31 January
2024
Schroder
AsiaPacific Fund plc
Results
of Annual General Meeting
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc ("the
Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting held today,
all 15 resolutions were duly passed on a poll.
The full text of the resolutions can
be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in the
Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2023,
available on the Company's website at
http://www.schroders.co.uk/asiapacific
As set out in the Company's Annual
Report for the year ended 30 September 2023, Mr Craig retired from
the Board immediately following the Annual General
Meeting.
The proxy votes received in respect
of the resolutions are set out below:
|
|
Resolution
|
Votes For (including
discretionary)
|
%
|
Votes
Against
|
%
|
Votes total
|
% of Voting
Rights
|
Votes
Withheld
|
|
1
|
To receive the Annual Report and
Accounts
|
90,882,285
|
99.99%
|
8,914
|
0.01%
|
90,891,199
|
59.40
|
15,734
|
|
2
|
To approve the final
dividend
|
90,877,641
|
99.99%
|
11,314
|
0.01%
|
90,888,955
|
59.40
|
17,978
|
|
3
|
To approve the Remuneration
Report
|
90,742,593
|
99.88%
|
113,286
|
0.12%
|
90,855,879
|
59.38
|
51,054
|
|
4
|
To approve the
Remuneration
Policy
|
90,711,614
|
99.85%
|
140,003
|
0.15%
|
90,851,617
|
59.37
|
55,316
|
|
5
|
To elect Rupert Hogg
|
90,800,550
|
99.93%
|
60,615
|
0.07%
|
90,861,165
|
59.38
|
45,768
|
|
6
|
To re-elect Julia Goh
|
90,787,163
|
99.92%
|
69,722
|
0.08%
|
90,856,885
|
59.38
|
50,048
|
|
7
|
To re-elect Vivien Gould
|
87,960,974
|
96.81%
|
2,895,911
|
3.19%
|
90,856,885
|
59.38
|
50,048
|
|
8
|
To re-elect Martin Porter
|
90,806,542
|
99.94%
|
57,143
|
0.06%
|
90,863,685
|
59.38
|
43,248
|
|
9
|
To re-elect James Williams
|
90,764,685
|
99.92%
|
74,630
|
0.08%
|
90,839,315
|
59.37
|
67,618
|
|
10
|
To re-appoint Ernst & Young
LLP as auditor
|
90,745,054
|
99.88%
|
106,279
|
0.12%
|
90,851,333
|
59.37
|
55,600
|
|
11
|
To approve the auditor's
remuneration
|
90,830,196
|
99.97%
|
27,982
|
0.03%
|
90,858,178
|
59.38
|
48,755
|
|
12
|
To renew the authority to allot
shares
|
90,786,106
|
99.91%
|
83,942
|
0.09%
|
90,870,048
|
59.39
|
36,885
|
|
13*
|
To approve the disapplication of
pre-emption rights
|
90,659,037
|
99.80%
|
183,516
|
0.20%
|
90,842,553
|
59.37
|
64,380
|
|
14*
|
To renew the authority to purchase
own shares
|
90,816,005
|
99.92%
|
70,022
|
0.08%
|
90,886,027
|
59.40
|
20,906
|
|
15*
|
To approve a general
meeting, other than an Annual General
Meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days'
notice*
|
90,643,880
|
99.75%
|
222,897
|
0.25%
|
90,866,777
|
59.38
|
40,156
|
*Resolutions 13,14 and 15 were passed
as special resolutions. Copies of resolutions 12, 13, 14 and 15
will be filed at Companies House.
In accordance with Listing Rule
9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business will
shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and
available for inspection at National
Storage Mechanism | FCA.
The proxy votes lodged with the
Registrar will shortly be available via the Company's website
at: http://www.schroders.co.uk/asiapacific
The total number of ordinary shares
of 10 pence each in issue at the date of this announcement is
152,838,216. The total number of ordinary shares with voting
rights, at the date of this announcement, is
152,838,216.
Shareholders are entitled to one vote
per share. Votes withheld are not a vote in law and are therefore
not counted in the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast
for and against a resolution. Where shareholders appointed the
Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes
were cast in favour of the resolutions and their shares have been
included in the "votes for" column.
Enquiries:
Kerry Higgins
Schroder Investment Management
Limited
0207 6586189