REG-Ashmore Group Plc <ASHM.L> Result of AGM
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RNS Number : 6205B
Ashmore Group PLC
29 October 2009
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Ashmore Group PLC
29 October 2009
Ashmore Group plc
29 October 2009
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board of Ashmore Group plc (the "Company"), is pleased to announce that at
the AGM of the Company held earlier today, resolutions 1 to 9 and resolutions 11
and 12 were duly passed on a show of hands and resolution 10 proposed in the
Notice of Meeting was passed on a poll. All of the resolutions are accordingly
declared as carried.
For information, the proxy votes received were as follows:
Resolution Total votes for % Total votes against % Total votes cast (including abstentions) Abstentions/ Votes withheld *
Ordinary business
1 Adoption of report and accounts
580,396,127 99.96 230,443 0.04 580,710,106 83,536
2 Declaration of dividend
580,622,351 99.99 4,219 0.01 580,710,106 83,536
3 Re-election of Melda Donnelly
578,032,459 99.55 2,594,111 0.45 580,710,106 83,536
4 Approval of remuneration report
574,402,034 99.39 3,533,796 0.61 580,710,105 2,774,275
5 Re-appointment and remuneration of auditors
504,818,631 98.31 8,688,314 0.69 580,710,105 67,203,160
Special business
6 Authorisation of political donations and political expenditure
580,420,275 99.97 182,295 0.03 580,710,106 107,536
7 Authority to allot shares
575,083,524 99.38 3,568,570 0.62 580,710,106 2,058,012
8 Dis-application of pre-emption rights **
579,567,790 99.99 12,719 0.01 580,710,106 1,129,597
9 Authority to make market purchases of shares **
577,373,990 99.44 3,227,516 0.56 580,710,106 108,600
10 Approval of renewal of waiver to the obligation under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code (decided by poll)***
206,204,203 74.50 70,567,533 25.50 580,739,185 303,967,449
11 Reduction of the notice period for general meetings other than the Annual General Meeting**
576,995,748 99.39 3,555,068 0.61 580,710,106 159,290
12 Approval of new Articles of Association **
579,308,605 99.97 174,271 0.03 580,710,105 1,227,229
Notes:
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
** Indicates Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority
*** Mark Coombs has abstained on Resolution 10 as an interested party
The above summary of proxy votes will shortly be available on the Company's
website, www.ashmoregroup.com.
For further details, please contact:
Ashmore Group plc
Michael Perman
Company Secretary
Ashmore Group plc
61, Aldwych
London WC2B 4AE
(T) 020 3077 6190
(F) 020 3077 6100
(E) michael.perman@ashmoregroup.com
Penrose Financial
Clare Milton
Penrose Financial
2nd Floor, 30-34 Moorgate
London EC2R 6DN
(T) 020 7786 4874
(E) ashmore@penrose.co.uk
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