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Ashmore Group PLC
06 November 2024
 

Ashmore Group plc (the "Company")

6 November 2024

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ("AGM")

 

The Board of Ashmore Group plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held earlier today all resolutions were duly passed on a poll. All of the resolutions are accordingly declared as carried.

 

The results of the poll on each resolution were as follows:

 



FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN*

TOTAL VOTE

 

 

% of total votes in favour

 

Resolution

 

No. of Votes

 

No. of Votes

 

No. of Votes

 

 

1

To receive and adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024

566,645,600

6,959

2,002,774

566,652,559

100.00

2

To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2024 of 12.1 pence per Ordinary Share

567,223,644

1,431,257

432

568,654,901

99.75

3

To re-elect Mark Coombs as a Director

567,050,360

1,583,838

21,135

568,634,198

99.72

4

To re-elect Tom Shippey as a Director

568,463,976

170,118

21,239

568,634,094

99.97

5

To re-elect Clive Adamson as a Director

561,981,612

6,620,497

53,222

568,602,109

98.84

6

To re-elect Jennifer Bingham as a Director

544,239,941

24,395,289

20,101

568,635,230

95.71

7

To re-elect Thuy Dam as a Director

566,309,952

2,326,964

18,415

568,636,916

99.59

8

To re-elect Shirley Garrood as a Director

566,309,024

2,326,205

20,101

568,635,229

99.59

9

To approve the remuneration report for the year ended 30 June 2024

494,113,276

22,522,897

52,019,160

516,636,173

95.64

10

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors

566,858,516

1,783,664

13,153

568,642,180

99.69

11

To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors

568,603,225

22,431

29,677

568,625,656

100.00

12

To authorise political donations and political expenditure

546,755,266

21,881,194

14,373

568,636,460

96.15

13

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

544,511,075

24,130,735

13,523

568,641,810

95.76

14

To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights up to 35,637,040 shares**

547,842,856

20,798,826

13,651

568,641,682

96.34

15

To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights up to a further 35,637,040 shares**

546,084,088

22,558,525

12,720

568,642,613

96.03

16

To authorise market purchases of shares**

566,787,101

1,802,303

65,929

568,589,404

99.68

17

To reduce the notice period for general meetings other than an annual general meeting**

565,480,052

3,167,740

7,541

568,647,792

99.44

 

* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

 

** Indicates Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority.

 

Ashmore Group plc's Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is 549300U3L59WB4YI2X12.

 

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of resolutions concerning special business passed at the AGM today have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's national storage mechanism. This document will shortly be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Ashmore Group plc

Paul Measday

Investor Relations

+44 (0)20 3077 6278

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