Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities Plc - Result of AGM

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities Plc - Result of AGM

PR Newswire

LONDON, United Kingdom, January 23

23 January 2025

 

BARINGS EMERGING EMEA OPPORTUNITIES PLC (the “Company”)

 

Result of Annual General Meeting held on 23 January 2025

 

Following the Annual General Meeting held today, the Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a poll.

 

The poll votes received in relation to the resolutions were as follows:

 

Resolutions	For	% For	Against	% Against	Total	% Voting Capital Voted	Withheld
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts	6,972,496	99.92%	5,888	0.08%	6,978,384	59.15%	2,635
2. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report	6,965,306	99.83%	11,639	0.17%	6,976,945	59.14%	4,074
3. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy	6,964,994	99.83%	11,639	0.17%	6,976,633	59.14%	4,386
4. To approve the final dividend	6,973,032	99.99%	959	0.01%	6,973,991	59.12%	7,028
5. To re-elect Frances Daley	6,941,217	99.60%	27,631	0.40%	6,968,848	59.07%	12,171
6.  To re-elect Vivien Gould	6,965,794	99.96%	3,054	0.04%	6,968,848	59.07%	12,171
7. To re-elect Christopher Granville	6,970,014	99.95%	3,763	0.05%	6,973,777	59.12%	7,242
8. To elect Alastair Bruce	6,965,085	99.95%	3,763	0.05%	6,968,848	59.07%	12,171
9. To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor of the Company	6,965,377	99.86%	10,114	0.14%	6,975,491	59.13%	5,528
10. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine Auditor remuneration	6,966,877	99.90%	7,114	0.10%	6,973,991	59.12%	7,028
11. To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary shares	6,959,969	99.77%	15,951	0.23%	6,975,920	59.13%	5,099
12. To disapply pre-emption rights*	6,907,239	99.09%	63,752	0.91%	6,970,991	59.09%	10,028
13. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own Ordinary shares*	6,968,437	99.83%	11,983	0.17%	6,980,420	59.17%	599
14. To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on not less than 14 days’ notice*	6,960,950	99.76%	16,470	0.24%	6,977,420	59.15%	3,599

 

* Special Resolutions

 

In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of the full text of Resolutions 11 to 14 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

For further information, please contact:

MUFG Corporate Governance Limited   [phone]

Secretary

 

LEI: 213800HLE2UOSVAP2Y69

 

About Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC

“Finding quality companies from Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa.”

 

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC (the “Company”) is a UK based investment trust that was launched on 18 December 2002 and is managed by Baring Fund Managers Limited.

 

On 13 November 2020, the Company obtained shareholders’ approval to broaden its investment policy and will focus on growth and income from quality companies in the Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA") region. It also changed its name from Baring Emerging Europe PLC to Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC on the same date.

 

For more information, please visit the Company’s website: www.bemoplc.com

 

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