3rd Feb 2015 15:58
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Results of Annual General Meeting held 3 February 2015 - Poll Results
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC ("Aberdeen") is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed and the poll results are shown below.
Resolutions | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Withheld |
1. Receive Report and Accounts | 986,585,556 | 99.90 | 947,138 | 0.10 | 208,474 |
2. Declare a final dividend of 11.25 pence per share | 987,583,070 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 158,098 |
3. Reappoint KPMG Audit plc as auditor | 961,148,619 | 98.77 | 11,953,620 | 1.23 | 14,638,928 |
4. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor | 980,149,299 | 99.26 | 7,290,123 | 0.74 | 301,745 |
5. Re-elect Julie Chakraverty as a director | 983,383,744 | 99.58 | 4,182,938 | 0.42 | 174,486 |
6. Re-elect Roger Cornick as a director | 982,039,947 | 99.44 | 5,523,492 | 0.56 | 177,727 |
7. Re-elect Martin Gilbert as a director | 951,805,700 | 96.52 | 34,316,204 | 3.48 | 1,619,263 |
8. Re-elect Andrew Laing as a director | 923,225,297 | 96.03 | 38,137,520 | 3.97 | 26,378,350 |
9. Re-elect Rod MacRae as a director | 917,803,662 | 95.47 | 43,562,155 | 4.53 | 26,375,350 |
10. Re-elect Richard Mully as a director | 981,266,791 | 99.36 | 6,301,680 | 0.64 | 172,697 |
11. Re-elect Jim Pettigrew as a director | 984,832,450 | 99.72 | 2,737,158 | 0.28 | 171,560 |
12. Re-elect Bill Rattray as a director | 924,216,673 | 96.14 | 37,144,114 | 3.86 | 26,380,380 |
13. Re-elect Anne Richards as a director | 918,202,731 | 95.51 | 43,163,086 | 4.49 | 26,375,350 |
14. Re-elect Jutta Rosenborg as a director | 980,216,668 | 99.26 | 7,352,940 | 0.74 | 171,560 |
15. Re-elect Akira Suzuki as a director | 916,961,167 | 93.62 | 62,480,697 | 6.38 | 8,299,302 |
16. Re-elect Simon Troughton as a director | 979,575,380 | 99.19 | 7,990,090 | 0.81 | 175,697 |
17. Re-elect Hugh Young as a director | 914,177,174 | 95.09 | 47,185,643 | 4.91 | 26,378,350 |
18. Approve the remuneration report | 906,433,049 | 92.50 | 73,455,360 | 7.50 | 7,852,757 |
19. Authorise the directors to allot relevant securities | 957,618,955 | 97.00 | 29,569,823 | 3.00 | 552,390 |
20. Disapply the statutory pre-emption rights over equity securities | 985,864,737 | 99.84 | 1,564,753 | 0.16 | 311,678 |
21. Permit general meetings to be called on 14 clear days' notice | 882,427,328 | 89.36 | 105,030,615 | 10.64 | 283,224 |
22. Authorise the directors to make market purchases | 987,023,333 | 99.96 | 436,467 | 0.04 | 281,368 |
23. Authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 972,822,589 | 98.58 | 13,968,990 | 1.42 | 949,589 |
The Board of Aberdeen is also delighted to confirm the appointment of Mrs Val Rahmani as a director of the Company, as previously announced, with effect from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.
Enquiries:
Maitland Neil Bennett 020 7379 5151
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