Invesco Asia Trust plc
HEADLINE: Annual
General Meeting Results
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on
5 September 2019, shareholders
approved the following resolutions on a show of hands:
Ordinary Business
Ordinary Resolutions
1. To receive
and consider the Annual Financial Report for the year ended
30 April 2019;
2. To declare a
final dividend of 2.90p per ordinary share;
3. To approve
the Annual Statement and Report on Remuneration;
4. To re-elect
Owen Jonathan, a Director of the
Company;
5. To re-elect
Tom Maier, a Director of the
Company;
6. To re-elect
Fleur Meijs, a Director of the
Company;
7. To re-elect
Neil Rogan, a Director of the
Company;
8. To re-appoint
KPMG LLP as Auditor to the Company;
9. To authorise
the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the
auditor;
Special Business
Ordinary Resolution
10. To release the
Directors from their obligation to convene a General Meeting of the
Company in 2020 to propose a special resolution
to wind up the Company on a voluntary basis.
11. To authorise the
Directors to allot securities.
Special Resolutions
12. To authorise the
Directors to allot securities disapplying statutory pre-emption
rights.
13. To authorise the
Directors to buy back up to 14.99% of the Company’s issued ordinary
shares.
14. That the period of
notice required for general meetings of the Company (other than
AGMs) shall
be not less than 14 days.
A breakdown of the proxy votes registered is shown below.
| Resolution |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Withheld |
|
(including votes at
the discretion of the Chairman) |
|
|
Ordinary resolutions:
| 1. |
40,560,224 |
0 |
2,500 |
| 2. |
40,560,224 |
2,500 |
0 |
| 3. |
40,464,850 |
42,516 |
55,358 |
| 4. |
32,811,649 |
7,741,798 |
9,277 |
| 5. |
32,729,694 |
7,823,753 |
9,277 |
| 6. |
32,795,298 |
7,749,286 |
18,139 |
| 7. |
32,805,457 |
7,739,127 |
18,139 |
| 8. |
40,517,110 |
43,787 |
1,827 |
| 9. |
40,539,440 |
20,507 |
2,777 |
| 10. |
32,818,436 |
7,769,439 |
7,630 |
Special resolutions:
| 11. |
40,528,721 |
18,207 |
15,796 |
| 12. |
40,514,337 |
34,357 |
14,030 |
| 13. |
40,524,365 |
35,367 |
2,992 |
| 14. |
40,223,725 |
328,249 |
10,750 |
The Company has 74,999,881 ordinary shares of 10p each in
issue, of which 5,501,094 shares are held in Treasury. On a
poll these carry one vote per share and accordingly the total
voting rights are 69,498,787. The above tables represent the number
of votes registered. 58% of the Company’s issued share capital is
represented by the voting. The proxy votes lodged with the
Registrar will shortly be available via the Company’s website at:
www.invesco.co.uk/invescoasia
The proxy votes lodged with the Registrar will be available via
the Company’s website at:
www.invesco.co.uk/invescoasia
Invesco Asset Management Limited
Corporate Company Secretary
5 September 2019
LEI: 549300YM9USHRKIET173