7 Dec 2021 15:39
7 December 2021
Annual General Meeting
Schroder Japan Growth Fund plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 1 London Wall Place, London EC2Y 5AU on Tuesday 7 December 2021, resolutions numbered 1 to 13 as set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed. Voting was held by poll.
The poll results are set out below:
Res No. | Resolution | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Total | % I.S.C. | Votes Withheld |
01 | To receive the Annual Report & Accounts | 91,933,601 | 100.00% | 2,000 | 0.00% | 91,935,601 | 75.31 | 0 |
02 | To declare the Final Dividend | 91,933,601 | 100.00% | 2,000 | 0.00% | 91,935,601 | 75.31 | 0 |
03 | To approve the Remuneration report | 91,878,340 | 99.96% | 32,417 | 0.04% | 91,910,757 | 75.29 | 24,844 |
04 | To elect Mr Alan Gibbs | 89,614,321 | 97.48% | 2,313,280 | 2.52% | 91,927,601 | 75.30 | 8,000 |
05 | To re-elect Mr Angus Macpherson | 89,386,026 | 97.24% | 2,539,575 | 2.76% | 91,925,601 | 75.30 | 10,000 |
06 | To re-elect Mrs Anja Balfour | 89,378,026 | 97.22% | 2,551,575 | 2.78% | 91,929,601 | 75.31 | 6,000 |
07 | To re-elect Mrs Belinda Richards | 89,582,621 | 97.45% | 2,346,980 | 2.55% | 91,929,601 | 75.31 | 6,000 |
08 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor | 91,882,908 | 99.97% | 26,351 | 0.03% | 91,909,259 | 75.29 | 26,342 |
09 | To approve the auditors remuneration | 91,920,601 | 99.99% | 8,000 | 0.01% | 91,928,601 | 75.30 | 7,000 |
10* | To renew the authority to allot shares | 91,882,001 | 99.95% | 48,000 | 0.05% | 91,930,001 | 75.31 | 5,600 |
11* | To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 89,241,487 | 97.49% | 2,294,705 | 2.51% | 91,536,192 | 74.98 | 399,409 |
12* | To renew the authority to purchase own shares | 91,910,601 | 99.97% | 23,000 | 0.03% | 91,933,601 | 75.31 | 2,000 |
13* | To amend the Articles | 90,018,152 | 97.93% | 1,901,205 | 2.07% | 91,919,357 | 75.30 | 16,244 |
*Resolutions 11,12 and 13 were passed as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 10,11, 12 and 13 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 122,075,562. The total number of voting rights is: 122,075,562.
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/japangrowth.
Enquiries:
Paula Lockwood
Schroder Investment Management Limited
020 7658 6000
Schroder Japan (SJG)