30 Jan 2020 15:48
30 January 2020
Annual General Meeting
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 1 London Wall Place, London EC2Y 5AU on Thursday 30 January 2020, resolutions numbered 1 to 15 as set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed on a show of hands.
The proxy votes received by the Company were as follows:
| Resolution | For (including discretionary) | % | Against | % | Withheld | Total % of Voting Capital voted (Including Withheld) |
1 | To receive the Annual Report & Accounts | 90,543,131 | 99.99% | 6,720 | 0.01% | 10,281 | 54.08% |
2 | To approve the final dividend | 90,546,012 | 99.99% | 9,120 | 0.01% | 5,000 | 54.08% |
3 | To approve the Directors Remuneration Policy | 90,320,707 | 99.86% | 130,602 | 0.14% | 108,823 | 54.08% |
4 | To approve the Directors Remuneration report | 90,337,612 | 99.89% | 97,136 | 0.11% | 125,384 | 54.08% |
5 | To elect Mrs Vivien Gould | 90,472,603 | 99.98% | 19,920 | 0.02% | 67,609 | 54.08% |
6 | To re-elect Mr Nicholas Smith | 88,216,705 | 97.51% | 2,250,817 | 2.49% | 92,609 | 54.08% |
7 | To re-elect Mr Keith Craig | 90,468,003 | 99.98% | 15,720 | 0.02% | 76,409 | 54.08% |
8 | To re-elect Mrs Rosemary Morgan | 90,450,672 | 99.96% | 40,650 | 0.04% | 68,809 | 54.08% |
9 | To re-elect Mr Martin Porter | 90,467,683 | 99.99% | 11,720 | 0.01% | 80,729 | 54.08% |
10 | To re-elect Mr James Williams | 90,466,903 | 99.98% | 16,820 | 0.02% | 76,409 | 54.08% |
11 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 90,476,336 | 99.95% | 47,401 | 0.05% | 35,995 | 54.07% |
12 | To approve the auditor's remuneration | 90,496,864 | 99.98% | 22,620 | 0.02% | 40,648 | 54.08% |
13 | To renew the authority to allot shares | 90,465,500 | 99.94% | 53,463 | 0.06% | 41,169 | 54.08% |
14* | To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 90,383,766 | 99.87% | 113,241 | 0.13% | 63,125 | 54.08% |
15* | To renew the authority to purchase own shares | 90,480,078 | 99.93% | 61,330 | 0.07% | 18,724 | 54.08% |
*Resolutions 14 and 15 were passed as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 13, 14 and 15 will be filed at Companies House.
Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.
The total number of ordinary shares of 10p each in issue is 167,470,716. The total number of voting rights is: 167,470,716.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM will be available for inspection on the Company's website at http://www.schroders.co.uk/asiapacific.
Enquiries:
Benjamin Hanley
Schroder Investment Management Limited
020 7658 3847