10 Jul 2018 14:09
ABERDEEN JAPAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Board announces that at the Annual General Meeting held at 11.00 am today, Tuesday 11 July 2018, at Bow Bells House, 1 Bread Street, London, EC4M 9HH, the Ordinary Resolutions numbered 1 to 10 and the Special Resolutions numbered 11 and 12, as set out in the Notice of Meeting within the 2018 Annual Report, were passed.
In relation to Resolution 12 (authority to purchase shares for cancellation or treasury), 14.99 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital equates to 2,199,074 million Ordinary shares as at today's date.
The total number of proxy votes cast in relation to each Resolution was as follows:
In Favour | Discretionary | Against | Abstained | ||||
Resolution | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes |
1 | 6,119,797 | 99.36 | 39,074 | 0.63 | 430 | 0.01 | 475 |
2 | 6,092,575 | 99.22 | 39,074 | 0.64 | 8,858 | 0.14 | 19,269 |
3 | 6,120,606 | 99.36 | 39,074 | 0.63 | 96 | 0.01 | 0 |
4 | 6,098,999 | 99.11 | 39,074 | 0.63 | 15,934 | 0.26 | 5,769 |
5 | 6,096,091 | 99.08 | 39,074 | 0.64 | 17,441 | 0.28 | 7,170 |
6 | 6,106,182 | 99.23 | 39,074 | 0.63 | 8,751 | 0.14 | 5,769 |
7 | 6,098,492 | 99.1 | 39,074 | 0.63 | 16,882 | 0.27 | 5,328 |
8 | 6,086,594 | 99.05 | 39,074 | 0.64 | 19,197 | 0.31 | 14,911 |
9 | 6,106,165 | 99.32 | 39,074 | 0.64 | 2,234 | 0.04 | 12,303 |
10 | 6,108,857 | 99.31 | 39,828 | 0.65 | 2,282 | 0.04 | 8,809 |
11 | 6,098,409 | 99.21 | 40,483 | 0.66 | 8,293 | 0.13 | 12,591 |
12 | 6,113,883 | 99.35 | 39,074 | 0.64 | 415 | 0.01 | 6,404 |
Passing of Resolutions under Special Business
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Meeting set out in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018, copies of which are available on the Company's website, www.aberdeenjapan.co.uk*.
Copies of the special resolutions have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM *.
Board changes following the AGM
Following the conclusion of the AGM, Neil Gaskell stood down as Chairman and Karen Brade assumed the chairmanship. Mr Gaskell will remain as a director of the Board until the recruitment process for a new director appointment is completed.
Enquiries:
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Secretary
Tel. 0131 528 4000
*Neither the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on that website (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.
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