Company Announcements

Legal Entity Identifier:   549300YM9USHRKIET173

 

Invesco Asia Trust plc

 

HEADLINE:     Annual General Meeting Results

 

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 12 September 2024, all resolutions were decided on a poll and were passed. The resolutions and results of the poll are set out below.

 

Ordinary Business

 

Ordinary Resolutions

 

1.   To receive and consider the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 April 2024.

2.   To approve Company’s Dividend Payment Policy.

3.   To approve the Annual Statement and Report on Remuneration.

4.   To re-elect Neil Rogan as a Director of the Company.

5.   To re-elect Vanessa Donegan as a Director of the Company.

6.   To re-elect Myriam Madden as a Director of the Company.

7.   To re-elect Sonya Rogerson as a Director of the Company.

8.   To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor to the Company.

9.   To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

 

Special Business

 

Ordinary Resolution

 

10. To authorise the Directors to allot securities.

 

Special Resolutions

 

11. To authorise the Directors to allot securities disapplying statutory pre-emption rights.

12.   To authorise the Directors to buy back up to 14.99% of the Company’s issued ordinary shares.

13.   That the period of notice required for general meetings of the Company (other than AGMs) shall be not less than 14 days.

 

           Votes For (including votes
Resolution at the discretion of the   %      Votes Against %    Votes Withheld
           Chairman)

Ordinary Resolutions

1          39,697,832                 100.00 0             0.00 3,227

2          39,691,129                 99.98  9,480         0.02 450

3          39,625,535                 99.85  58,807        0.15 16,717

4          39,659,350                 99.93  28,410        0.07 13,299

5          39,674,578                 99.95  18,687        0.05 7,794

6          39,666,801                 99.94  23,687        0.06 10,571

7          39,668,778                 99.94  24,487        0.06 7,794

8          39,640,595                 99.87  49,893        0.13 10,571

9          39,660,525                 99.91  37,199        0.09 3,335

10         39,648,067                 99.89  43,347        0.11 9,645

Special Resolutions

11         39,611,881                 99.84  65,210        0.16 23,968

12         38,650,573                 97.36  1,050,036     2.64 450

13         39,644,104                 99.86  54,188        0.14 2,767

 

The Company has 74,999,881 ordinary shares of 10p each in issue, of which 9,746,594 shares are held in Treasury.   These carry one vote per share and accordingly the total voting rights are 65,253,287. The above tables represent the number of votes registered. 61% of the Company’s issued share capital is represented by the voting. The poll votes lodged with the Registrar will shortly be available via the Company’s website at: www.invesco.co.uk/invescoasia

 

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R, copies of the resolutions that were passed at the   annual   general meeting, which do not constitute ordinary business will shortly be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism:

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

 

Company Secretary
Invesco Asset Management Limited
 

12 September 2024