30 Nov 2022 15:14
abrdn Asia Focus plc(the "Company")
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493000FBZP1J92OQY70
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND GENERAL MEETING
30 November 2022
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 30 November 2022, all the resolutions were passed on a show of hands.
In relation to Resolution 11 (authority to disapply pre-emption rights), 10.0 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital equates to 15,695,363 Ordinary shares as at today's date. 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 23,527,349 Ordinary shares as at today's date.
The proxy votes lodged on the resolutions were as follows:
Res. No. | Resolution | Number of Votes For | % of Votes For | Number of Votes Against | % of Votes Against | Number of Votes Discretionary. | Total Votes Cast (Excluding Withheld) | Number of Votes Withheld |
01 | Report and Financial Statements | 88,337,884 | 99.97% | 17,656 | 0.02% | 7,185 | 88,362,725 | 32,554 |
02 | Remuneration Report | 88,035,465 | 99.76% | 193,138 | 0.22% | 19,685 | 88,248,288 | 146,991 |
03 | Dividend Policy | 88,338,844 | 99.96% | 31,144 | 0.04% | 7,185 | 88,377,173 | 18,105 |
04 | Earl of Antrim | 86,292,641 | 97.76% | 1,972,989 | 2.24% | 7,185 | 88,272,815 | 122,464 |
05 | Ms C Black | 86,410,796 | 97.87% | 1,870,707 | 2.12% | 7,185 | 88,288,688 | 106,592 |
06 | Mr K Shanmuganathan | 86,379,288 | 97.84% | 1,902,760 | 2.16% | 7,185 | 88,289,233 | 106,046 |
07 | Mr L Cooper | 88,195,634 | 99.92% | 65,222 | 0.07% | 7,185 | 88,268,041 | 127,238 |
08 | Mr A Finn | 88,088,295 | 99.82% | 155,719 | 0.18% | 7,185 | 88,251,199 | 144,079 |
09 | Reappoint Auditors and Auditors Remuneration | 88,145,136 | 99.88% | 99,767 | 0.11% | 7,185 | 88,252,088 | 143,191 |
10 | Allot Shares | 88,178,601 | 99.85% | 122,904 | 0.14% | 7,185 | 88,308,690 | 86,589 |
11 | Pre-emption Rights | 88,109,262 | 99.80% | 164,969 | 0.19% | 7,185 | 88,281,416 | 113,863 |
12 | Purchase Own Shares | 85,636,163 | 96.97% | 2,669,870 | 3.02% | 7,185 | 88,313,218 | 82,060 |
13 | General Meetings | 87,946,812 | 99.64% | 314,666 | 0.36% | 7,185 | 88,268,663 | 126,615 |
PASSING OF RESOLUTIONS UNDER SPECIAL BUSINESS
A copy of the resolutions passed under special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism *.
*Neither the NSM website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the NSM website (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.
For abrdn Holdings Limited - Secretaries
Abrdn Asiafocus (AAS)