17th Jun 2021 10:31
17 June 2021
ABERDEEN NEW THAI INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800LUTHTZ8LS5UK85
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust PLC (the "Company") held at 9.30am on 17 June 2021 all resolutions, as set out in the Notice of AGM ("AGM Notice") contained in the Annual Report for the year ended 28 February 2021 (the "Annual Report"), were passed. Copies of the AGM Notice and Annual Report are available from: www.newthai-trust.co.uk.
In relation to Resolutions 10 and 11 (authorities to allot shares and to disapply pre-emption rights), the relevant figure was 1,598,656 Ordinary shares, being the lower of 10% of the Ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the AGM Notice and as at the date of passing of these two Resolutions at the AGM.
In relation to Resolution 12 (authority to make market purchases of Ordinary shares), the relevant figure was 2,396,386 Ordinary shares, being the lower of 14.99% of the Ordinary shares in issue at the date of the AGM Notice and as at the date of passing of the Resolution at the AGM.
The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:
For and Discretionary | Against | Votes Withheld | Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld) | |||||
Resolution Number | Resolution Description | No. of Votes | % of Votes Cast | No. of Votes | % of Votes Cast | |||
1 | Annual Report and Financial Statements | 11,961,722 | 99.1 | 112,669 | 0.9 | 3,089 | 12,074,391 | |
2 | Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) | 11,952,039 | 99.0 | 121,450 | 1.0 | 3,991 | 12,073,489 | |
3 | Dividends | 11,958,646 | 99.1 | 112,669 | 0.9 | 6,165 | 12,071,315 | |
4 | Re-election of Anne Gilding | 11,982,615 | 99.3 | 84,466 | 0.7 | 10,399 | 12,067,081 | |
5 | Re-election of Andy Pomfret | 10,860,709 | 90.0 | 1,205,760 | 10.0 | 11,011 | 12,066,469 | |
6 | Re-election of Sarah MacAulay | 10,904,080 | 90.3 | 1,169,321 | 9.7 | 4,079 | 12,073,401 | |
7 | Re-election of Nicholas Smith | 11,962,141 | 99.1 | 111,193 | 0.9 | 4,146 | 12,073,334 | |
8 | Reappointment of auditor | 11,992,079 | 99.3 | 81,089 | 0.7 | 4,312 | 12,073,168 | |
9 | Approval of auditor's remuneration | 11,946,388 | 99.1 | 108,909 | 0.9 | 22,183 | 12,055,297 | |
10 | Authority to allot shares | 11,990,532 | 99.3 | 78,478 | 0.7 | 8,470 | 12,069,010 | |
11 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 11,971,183 | 99.2 | 98,656 | 0.8 | 7,641 | 12,069,839 | |
12 | Share buybacks | 12,054,851 | 99.9 | 14,849 | 0.1 | 7,780 | 12,069,700 | |
Copies of Resolutions 10, 11 and 12 will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and available for inspection at: https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism*
*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.
Enquiries:
Stuart Reid
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Secretaries
Tel. 0131 372 2200
Related Shares:
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