BARINGS
EMERGING EMEA OPPORTUNITIES PLC (the "Company")
Result
of Annual General Meeting held on 25 January
2024
Following
the Annual General Meeting held today, the Company is pleased to
announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a
poll, including the following resolutions:
Resolution
11 (ordinary resolution): To authorise the Directors to allot
shares pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the
"Act").
Resolution
12 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to allot
ordinary shares for cash pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the
Act otherwise than in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights
and/or transfer treasury shares where such transfer is treated as
an allotment of shares under Section 560 of the Act free of the
restriction in Section 561 of the Act.
Resolution
13 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to make market
purchases of the Company's own shares.
Resolution
14 (special resolution): To hold general meetings (other than
annual general meetings) on 14 clear days' notice.
The poll
votes received in relation to these resolutions were as
follows:
Resolutions
|
Votes
For
|
%
|
Votes
Against
|
%
|
Votes
Withheld
|
%
of ISC voted
|
Resolution
1
|
6,398,505
|
100.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
1,175
|
42.33%
|
Resolution
2
|
6,394,499
|
99.97
|
2,106
|
0.03
|
3,075
|
42.32%
|
Resolution
3
|
6,398,846
|
100.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
834
|
42.33%
|
Resolution
4
|
6,396,093
|
100.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
3,587
|
42.32%
|
Resolution
5
|
6,396,093
|
100.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
3,587
|
42.32%
|
Resolution
6
|
6,396,093
|
100.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
3,587
|
42.32%
|
Resolution
7
|
6,396,093
|
100.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
3,587
|
42.32%
|
Resolution
8
|
6,396,093
|
100.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
3,587
|
42.32%
|
Resolution
9
|
6,398,505
|
100.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
1,175
|
42.33%
|
Resolution
10
|
6,398,505
|
100.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
1,175
|
42.33%
|
Resolution
11
|
6,394,843
|
99.97
|
1,762
|
0.03
|
3,075
|
42.32%
|
Resolution
12
|
6,346,723
|
99.19
|
51,782
|
0.81
|
1,175
|
42.33%
|
Resolution
13
|
5,275,704
|
82.45
|
1,123,142
|
17.55
|
834
|
42.33%
|
Resolution
14
|
6,396,946
|
99.97
|
1,900
|
0.03
|
834
|
42.33%
|
In
accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of the full text of
Resolutions 11 to 14 will be submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Notes:
(i)
Resolutions
1 to 11 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of
shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
(ii) Resolutions
12 to 14 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of
shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
(iii) Any
proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been
included in the 'for' total.
(iv) A
'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a
resolution.
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further information, please contact:
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About Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities
PLC
"Finding
quality companies from Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa."
Barings
Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC (the "Company") is a UK based
investment trust that was launched on 18
December 2002 and is managed by Baring Fund Managers
Limited.
On
13 November 2020, the Company
obtained shareholders' approval to broaden its investment policy
and will focus on growth and income from quality companies in the
Emerging Europe, Middle East and
Africa ("EMEA") region. It also
changed its name from Baring Emerging Europe PLC to Barings
Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC on the same date.
For more
information, please visit the Company's website:
www.bemoplc.com