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Entity Identifier: 549300YM9USHRKIET173
Invesco
Asia Trust plc
HEADLINE:
Annual
General Meeting Results
At the
Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 21 September 2023, shareholders approved the
following resolutions on a show of hands:
Ordinary
Business
Ordinary
Resolutions
1. To
receive and consider the Annual Financial Report for the year ended
30 April 2023.
2. To
approve Company’s Dividend Payment Policy.
3. To
approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy.
4. To
approve the Annual Statement and Report on Remuneration.
5. To
re-elect Neil Rogan as a Director of
the Company.
6. To
re-elect Vanessa Donegan as a
Director of the Company.
7. To
re-elect Myriam Madden as a Director
of the Company.
8. To
re-elect Sonya Rogerson as a
Director of the Company.
9. To
re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor to the Company.
10. To
authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the
auditor.
Special
Business
Ordinary
Resolution
11. To
authorise the Directors to allot securities.
Special
Resolutions
12.
To
authorise the Directors to allot securities disapplying statutory
pre-emption rights.
13. To
authorise the Directors to buy back up to 14.99% of the Company’s
issued ordinary shares.
14. That
the period of notice required for general meetings of the Company
(other than AGMs) shall be not less than 14 days.
A breakdown
of the proxy votes registered for resolutions 1 to 14 is shown
below.
Resolution
|
Votes For
(including votes at the discretion of the Chairman)
|
%
|
Votes
Against
|
%
|
Votes
Withheld
|
Ordinary
Resolutions
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
39,586,468
|
99.99
|
24
|
0.01
|
450
|
2
|
39,585,782
|
99.99
|
710
|
0.01
|
450
|
3
|
39,500,512
|
99.81
|
73,786
|
0.19
|
12,644
|
4
|
39,514,228
|
99.84
|
61,670
|
0.16
|
11,044
|
5
|
39,538,929
|
99.96
|
14,547
|
0.04
|
33,466
|
6
|
39,547,956
|
99.99
|
5,520
|
0.01
|
33,466
|
7
|
39,547,652
|
99.99
|
5,824
|
0.01
|
33,466
|
8
|
39,542,956
|
99.97
|
10,520
|
0.03
|
33,466
|
9
|
39,545,044
|
99.91
|
34,178
|
0.09
|
7,720
|
10
|
39,560,796
|
99.94
|
25,314
|
0.06
|
832
|
11
|
39,538,604
|
99.88
|
46,732
|
0.12
|
1,606
|
Special
Resolutions
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
39,506,025
|
99.83
|
69,007
|
0.17
|
11,910
|
13
|
38,379,635
|
96.95
|
1,206,016
|
3.05
|
1,291
|
14
|
39,458,217
|
99.70
|
118,298
|
0.30
|
10,427
|
The Company
has 74,999,881 ordinary shares of 10p each in issue, of which
8,146,594 shares are held in Treasury.
These carry
one vote per share and accordingly the total voting rights are
66,853,287. The above tables represent the number of votes
registered. 59% of the Company’s issued share capital is
represented by the voting. The poll votes lodged with the Registrar
will shortly be available via the Company’s website at:
www.invesco.co.uk/invescoasia
In
accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that
were passed at the annual general
meeting, which do not constitute ordinary business will shortly be
available for inspection via the National Storage
Mechanism:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Company
Secretary
Invesco
Asset Management Limited
21 September 2023