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Ashmore Group PLC
15 October 2021
Ashmore Group plc (the "Company")
15 October 2021
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board of Ashmore Group plc (the "Board") is pleased to
announce that at the AGM of the Company held earlier today all
resolutions were duly passed on a poll. All of the resolutions are
accordingly declared as carried. Resolutions 5, 6, 7 and 8,
relating to the re-election of Independent Non-Executive Directors,
are carried by a majority of votes cast by both Independent
Shareholders as well as by a majority of votes cast by all
shareholders.
The results of the poll on each resolution were as follows:
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN* TOTAL VOTE
Resolution Number No. of Votes No. of Votes No. of Votes % age of total votes in
favour
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To receive and adopt the
Report and Accounts for
the year ended 30 June
1 2021 613,189,969 773,132 1,527,091 613,963,101 99.87
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2 To declare a final 614,489,092 999,132 1,968 615,488,224 99.84
dividend for the year
ended 30 June 2021 of 12.1
pence per Ordinary Share
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To re-elect Mark Coombs as
3 a Director 612,940,079 2,545,695 4,418 615,485,774 99.59
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To re-elect Tom Shippey as
4 a Director 612,946,373 2,540,401 3,418 615,486,774 99.59
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5 To re-elect Clive Adamson 597,771,811 17,716,413 1,968 615,488,224 97.12
as a Director (all
shareholders)
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5 To re-elect Clive Adamson 376,402,922 17,716,413 1,968 394,119,335 95.50
as a Director (independent
shareholders)
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6 To re-elect David Bennett 589,956,127 21,214,164 4,319,901 611,170,291 96.53
as a Director (all
shareholders)
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6 To re-elect David Bennett 368,587,238 21,214,164 4,319,901 389,801,402 94.56
as a Director (independent
shareholders)
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7 To re-elect Jennifer 588,906,997 26,581,227 1,968 615,488,224 95.68
Bingham as a Director (all
shareholders)
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7 To re-elect Jennifer 367,538,108 26,581,227 1,968 394,119,335 93.26
Bingham as a Director
(independent shareholders)
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8 To elect Helen Beck as a 615,439,291 48,356 2,545 615,487,647 99.99
Director (all
shareholders)
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8 To elect Helen Beck as a 394,070,402 48,356 2,545 394,118,758 99.99
Director (independent
shareholders)
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9 To approve the 464,123,556 114,108,503 37,258,133 578,232,059 80.27
Remuneration Report for
the year ended 30 June
2021
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To re-appoint KPMG LLP as
10 auditors 525,079,487 90,403,598 7,107 615,483,085 85.31
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11 To authorise the Audit and 611,139,717 4,345,498 4,977 615,485,215 99.29
Risk Committee to agree
the remuneration of the
auditors
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12 To authorise political 602,525,151 12,952,573 12,468 615,477,724 97.90
donations and political
expenditure
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13 To authorise the Directors 612,044,872 3,443,352 1,968 615,488,224 99.44
to allot shares
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14 To authorise the 615,411,305 70,919 7,968 615,482,224 99.99
dis-application of
pre-emption rights up to
35,637,040 shares**
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15 To authorise the 603,829,709 11,652,515 7,968 615,482,224 98.11
dis-application of
pre-emption rights up to a
further 35,637,040
shares**
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16 To authorise market 613,266,834 2,144,993 78,365 615,411,827 99.65
purchases of shares**
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17 To approve the renewal of 366,106,679 14,724,433 13,290,191 380,831,112 96.13
the waiver of the
obligation under Rule 9 of
the Takeover Code ***
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18 To reduce the notice 607,045,213 8,442,747 2,232 615,487,960 98.63
period for general
meetings other than an
Annual General Meeting**
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* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a
resolution.
** Indicates Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority
*** Mark Coombs has not voted on Resolution 17 as an interested party
Ashmore Group PLC's Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is
549300U3L59WB4YI2X12
In accordance with LR 9.6.2R, copies of resolutions concerning
special business passed at the Annual General Meeting today, have
been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's national
storage mechanism. This document will shortly be available to view
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
For further details, please contact:
Alexandra Autrey
Group Company Secretary
Ashmore Group plc
61 Aldwych
London WC2B 4AE
(T) +44 (0)20 3077 6142
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