Utilico Emerging Markets Trust PLC Result of AGM (7634Z)

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RNS Number : 7634Z

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust PLC

22 September 2020

22 September 2020

UTILICO EMERGING MARKETS TRUST PLC

(LEI Number: 2138005TJMCWR2394O39)

Result of Annual General Meeting

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust plc (the "Company") held its 2020 Annual General Meeting of shareholders earlier today. A copy of the Notice of Meeting is available at www.uemtrust.co.uk .

All resolutions proposed at the meeting were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 11 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 12 to 14 were proposed as special resolutions.

The results of the poll were as follows:

 
 Resolution                  Votes for/        %        Votes      %   Total votes       Votes 
                          discretionary               against                 cast    withheld 
 Ordinary Resolutions 
---------------------------------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 1. To receive 
  Company's Accounts 
  and the Reports 
  of the Directors 
  and Auditor               134,659,943   100.00           93   0.00   134,660,036       9,559 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 2. To approve 
  the Directors' 
  Remuneration 
  Report                    134,491,148    99.92      111,014   0.08   134,602,162      67,433 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 3. To approve 
  the Company's 
  dividend policy           134,652,133    99.99       10,000   0.01   134,662,133       7,462 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 4. To elect 
  Mr Stobart                134,607,283    99.98       23,736   0.02   134,631,019      38,575 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 5. To re-elect 
  Mr Rennocks.              134,619,550    99.99       14,146   0.01   134,633,696      35,899 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 6. To re-elect 
  Mr Milne                  134,609,959    99.98       23,736   0.02   134,633,695      35,899 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 7. To re-elect 
  Ms Hansen                 127,986,065    95.06    6,651,208   4.94   134,637,273      32,321 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 8. To re-elect 
  Mr Muh                    122,982,952    91.35   11,649,623   8.65   134,632,575      37,020 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 9. To re-appoint 
  KPMG LLP as 
  auditor of 
  the Company               134,365,025    99.80      262,659   0.20   134,627,684      41,911 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 10. To authorise 
  the Audit & 
  Risk Committee 
  to determine 
  the auditor's 
  remuneration              134,441,261    99.85      205,766   0.15   134,647,027      22,568 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 11. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to allot securities       134,636,813   100.00        6,639   0.00   134,643,452      26,143 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 Special Resolutions 
---------------------------------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 12. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights                    134,580,481    99.96       52,936   0.04   134,633,417      36,178 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 13. To authorise 
  the Company 
  purchase its 
  own shares                134,419,285    99.82      246,980   0.18   134,666,265       3,329 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 14. To adopt 
  revised Articles 
  of Association            134,540,710    99.96       47,185   0.04   134,587,895      81,700 
                        ---------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------- 
 

A copy of the full text of the resolutions (other than those resolutions comprising ordinary business) will shortly be made available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at http://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

   ICM Investment Management Limited                                 [phone] 

Charles Jillings / Alastair Moreton

Montfort Communications

   Gay Collins, Pippa Bailey                                                       [phone] 

[e-mail]

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