REG - TempletonEmerg.Mkt. - Result of AGM

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment TrustAnnouncement

09/07/2020 13:30

RNS Number : 5790S
  
Templeton Emerging Markets IT PLC
  
09 July 2020
  
 

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC 
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493002NMTB70RZBXO96 
 
9 July 2020
 
Result of Annual General Meeting
 
The Board of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC (the "Company") announces that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 9 July 2020, all of the following resolutions were passed by the requisite majority. 
Resolutions 1 - 12 were passed on a poll. A breakdown of results is shown below.
 



Resolution


Votes for (including votes at the discretion of the Chairman)
 


%


Votes Against


%


Total Votes Cast


% of Issued Share Capital Voted


Votes Withheld




Ordinary Resolutions




1. To receive and adopt the Directors' and Auditor's Reports and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2020.


155,339,725


99.05%


1,483,735


0.95%


156,823,460


65.35


21,022




2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.


156,547,651


99.88%


192,243


0.12%


156,739,894


65.31


104,588




3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2020.


156,571,074


99.89%


180,134


0.11%


156,751,208


65.32


93,274




4. To declare a final dividend of 14.00 pence per share for the year ended 31 March 2020.


156,831,962


100.00%


176


0.00%


156,832,138


65.35


12,344




5.1 To re-elect Paul Manduca as a Director.


142,915,293


92.96%


10,821,822


7.04%


153,737,115


64.06


3,107,367




5.2 To re-elect Beatrice Hollond as a Director.


156,287,676


99.68%


505,074


0.32%


156,792,750


65.34


51,732




5.3 To re-elect Charlie Ricketts as a Director.


156,222,918


99.64%


566,123


0.36%


156,789,041


65.33


55,441




5.4 To re-elect David Graham as a Director.


156,287,987


99.68%


504,560


0.32%


156,792,547


65.34


51,935




5.5 To re-elect Simon Jeffreys as a Director.


151,737,060


96.78%


5,051,369


3.22%


156,788,429


65.33


56,053




6. To re- appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company, to act until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which audited accounts are laid before the members.


156,634,242


99.89%


171,734


0.11%


156,805,976


65.34


38,505




7. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration.


156,734,031


99.96%


61,464


0.04%


156,795,495


65.34


48,987




Special Business - Ordinary Resolution




8. To authorise the Directors to allot shares.


153,916,672


98.15%


2,896,184


1.85%


156,812,856


65.34


31,626




Special Resolutions




9. To disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares by the Directors.


143,408,560


91.88%


12,667,544


8.12%


156,076,104


65.04


768,378




10. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.


155,962,175


99.45%


859,853


0.55%


156,822,028


65.35


22,454




11. That the Articles of Association produced to the Meeting and initialled by the Chairman of the Meeting for the purpose of identification be adopted as the new Articles of Association of the Company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing Articles of Association.


156,641,550


99.90%


152,548


0.10%


156,794,098


65.34


50,384




12. That a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.


155,380,261


99.08%


1,441,162


0.92%


156,821,423


65.35


23,059



The total number of voting rights at the proxy deadline was 239,981,107. 
 
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of all resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority for publication through the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information please e-mail CompanySecretarialEdinburgh@franklintempleton.com or contact Client Dealer Services at Franklin Templeton on free phone 0800 305 306, +44 (0) 20 7073 8690 for overseas investors, or e-mail enquiries@franklintempleton.co.uk.
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