Ashmore Group plc (the "Company")
6 November 2024
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ("AGM")
The Board of Ashmore Group plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held earlier today all resolutions were duly passed on a poll. All of the resolutions are accordingly declared as carried.
The results of the poll on each resolution were as follows:
|
|
FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN* |
TOTAL VOTE |
% of total votes in favour |
|
Resolution
|
No. of Votes
|
No. of Votes
|
No. of Votes
|
|
|
1 |
To receive and adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024 |
566,645,600 |
6,959 |
2,002,774 |
566,652,559 |
100.00 |
2 |
To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2024 of |
567,223,644 |
1,431,257 |
432 |
568,654,901 |
99.75 |
3 |
To re-elect Mark Coombs as a Director |
567,050,360 |
1,583,838 |
21,135 |
568,634,198 |
99.72 |
4 |
To re-elect Tom Shippey as a Director |
568,463,976 |
170,118 |
21,239 |
568,634,094 |
99.97 |
5 |
To re-elect Clive Adamson as a Director |
561,981,612 |
6,620,497 |
53,222 |
568,602,109 |
98.84 |
6 |
To re-elect Jennifer Bingham as a Director |
544,239,941 |
24,395,289 |
20,101 |
568,635,230 |
95.71 |
7 |
To re-elect Thuy Dam as a Director |
566,309,952 |
2,326,964 |
18,415 |
568,636,916 |
99.59 |
8 |
To re-elect Shirley Garrood as a Director |
566,309,024 |
2,326,205 |
20,101 |
568,635,229 |
99.59 |
9 |
To approve the remuneration report for the year ended 30 June 2024 |
494,113,276 |
22,522,897 |
52,019,160 |
516,636,173 |
95.64 |
10 |
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors |
566,858,516 |
1,783,664 |
13,153 |
568,642,180 |
99.69 |
11 |
To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors |
568,603,225 |
22,431 |
29,677 |
568,625,656 |
100.00 |
12 |
To authorise political donations and political expenditure |
546,755,266 |
21,881,194 |
14,373 |
568,636,460 |
96.15 |
13 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares |
544,511,075 |
24,130,735 |
13,523 |
568,641,810 |
95.76 |
14 |
To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights up to 35,637,040 shares** |
547,842,856 |
20,798,826 |
13,651 |
568,641,682 |
96.34 |
15 |
To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights up to a further 35,637,040 shares** |
546,084,088 |
22,558,525 |
12,720 |
568,642,613 |
96.03 |
16 |
To authorise market purchases of shares** |
566,787,101 |
1,802,303 |
65,929 |
568,589,404 |
99.68 |
17 |
To reduce the notice period for general meetings other than an annual general meeting** |
565,480,052 |
3,167,740 |
7,541 |
568,647,792 |
99.44 |
* 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.
Ashmore Group plc's Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is 549300U3L59WB4YI2X12.
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For further information, please contact:
Ashmore Group plc
Paul Measday
Investor Relations
+44 (0)20 3077 6278
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