Alliance Trust PLC : Result of AGM


Alliance Trust PLC

Annual General Meeting

Alliance Trust PLC announces the results of voting on the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting, held earlier today in Dundee. 

A summary of the votes cast in respect of the resolutions is set out below. Each of the resolutions was passed with the required majority.

  Resolution Votes for % Votes against % Percentage of
issued share
capital voted
Votes withheld
1 Report & Accounts 94,139,176 99.10 859,114 0.90 26.33% 249,771
2 Directors' remuneration report (excluding remuneration policy) 90,720,751 96.92 2,879,764 3.08 25.94% 1,694,498
3 Re-election of Lord Smith of Kelvin 93,271,801 98.31 1,599,039 1.69 26.29% 426,717
4 Re-election of  Mr Anthony Brooke 92,964,783 98.31 1,598,543 1.69 26.21% 699,163
5 Election of  Mrs Clare Dobie 93,350,636 98.62 1,301,772 1.38 26.23% 511,156
6 Re-election of  Mr Christopher Samuel 93,031,968 98.47 1,443,867 1.53 26.18% 718,247
7 Re-election of  Mr Karl Sternberg 93,078,750 98.39 1,526,717 1.61 26.22% 690,190
8 Re-election of Gregor Stewart 93,386,730 98.47 1,446,940 1.53 26.28% 633,734
9 Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditor 93,266,125 98.68 1,246,354 1.32 26.19% 773,739
10 Remuneration of the Auditor 93,849,462 99.15 802,340 0.85 26.23% 541,648
11 Authority to purchase Company shares 92,592,001 97.58 2,294,148 2.42 26.30% 384,662
12 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights 91,092,713 96.61 3,191,967 3.39 26.13% 964,940
13 Authority to hold meetings at 14 days notice 90,308,347 95.21 4,542,819 4.79 26.29% 431,778

NOTES

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of resolutions 11,12 and 13, which were special resolutions, passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

George Renouf
Alliance Trust PLC
Telephone: 01382 321000