Aberdeen New Dawn Invest Trust PLC AGM Statement (5844I)

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RNS Number : 5844I

Aberdeen New Dawn Invest Trust PLC

31 August 2016

ABERDEEN NEW DAWN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

RESULT OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

At the Annual General Meeting of Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC held on 31 August 2016, all resolutions were passed by shareholders.

The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:

 
        Resolution              Number         % of     Number         %         Total Votes 
           Name                 of Votes       Votes    of Votes    of Votes    Cast (Including 
                               For (incl        For     Against     Against        Withheld) 
                             discretionary) 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 1. Receive Annual 
  Report and Accounts         53,443,731      99.99%     4,800       0.01%        53,512,580 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 2. Receive and 
  Adopt Directors' 
  Remuneration 
  Report                      53,123,457      99.51%    261,615      0.49%        53,512,580 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 3. Approve Final 
  Dividend                    53,446,048      99.96%    19,804       0.04%        53,512,580 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 4. Re-elect 
  David Shearer               53,282,141      99.76%    128,767      0.24%        53,512,579 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 5. Re-elect 
  John Lorimer                53,257,286      99.69%    164,800      0.31%        53,512,580 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 6. Re-elect 
  Hugh Young                  46,565,045      87.19%   6,842,083    12.81%        53,512,579 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 7. Elect Marion 
  Sears                       53,287,242      99.74%    137,943      0.26%        53,512,580 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 8. Re-appoint 
  KPMG LLP as 
  Auditor                     53,276,871      99.78%    116,573      0.22%        53,512,579 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 9. Authorise 
  the Directors 
  to Determine 
  Auditor's Remuneration      53,370,764      99.86%    73,179       0.14%        53,512,580 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 10. Authorise 
  the Directors 
  to Allot Shares             53,301,434      99.76%    130,599      0.24%        53,512,580 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 11. Approve 
  Disapplication 
  of Pre Emption 
  Rights                      53,273,310      99.71%    152,813      0.29%        53,512,580 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 12. Authorise 
  the Company 
  to Purchase 
  its Own Shares              53,316,531      99.73%    146,045      0.27%        53,512,580 
-------------------------  ----------------  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Meeting set out in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 April 2016, copies of which are available on the Company's website, www.newdawn-trust.co.uk*. The Annual Report has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and is available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm*.

Enquiries:

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Secretary

Tel. [phone]

*Neither the Company's website nor the NSM website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other websites) are (or are deemed to be) incorporated into, or form (or are deemed to form) part of this announcement.

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