23 Jun 2016 14:06
23 June 2016
ABERDEEN NEW THAI INVESTMENT TRUST PLC ("the Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
At the Annual General Meeting of Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust PLC ("the Company") held today, 23 June 2016, all resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Annual Report for the year ended 28 February 2016 (the "Annual Report"), were passed. A copy of the Annual Report is available from: newthai-trust.co.uk.
As set out in the Annual Report, James Robinson retired as a Director of the Company at the conclusion of the AGM.
In relation to Resolutions 10 and 11 (authorities to allot shares and to disapply pre-emption rights), the relevant figure was 1,967,028 Ordinary shares, being the lower of 10% of the Ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the AGM Notice and as at the date of passing of the resolutions at the AGM.
In relation to Resolution 12 (authority to make market purchases of Ordinary shares), the relevant figure was 2,962,066 Ordinary shares, being the lower of 14.99% of the Ordinary shares in issue at the date of the AGM Notice and as at the date of passing of the Resolution at the AGM.
The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:
For and Discretionary | Against | Votes | Total Votes | |||
Resolution | No. of | % of | No. of | % of | Withheld | (excluding Votes Withheld) |
Number | Votes | Votes Cast | Votes | Votes Cast | ||
1 | 9,910,229 | 100.0 | 1,356 | 0.0 | 2,946 | 9,911,585 |
2 | 9,807,355 | 99.0 | 95,467 | 1.0 | 11,709 | 9,902,822 |
3 | 9,850,554 | 99.4 | 61,634 | 0.6 | 2,343 | 9,912,188 |
4 | 7,729,010 | 99.2 | 62,559 | 0.8 | 2,122,962 | 7,791,569 |
5 | 7,727,571 | 99.2 | 64,283 | 0.8 | 2,122,677 | 7,791,854 |
6 | 7,725,535 | 99.1 | 66,319 | 0.9 | 2,122,677 | 7,791,854 |
7 | 7,724,874 | 78.1 | 2,171,793 | 21.9 | 17,864 | 9,896,667 |
8 | 9,813,638 | 99.2 | 78,380 | 0.8 | 22,513 | 9,892,018 |
9 | 9,890,967 | 99.9 | 6,972 | 0.1 | 16,592 | 9,897,939 |
10 | 9,835,437 | 99.2 | 75,375 | 0.8 | 3,719 | 9,910,812 |
11 | 9,805,888 | 99.1 | 88,733 | 0.9 | 19,910 | 9,894,621 |
12 | 9,886,951 | 99.8 | 23,665 | 0.2 | 3,915 | 9,910,616 |
Passing of Resolutions under Special Business
Copies of Resolutions 10, 11 and 12, passed under Special Business at the AGM, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and available for inspection at: Hemscott.com/nsm.do*
*Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.
Enquiries:
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Secretaries
Tel. 0131 528 4000