Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc Result of AGM (1248Z)

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Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

12 December 2017

Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

Results of Annual General Meeting on 12 December 2017

At today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions were passed by shareholders. The proxy votes received in respect of the Annual General Meeting are shown in the following table:

 
 Resolution                               Number         Number      Number 
                                         of Votes       of Votes     of Votes 
                                           For &         Against     Withheld 
                                       Discretionary 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 1. To receive the reports 
  of the Directors and auditor 
  and the audited financial 
  statements for the year 
  ended 31 August 2017                 127,377,175       41,500      19,518 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 2. To receive and adopt 
  the Directors' Remuneration 
  Report, excluding the 
  Directors' Remuneration 
  Policy, for the year ended 
  31 August 2017                       127,223,640      177,427      37,127 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 3. To approve the Directors' 
  Remuneration Policy                  127,188,523      184,913      64,757 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 4. To approve a final 
  dividend of 3.3p per Ordinary 
  share                                127,409,728        142        28,323 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 5. To re-elect Mr McKenzie 
  as a Director                         94,576,872     32,823,127    38,195 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 6. To re-elect Ms Langridge 
  as a Director                         94,604,859     32,796,067    37,268 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 7. To re-elect Mr Maynard 
  as a Director                         94,582,847     32,817,884    37,462 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 8. To re-elect Mr McLaren 
  as a Director                         94,531,803     32,825,789    80,601 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 9. To re-elect Mr Ricketts 
  as a Director                         94,625,022     32,768,851    44,320 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 10. To re-appoint KPMG 
  LLP as auditor of the 
  Company                              127,226,478      174,653      37,062 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 11. To authorise the Directors 
  to fix the remuneration 
  of the auditor for the 
  year to 31 August 2018               127,343,481       70,998      23,714 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 12. To authorise the Directors 
  to allot shares                      126,893,339      507,928      36,925 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 13. To approve the disapplication 
  of pre-emption rights                126,794,228      588,437      55,528 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 14. To authorise the Company 
  to purchase its own shares           126,895,526      487,830      54,837 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 15. To allow general meetings 
  to be held on not less 
  than 14 days' notice                 125,684,692     1,727,969     25,532 
-----------------------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------- 
 

The total number of votes cast was 127.4 million. Resolutions 1 - 12 were ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 13-15 were special resolutions.

The Board of Directors further notes the votes against Resolutions 5 to 9. These votes were cast primarily by one shareholder who the Board will continue to engage with.

A copy of the above proxy results has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM *. The document is also available for download from the Company's website, www.edinburghdragon.co.uk

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

For Edinburgh Dragon Trust plc

Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited, Secretary

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