Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC Result of AGM (1304H)

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RNS Number : 1304H

Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC

01 December 2020

Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC (the "Company")

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493000FBZP1J92OQY70

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

1 December 2020

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 1 December 2020, all resolutions proposed to the Meeting were passed on a show of hands.

In relation to Resolution 14 (authority to disapply pre-emption rights), 10.0 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital equates to 3,173,471 Ordinary shares as at today's date. In relation to Resolution 15 (authority to purchase shares for cancellation or treasury), 14.99 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital equates to 4,757,033 Ordinary shares as at today's date.

The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:

 
      Resolution         For          % For    Against   %          Discre-    Votes For        Total        Withheld 
                                                          Against    tionary    and              Votes 
                                                                                Discretionary 
      Report & 
      Financial 
 01   statements         17,504,975   99.99%   1,358     0.01%      1,088      17,506,063       17,507,421   3,134 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
      Remuneration 
 02    Report            17,440,574   99.85%   25,912    0.15%      1,088      17,441,662       17,467,574   42,981 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
      Remuneration 
 03    Policy            17,427,031   99.78%   37,646    0.22%      1,088      17,428,119       17,465,765   44,790 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 04   Final Dividend     17,508,268   99.99%   80        0.00%      1,088      17,509,356       17,509,436   1,120 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 05   Special Dividend   17,505,376   99.98%   2,972     0.02%      1,088      17,506,464       17,509,436   1,120 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 06   Mr N.K. Cayzer     9,858,904    94.64%   557,300   5.35%      1,088      9,859,992        10,417,292   7,093,262 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 08   Viscount Dunluce   17,439,814   99.77%   39,481    0.23%      1,088      17,440,902       17,480,383   30,172 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 09   Ms C. Black        17,456,322   99.86%   22,871    0.13%      1,088      17,457,410       17,480,281   30,274 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 10   Ms D. Guthrie      17,471,738   99.94%   9,693     0.06%      1,088      17,472,826       17,482,519   28,036 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
      Mr K. 
 11   Shanmuganathan     17,459,440   99.89%   17,300    0.10%      1,088      17,460,528       17,477,828   32,727 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 12   Appoint Auditors   17,461,366   99.83%   28,167    0.16%      1,088      17,462,454       17,490,621   19,233 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 13   Allot Shares       17,443,974   99.71%   50,388    0.29%      1,088      17,445,062       17,495,450   14,537 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
      Pre-emption 
 14    Rights            17,458,312   99.80%   34,321    0.20%      1,088      17,459,400       17,493,721   13,402 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
      Purchase Own 
 15    Shares            17,491,832   99.92%   13,064    0.07%      1,088      17,492,920       17,505,984   4,003 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
      Short Notice 
 16    GM's              17,460,172   99.83%   29,331    0.17%      1,088      17,461,260       17,490,591   19,964 
     -----------------  -----------  -------  --------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 

Note: *Resolution 7 was withdrawn further to the announcement on 27 November 2020.

PASSING OF RESOLUTIONS UNDER SPECIAL BUSINESS

A copy of the resolutions passed under special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism*.

*Neither the NSM website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the NSM website (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.

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1 December 2020

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