Barings Emerging EMEA Result of AGM

 
TIDMBEMO 
 
26 January 2023 
 
BARINGS EMERGING EMEA OPPORTUNITIES PLC (the "Company") 
 
Result of Annual General Meeting held on 26 January 2023 
 
Following the Annual General Meeting held today, the Company is pleased to 
announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a poll, 
including the following resolutions: 
 
Resolution 11 (ordinary resolution): To authorise the Directors to allot shares 
pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"). 
 
Resolution 12 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to allot 
ordinary shares for cash pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Act otherwise 
than in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights and/or transfer treasury 
shares where such transfer is treated as an allotment of shares under Section 
560 of the Act free of the restriction in Section 561 of the Act. 
 
Resolution 13 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to make market 
purchases of the Company's own shares. 
 
Resolution 14 (special resolution): To hold general meetings (other than annual 
general meetings) on 14 clear days' notice. 
 
The poll votes received in relation to these resolutions were as follows: 
 
Resolutions     Votes For     %       Votes Against  %      Votes      % of ISC voted 
                                                            Withheld 
 
Resolution 1        6,208,236   99.99 454            0.01   0                   40.73% 
 
Resolution 2        6,197,615   99.89 6,892          0.11   4,183               40.70% 
 
Resolution 3        6,207,036   99.99 454            0.01   1,200               40.72% 
 
Resolution 4        6,205,144   99.99 513            0.01   3,033               40.71% 
 
Resolution 5        6,205,144   99.99 513            0.01   3,033               40.71% 
 
Resolution 6        5,663,369   91.26 542,288        8.74   3,033               40.71% 
 
Resolution 7        6,204,921   99.99 736            0.01   3,033               40.71% 
 
Resolution 8        5,663,592   91.26 542,065        8.74   3,033               40.71% 
 
Resolution 9        6,206,911   99.99 454            0.01   1,325               40.72% 
 
Resolution 10       6,206,228   99.99 504            0.01   1,958               40.71% 
 
Resolution 11       6,203,230   99.91 5,460          0.09   0                   40.73% 
 
Resolution 12       6,157,388   99.20 49,419         0.80   1,883               40.71% 
 
Resolution 13       5,082,094   81.85 1,126,596      18.15  0                   40.73% 
 
Resolution 14       6,208,236   99.99 454            0.01   0                   40.73% 
 
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 
 
Notes: 
 
(i)  Resolutions 1 to 11 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of 
shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions. 
 
(ii)  Resolutions 12 to 14 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 
75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions. 
 
(iii)  Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been 
included in the 'for' total. 
 
(iv)  A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the 
calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution. 
 
 
For further information, please contact: 
 
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Secretary 
 
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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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