Result of AGM
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29 January 2026
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc ("the Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting held today, all 15 resolutions were duly passed on a poll.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2025, available on the Company's web pages at http://www.schroders.co.uk/asiapacific.
The proxy votes received in respect of the resolutions are set out below:
|
|
Resolution |
Votes For (including discretionary) |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Votes Total |
% of ISC Voted |
Votes Withheld |
|
1 |
To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements
|
82,877,302 |
99.95 |
41,219 |
0.05 |
82,918,521 |
63.46 |
7,755 |
|
2 |
To approve the final dividend
|
82,914,101 |
99.99
|
4,420 |
0.01 |
82,918,521 |
63.46 |
7,755 |
|
3 |
To approve the Remuneration Report
|
82,709,927 |
99.84 |
135,318 |
0.16 |
82,845,245 |
63.40
|
81,031 |
|
4 |
To elect Nicky Richards |
82,767,635 |
99.89 |
93,778 |
0.11 |
82,861,413 |
63.41 |
64,863 |
|
5 |
To re-elect Julia Goh
|
82,773,958 |
99.89 |
93,330 |
0.11 |
82,867,288 |
63.42 |
58,988 |
|
6 |
To re-elect Vivien Gould
|
82,764,334 |
99.88 |
102,752 |
0.12 |
82,867,086
|
63.42 |
59,190 |
|
7 |
To re-elect Rupert Hogg
|
82,762,884 |
99.88 |
103,369 |
0.12 |
82,866,253 |
63.42 |
60,023 |
|
8 |
To re-elect Martin Porter
|
82,769,326 |
99.89 |
93,127 |
0.11 |
82,862,453 |
63.41 |
63,823 |
|
9 |
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor
|
82,806,965 |
99.93 |
61,611 |
0.07 |
82,868,576 |
63.42 |
57,700 |
|
10 |
To approve the auditor's remuneration
|
82,871,210 |
99.97 |
26,965 |
0.03 |
82,898,175 |
63.44 |
28,101 |
|
11 |
To continue as an investment trust for a further five years |
82,806,322 |
99.90 |
81,230 |
0.10 |
82,887,552 |
63.43 |
38,724 |
|
12 |
To renew the authority to allot shares
|
82,786,041 |
99.86 |
118,029 |
0.14 |
82,904,070 |
63.45 |
22,206 |
|
13* |
To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights
|
82,711,904 |
99.78 |
178,632 |
0.22 |
82,890,536 |
63.43 |
35,740 |
|
14* |
To renew the authority to purchase own shares
|
82,807,049 |
99.88 |
96,934 |
0.12 |
82,903,983 |
63.44 |
22,293 |
|
15* |
To approve a general meeting, other than an Annual General Meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice* |
82,786,908 |
99.86 |
119,940 |
0.14 |
82,906,848 |
63.45 |
19,428 |
*Resolutions 13, 14 and 15 were passed as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 will be filed at Companies House.
In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and available for inspection at National Storage Mechanism | FCA.
The proxy votes lodged with the Registrar will shortly be available via the Company's web pages at: http://www.schroders.co.uk/asiapacific.
The total number of ordinary shares of 10 pence each in issue at the date of this announcement is 130,670,634. The total number of ordinary shares with voting rights, at the date of this announcement, is 130,670,634.
Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not a vote in law and are therefore not counted in the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast for and against a resolution. Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions and their shares have been included in the "votes for" column.
Enquiries:
Natalia de Sousa
Schroder Investment Management Limited
020 7658 6000
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