Result of EGM

RNS Number:0991R
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
20 October 2003

20 October 2003



This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in or into or
from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Japan.





                 Recommended Offer by Ernst & Young LLP on behalf of

                          Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

                     for Edinburgh Fund Managers Group plc


                Result of Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM")


Aberdeen Asset Management PLC ("Aberdeen" or "the Company") refers to the
announcement made on 5 September 2003 of an offer (the "Offer") by Ernst & Young
LLP on behalf of Aberdeen for the whole of the issued and to be issued ordinary
share capital of Edinburgh Fund Managers Group plc ("Edinburgh").  The Offer
Document, Circular to Aberdeen Shareholders (which contained a notice of an
EGM), Listing Particulars and Form of Acceptance relating to the Offer were
issued on 3 October 2003.


The board of Aberdeen announces that at the EGM of the Company held at 11.00
a.m. today, the resolution, to inter alia, approve the Offer and the Disposal
was duly passed.


The Offer, which is recommended by the board of Edinburgh, is initially open for
acceptance until 3.00 p.m. (London Time) on 24 October 2003.


Save where the context otherwise requires, terms defined in the Offer Document
and in the Circular and Listing Particulars dated 3 October 2003 have the same
respective meanings in this announcement.


Enquiries:

Aberdeen              Martin Gilbert    Tel: [phone]



Ernst & Young         Howard Myles      Tel: [phone]

            John Stephan


Gavin Anderson        Neil Bennett      Tel: [phone]

            Mark Lunn



Ernst & Young LLP has approved the contents of this announcement solely for the
purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. This
announcement does not constitute an offer or an invitation to purchase any
securities.  Any such offer will only be made pursuant to the Offer Document and
the Form of Acceptance.



The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by the use
of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without
limitation, the post, electronic mail or any electronic publication or
advertisement, facsimile transmission, telex and telephone) of interstate or
foreign commerce of, or any facility of a national securities exchange of, the
United States, nor is it being made in Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Japan
and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means,
instrumentality or facilities, or from within the United States, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand or Japan.  Accordingly, neither this announcement nor the
Offer Document nor the Form of Acceptance (or any related offering
documentation) is being, or may be, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed
or sent in or into or from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or
Japan for the purposes of the Offer and persons receiving this announcement, the
Offer Document or the Form of Acceptance (or any related offering documentation)
including custodians, nominees and trustees, must not mail or otherwise forward,
distribute or send them in or into or from the United States, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand or Japan for the purposes of the Offer as doing so may render
invalid any purported acceptance of the Offer.



The full terms and conditions of the Offer (including details of how the Offer
may be accepted) are set out in the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance
accompanying the Offer Document. Edinburgh Shareholders who accept the Offer may
only rely on the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance setting out the full
terms and conditions of the Offer and the related Listing Particulars.  In
deciding whether or not to accept the Offer in respect of their Edinburgh
Shares, Edinburgh Shareholders should rely on the information contained, and
procedures described, in the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance and the
information contained in the Listing Particulars.



Ernst & Young LLP, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial
Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Aberdeen and no one else in
connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than
Aberdeen for providing the protections afforded to clients of Ernst & Young LLP
nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer, the contents of this
announcement, the Offer Document, the Form of Acceptance or any related offering
documentation or any transaction or arrangement referred to therein.



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