REG - Asia Dragon Trust - Result of AGM

Asia Dragon TrustAnnouncement

12/12/2019 14:20

RNS Number : 7232W
Asia Dragon Trust PLC
12 December 2019
 


Asia Dragon Trust plc
Results of Annual General Meeting on 12 December 2019
 
At today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions were passed by shareholders. The proxy votes received in respect of the Annual General Meeting are shown in the following table:
 
 



Resolution Name


Number of Votes For & Discretionary


Number of Votes  Against


Number of Votes  Withheld




1.     To receive the reports of the Directors and auditor and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2019


90,859,849


15,510


8,693




2.     To receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report, excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy, for the year ended 31 August 2019


90,743,664


107,629


32,759




3.     To approve a final dividend of 4.75p per Ordinary share


90,875,547


205


8,300




4.     To re-elect Mr James Will as a Director


88,192,652


2,677,559


13,840




5.     To elect Ms Gaynor Coley as a Director


90,812,934


62,013


9,105




6.     To re-elect Ms Kathryn Langridge as a Director


90,842,283


27,973


13,795




7.     To re-elect Mr Peter Maynard as a Director


90,837,873


32,052


14,127




8.     To re-elect Mr Iain McLaren as a Director


88,318,637


2,552,600


12,816




9. To re-elect Mr Charlie Ricketts as a Director


90,798,947


70,978


14,127




10.   To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company


90,727,392


52,964


103,695




11.   To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor for the year to 31 August 2020


90,842,332


29,589


12,131




12.   To authorise the Directors to allot shares


90,824,301


27,803


31,948




13.   To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights


90,773,797


58,337


51,918




14.   To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares


90,800,629


44,140


39,283




15.   To allow general meetings to be held on not less than 14 days' notice


90,179,103


679,804


25,145



 
The total number of votes cast was 90.88 million.  Resolutions 1 - 12 were ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 13-15 were special resolutions.
 
A copy of the above proxy results has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM *.  The document is also available for download from the Company's website, www.asiadragontrust.co.uk
 
*Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.
 
 
For Asia Dragon Trust plc
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited, Secretary




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