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Ashmore Group PLC
29 October 2009
Ashmore Group plc
29 October 2009
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board of Ashmore Group plc (the "Company"), is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held earlier today, resolutions 1 to 9 and resolutions 11 and 12 were duly passed on a show of hands and resolution 10 proposed in the Notice of Meeting was passed on a poll. All of the resolutions are accordingly declared as carried.
For information, the proxy votes received were as follows:
| Resolution | Total votes for | % | Total votes against | % | Total votes cast (including abstentions) | Abstentions/ Votes withheld * | |
| Ordinary business | |||||||
| 1 | Adoption of report and accounts | ||||||
| 580,396,127 | 99.96 | 230,443 | 0.04 | 580,710,106 | 83,536 | ||
| 2 | Declaration of dividend | ||||||
| 580,622,351 | 99.99 | 4,219 | 0.01 | 580,710,106 | 83,536 | ||
| 3 | Re-election of Melda Donnelly | ||||||
| 578,032,459 | 99.55 | 2,594,111 | 0.45 | 580,710,106 | 83,536 | ||
| 4 | Approval of remuneration report | ||||||
| 574,402,034 | 99.39 | 3,533,796 | 0.61 | 580,710,105 | 2,774,275 | ||
| 5 | Re-appointment and remuneration of auditors | ||||||
| 504,818,631 | 98.31 | 8,688,314 | 0.69 | 580,710,105 | 67,203,160 | ||
| Special business | |||||||
| 6 | Authorisation of political donations and political expenditure | ||||||
| 580,420,275 | 99.97 | 182,295 | 0.03 | 580,710,106 | 107,536 | ||
| 7 | Authority to allot shares | ||||||
| 575,083,524 | 99.38 | 3,568,570 | 0.62 | 580,710,106 | 2,058,012 | ||
| 8 | Dis-application of pre-emption rights ** | ||||||
| 579,567,790 | 99.99 | 12,719 | 0.01 | 580,710,106 | 1,129,597 | ||
| 9 | Authority to make market purchases of shares ** | ||||||
| 577,373,990 | 99.44 | 3,227,516 | 0.56 | 580,710,106 | 108,600 | ||
| 10 | Approval of renewal of waiver to the obligation under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code (decided by poll)*** | ||||||
| 206,204,203 | 74.50 | 70,567,533 | 25.50 | 580,739,185 | 303,967,449 | ||
| 11 | Reduction of the notice period for general meetings other than the Annual General Meeting** | ||||||
| 576,995,748 | 99.39 | 3,555,068 | 0.61 | 580,710,106 | 159,290 | ||
| 12 | Approval of new Articles of Association ** | ||||||
| 579,308,605 | 99.97 | 174,271 | 0.03 | 580,710,105 | 1,227,229 | ||
Notes:
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
** Indicates Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority
*** Mark Coombs has abstained on Resolution 10 as an interested party
The above summary of proxy votes will shortly be available on the Company's website, www.ashmoregroup.com.
For further details, please contact:
Ashmore Group plc
Michael Perman
Company Secretary
Ashmore Group plc
61, Aldwych
London WC2B 4AE
(T) 020 3077 6190
(F) 020 3077 6100
(E) michael.perman@ashmoregroup.com
Penrose Financial
Clare Milton
Penrose Financial
2nd Floor, 30-34 Moorgate
London EC2R 6DN
(T) 020 7786 4874
(E) ashmore@penrose.co.uk
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