The following amendment has been made to the 'GM Statement' announcement released on 13 December 2017 at 15:58 under RNS No 2771Z.

The original announcement contained an incorrect hyperlink for the Company's website.

All other details remain unchanged.

The full announcement is shown below.

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC

Legal Entity Identifier: X5XCIPCJQCSUF8H1FU83

13 December 2017

Result of General Meeting

Following the General Meeting of the Company, which was held earlier today, the Board is pleased to announce that the resolution in connection with the disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights on the issue of further shares as set out in the Notice of General Meeting was duly passed.

Details of the number of proxy votes cast for, against and withheld in respect of the resolution will be published on the Company's website, www.shinnippon.co.uk.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the special resolution passed at the General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Company Secretaries

13 December 2017

Regulated Information Classification: Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a Member State of the European Union.