3077 6190

(F) 020 3077 6100

(E) [e-mail]

Penrose Financial 

Clare Milton

Penrose Financial 

2nd Floor, 30-34 Moorgate

London EC2R 6DN 

(T) 020 7786 4874

(E)   [e-mail]

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