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Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
06 July 2015
 



 

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Results of General Meeting

Aberdeen announced on 15 June 2015 the proposed issue of 200,000,000 non-voting, perpetual, non-cumulative, redeemable preference shares 2015 (the "2015 Non-Voting Preference Shares") to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (the "Issuance").

Aberdeen is pleased to announce that, at a general meeting of its shareholders held at 4pm, each of the ordinary resolutions put to the meeting in connection with the Issuance was passed by the necessary majority on a poll vote. The poll results are set out below:

Resolutions

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Votes Withheld

1. To issue a class of preference shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company.

950,866,170

98.93%

10,283,652

1.07%

49,347,433

2. To authorise the consolidation and division of share capital and/or sub-division of shares.

953,076,912

99.16%

8,040,156

0.84%

49,380,187


The passing of the resolutions will enable Aberdeen to proceed with the Issuance as described in the circular published on 15 June 2015, subject to satisfaction of the remaining conditions to the Issuance set out therein.

A copy of the resolutions passed at the general meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm. The voting figures will also shortly be available on Aberdeen's website: www.aberdeen-asset.com/aam.nsf/investorrelations/home

For further information, contact:

Maitland                                                         0207 379 5151
Neil Bennett
Tom Eckersley


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