3 Jun 2016 15:44
THE NORTH AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC ('THE COMPANY')
RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 3 JUNE 2016
The Board of The North American Income Trust plc announces the proxy results of the resolutions held at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 3 June 2016 as shown in the following table:
Ordinary Resolutions | Votes For(inc. discretionary) | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | Total | |
1 | Receive the 2016 annual report and financial statements
| 11,533,726 | 783 | 0 | 11,534,509 |
2 | Receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report
| 10,805,192 | 712,926 | 16,391 | 11,534,509 |
3 | Approval of final dividend of 13.0p
| 11,534,113 | 288 | 107 | 11,534,508 |
4 | Re-election of James Ferguson
| 7,077,356 | 615,724 | 3,841,429 | 11,534,509 |
5 | Re-election of Guy Crawford
| 11,157,152 | 362,974 | 14,383 | 11,534,509 |
6 | Re-election of Archie Hunter
| 11,158,264 | 362,118 | 14,127 | 11,534,509 |
7 | Re-Election of Susan Rice
| 11,497,967 | 20,710 | 15,832 | 11,534,509 |
8 | Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors
| 11,489,358 | 33,033 | 12,118 | 11,534,509 |
9 | Authorisation of directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors
| 11,507,635 | 16,914 | 9,959 | 11,534,508 |
10 | Section 551 authority to allot shares
| 11,516,950 | 5,957 | 11,601 | 11,534,508 |
Special Resolutions | |||||
11 | Limited disapplication of pre-emption rights
| 11,487,968 | 33,495 | 13,045 | 11,534,508 |
12 | Share buyback authority
| 11,517,071 | 11,740 | 5,699 | 11,534,510 |
All resolutions were passed.
PASSING OF SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
A copy of the above document will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
For The North American Income Trust plc
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretary