AGM Statement
19 May 2020
Annual General Meeting
Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 1 London Wall Place, London EC2Y 5AU on Tuesday 19 May 2020, 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:
Resolution | For | % | Against | % | Withheld | % of ISC
| |
1 | To receive the Annual Report & Accounts | 37,514,389 | 100.00% | 506 | 0.00% | 5,746 | 38.33 |
2 | To approve the final dividend | 37,520,135 | 100.00% | 506 | 0.00% | 0 | 38.33 |
3 | To approve the Remuneration Policy | 37,437,183 | 99.86% | 51,897 | 0.14% | 31,561 | 38.30 |
4 | To approve the Remuneration report | 37,452,877 | 99.92% | 30,274 | 0.08% | 37,490 | 38.29 |
5 | To re-elect Mr Andrew Cainey | 37,493,015 | 99.98% | 6,825 | 0.02% | 20,801 | 38.31 |
6 | To re-elect Mrs Caroline Hitch | 37,481,653 | 99.95% | 18,187 | 0.05% | 20,801 | 38.31 |
7 | To re-elect Mr Mike Holt | 37,485,342 | 99.96% | 14,499 | 0.04% | 20,801 | 38.31 |
8 | To re-elect Mrs Sarah MacAulay | 36,947,388 | 98.53% | 552,452 | 1.47% | 20,801 | 38.31 |
9 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 37,459,100 | 99.85% | 55,064 | 0.15% | 6,477 | 38.33 |
10 | To approve the auditor's remuneration | 37,499,048 | 99.95% | 19,827 | 0.05% | 1,766 | 38.33 |
11 | To renew the authority to allot shares | 37,475,868 | 99.88% | 44,773 | 0.12% | 0 | 38.33 |
12* | To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 37,456,018 | 99.83% | 61,916 | 0.17% | 2,707 | 38.33 |
13* | To renew the authority to purchase own shares | 37,502,436 | 99.95% | 18,205 | 0.05% | 0 | 38.33 |
*Resolutions 12 and 13 were passed as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 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 5p each in issue is 97,882,659. The total number of voting rights is: 97,882,659.
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/satric.
Enquiries:
Benjamin Hanley
Schroder Investment Management Limited
020 7658 3847
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