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RNS Number : 2253L  Ashmore Group PLC  06 November 2024

Ashmore Group plc (the "Company")

6 November 2024

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ("AGM")

 

The Board of Ashmore Group plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the
Company held earlier today all resolutions were duly passed on a poll. All of
the resolutions are accordingly declared as carried.

 

The results of the poll on each resolution were as follows:

 

                                                                                    FOR           AGAINST       ABSTAIN*      TOTAL VOTE

                                                                                                                                           % of total votes in favour
     Resolution                                                                     No. of Votes  No. of Votes  No. of Votes

 1   To receive and adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024   566,645,600   6,959         2,002,774     566,652,559  100.00
 2   To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2024 of 12.1 pence per  567,223,644   1,431,257     432           568,654,901  99.75
     Ordinary Share
 3   To re-elect Mark Coombs as a Director                                          567,050,360   1,583,838     21,135        568,634,198  99.72
 4   To re-elect Tom Shippey as a Director                                          568,463,976   170,118       21,239        568,634,094  99.97
 5   To re-elect Clive Adamson as a Director                                        561,981,612   6,620,497     53,222        568,602,109  98.84
 6   To re-elect Jennifer Bingham as a Director                                     544,239,941   24,395,289    20,101        568,635,230  95.71
 7   To re-elect Thuy Dam as a Director                                             566,309,952   2,326,964     18,415        568,636,916  99.59
 8   To re-elect Shirley Garrood as a Director                                      566,309,024   2,326,205     20,101        568,635,229  99.59
 9   To approve the remuneration report for the year ended 30 June 2024             494,113,276   22,522,897    52,019,160    516,636,173  95.64
 10  To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors                                    566,858,516   1,783,664     13,153        568,642,180  99.69
 11  To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the remuneration of the     568,603,225   22,431        29,677        568,625,656  100.00
     auditors
 12  To authorise political donations and political expenditure                     546,755,266   21,881,194    14,373        568,636,460  96.15
 13  To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                     544,511,075   24,130,735    13,523        568,641,810  95.76
 14  To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights up to 35,637,040        547,842,856   20,798,826    13,651        568,641,682  96.34
     shares**
 15  To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights up to a further         546,084,088   22,558,525    12,720        568,642,613  96.03
     35,637,040 shares**
 16  To authorise market purchases of shares**                                      566,787,101   1,802,303     65,929        568,589,404  99.68
 17  To reduce the notice period for general meetings other than an annual general  565,480,052   3,167,740     7,541         568,647,792  99.44
     meeting**

 

* 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.

 

Ashmore Group plc's Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is 549300U3L59WB4YI2X12.

 

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of resolutions concerning
special business passed at the AGM today have been submitted to the Financial
Conduct Authority's national storage mechanism. This document will shortly be
available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Ashmore Group plc

Paul Measday

Investor Relations

+44 (0)20 3077 6278

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