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RNS Number : 0236Q  Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities  22 January 2026

22 January 2026

 

BARINGS EMERGING EMEA OPPORTUNITIES PLC (the "Company")

 

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 22 January 2026

 

The Company announces that at its AGM held earlier today all the resolutions
set out in the Notice of AGM were passed by the requisite majority. All
resolutions were voted on by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 9 (inclusive)
were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 10 to 12 (inclusive) were
passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll for each resolution
were as follows:

 

 Resolutions                                                                  Votes For  %       Votes Against  %      % of ISC* vote  Votes Withheld
 1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts                                 7,087,054  99.91%  6,218          0.09%  60.13%          2,278
 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                             7,084,284  99.89%  7,995          0.11%  60.12%          3,271
 3. To approve the final dividend                                             7,088,882  99.99%  511            0.01%  60.10%          6,157
 4. To re-elect Alastair Bruce **                                             7,081,661  99.93%  4,961          0.07%  60.07%          8,928
 5. To re-elect Vivien Gould **                                               7,081,661  99.93%  4,961          0.07%  60.07%          8,928
 6. To re-elect Christopher Granville **                                      7,077,170  99.78%  15,609         0.22%  60.12%          2,771
 7. To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor of the Company                           5,067,086  99.85%  7,510          0.15%  43.02%          2,020,954
 8. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine Auditor remuneration        7,087,054  99.97%  2,097          0.03%  60.09%          6,399
 9. To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary shares                       7,081,559  99.84%  11,462         0.16%  60.13%          2,529
 10. To disapply pre-emption rights***                                        7,030,359  99.17%  59,034         0.83%  60.10%          6,157
 11. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own Ordinary    7,076,657  99.73%  18,893         0.27%  60.15%          -
 shares ***
 12. To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on not less than 14  7,088,185  99.90%  7,219          0.10%  60.15%          146
 days' notice ***

 

*Issued share capital with voting rights

**Independent Director

***Special resolution

Notes:

 1.  All resolutions were passed by the required majority.

 2.  Proxy appointments that gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been
     included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.

 3.  Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of
     votes validly cast for that resolution.

 4.  A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
     of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.

 5.  As at the date of the AGM, the Company had 14,880,988 ordinary shares in
     issue. The Company held 3,318,207 shares in treasury and therefore the number
     of total voting rights as at the date of the AGM was 11,562,781 In accordance
     with the Company's Articles of Association and subject to the Listing Rules,
     on a poll every member who is present in person or by proxy has one vote for
     every share held.

 6.  The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice
     of AGM which is available on the Company's website at www.bemoplc.com
     (http://www.bemoplc.com)

 7.  A copy of the special resolutions passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted
     to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at
     https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
     (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 8.  The scrutineer of the poll was MUFG Market Services Limited, the Company's
     Share Registrar.

 

Board Changes

 

As per the Company's announcement on 5 December 2025, the Company confirms
that Vivien Gould has taken over as Chairman of the Company following the
conclusion of the AGM.

 

Shareholder Engagement

 

Further to the general meeting result announcement released on 21 October
2025, the Board confirms that it has engaged with shareholders, including
those who the Board believes represented the majority of the votes against the
continuation resolution. The Board appreciates that whilst certain
shareholders wished for the Company to be liquidated, this was not the view of
the majority of shareholders.

 

The Board notes that shareholders will be offered a tender offer for 100 per
cent of the Company's issued share capital if the performance of the Company's
NAV does not exceed the return of the MSCI Emerging Markets EMEA Index for the
period between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2028. Alongside this, and in
addition to the continuation vote held on 21 October 2025, the Board will
provide shareholders the opportunity to vote on the continuation of the
Company annually, at each annual general meeting of the Company, from the
annual general meeting in respect of the year ending 30 September 2026,
expected to be held in January 2027.

 

This statement is made in line with Provision 4 of the AIC Corporate
Governance Code 2019.

 

MUFG Corporate Governance Limited

Secretary

 

LEI: 213800HLE2UOSVAP2Y69

 

About Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC

"Finding quality companies from Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa."

 

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC (the "Company") is a UK based
investment trust that was launched on 18 December 2002 and is managed by
Baring Fund Managers Limited.

 

For more information, please visit the Company's website: www.bemoplc.com

 

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