Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities Plc - Result of AGM
PR Newswire
LONDON, United Kingdom, January 23
23 January 2025
BARINGS EMERGING EMEA OPPORTUNITIES PLC (the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting held on 23 January 2025
Following the Annual General Meeting held today, the Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a poll.
The poll votes received in relation to the resolutions were as follows:
Resolutions | For | % For | Against | % Against | Total | % Voting Capital Voted | Withheld |
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 6,972,496 | 99.92% | 5,888 | 0.08% | 6,978,384 | 59.15% | 2,635 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
6,965,306 |
99.83% |
11,639 |
0.17% |
6,976,945 |
59.14% | 4,074 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | |
99.83% |
11,639 |
0.17% |
6,976,633 |
59.14% | 4,386 |
4. To approve the final dividend |
|
99.99% |
959 |
0.01% |
6,973,991 |
59.12% | 7,028 |
5. To re-elect Frances Daley |
|
99.60% |
27,631 |
0.40% |
6,968,848 |
59.07% | 12,171 |
6. To re-elect Vivien Gould |
|
99.96% |
3,054 |
0.04% |
6,968,848 |
59.07% | 12,171 |
7. To re-elect Christopher Granville |
|
99.95% |
3,763 |
0.05% |
6,973,777 |
59.12% | 7,242 |
8. To elect Alastair Bruce |
|
99.95% |
3,763 |
0.05% |
6,968,848 |
59.07% | 12,171 |
9. To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor of the Company |
|
99.86% |
10,114 |
0.14% |
6,975,491 |
59.13% | 5,528 |
10. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine Auditor remuneration |
|
99.90% |
7,114 |
0.10% |
6,973,991 |
59.12% |
|
11. To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary shares |
6,959,969 |
99.77% |
15,951 |
0.23% |
6,975,920 |
59.13% |
5,099 |
12. To disapply pre-emption rights* |
|
99.09% |
63,752 |
0.91% |
6,970,991 |
59.09% | 10,028 |
13. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own Ordinary shares* |
|
99.83% |
11,983 |
0.17% |
6,980,420 |
59.17% | 599 |
14. To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice* |
|
99.76% |
16,470 |
0.24% |
6,977,420 |
59.15% | 3,599 |
* Special Resolutions
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
For further information, please contact:
MUFG Corporate Governance Limited +44 (0) 333 300 1932
Secretary
LEI: 213800HLE2UOSVAP2Y69
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
