21 January 2021
BARINGS EMERGING EMEA OPPORTUNITIES
PLC (the “Company”)
Result of Annual General Meeting held
on 21 January 2021
Following the Annual General Meeting held today, the Company is
pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were
passed on a poll, including the following resolutions:
Resolution 11 (ordinary resolution): To authorise the Directors
to allot shares pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006
(the “Act”).
Resolution 12 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors
to allot ordinary shares for cash pursuant to Sections 570 and 573
of the Act otherwise than in accordance with statutory pre-emption
rights and/or transfer treasury shares where such transfer is
treated as an allotment of shares under Section 560 of the Act free
of the restriction in Section 561 of the Act.
Resolution 13 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors
to make market purchases of the Company’s own shares.
Resolution 14 (special resolution): To hold general meetings
(other than annual general meetings) on 14 clear days’ notice.
The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:
| Resolutions |
Votes For |
Votes For (%) |
Votes Against |
Votes Against
(%) |
Votes Withheld |
Total issued share capital
instructed excluding withheld |
| Resolution 1 |
5,587,489 |
99.91% |
4,929 |
0.09% |
182 |
5,592,418 |
| Resolution 2 |
5,583,406 |
99.87% |
7,312 |
0.13% |
1,882 |
5,590,718 |
| Resolution 3 |
5,587,461 |
99.99% |
210 |
0.01% |
4,929 |
5,587,671 |
| Resolution 4 |
5,586,666 |
99.98% |
1,054 |
0.02% |
4,880 |
5,587,720 |
| Resolution 5 |
5,585,892 |
99.97% |
1,828 |
0.03% |
4,880 |
5,587,720 |
| Resolution 6 |
5,084,351 |
90.99% |
503,369 |
9.01% |
4,880 |
5,587,720 |
| Resolution 7 |
5,586,604 |
99.98% |
1,116 |
0.02% |
4,880 |
5,587,720 |
| Resolution 8 |
5,581,145 |
99.97% |
1,584 |
0.03% |
9,871 |
5,582,729 |
| Resolution 9 |
5,582,255 |
99.94% |
3,596 |
0.06% |
6,749 |
5,585,851 |
| Resolution 10 |
5,580,015 |
99.86% |
7,656 |
0.14% |
4,929 |
5,587,671 |
| Resolution 11 |
5,588,877 |
99.94% |
3,541 |
0.06% |
182 |
5,592,418 |
| Resolution 12 |
5,575,298 |
99.78% |
12,373 |
0.22% |
4,929 |
5,587,671 |
| Resolution 13 |
5,585,697 |
99.91% |
5,223 |
0.09% |
1,680 |
5,590,920 |
| Resolution 14 |
5,589,317 |
99.94% |
3,283 |
0.06% |
0 |
5,592,600 |
In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of the full text of
Resolutions 11 to 14 will be submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
As shareholders were unable to attend today's Annual General
Meeting, the presentation from the Company's Investment Manager,
Matthias Sillier of Baring Fund
Manager Limited, is available on the Company's website at
www.bemoplc.com.
For further information, please contact:
Link Company Matters
Limited
+44 (0)1392 477 571
Secretary
LEI: 213800HLE2UOSVAP2Y69
About Barings Emerging EMEA
Opportunities PLC
“Finding quality companies from
Emerging Europe, the Middle East
and Africa.”
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC (the “Company”) is a UK
based investment trust that was launched on 18 December 2002 and is managed by Baring Fund
Managers Limited.
On 13 November 2020, the Company
obtained shareholders’ approval to broaden its investment policy
and will focus on growth and income from quality companies in the
Emerging Europe, Middle East and
Africa ("EMEA") region. It also
changed its name from Baring Emerging Europe PLC to Barings
Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC on the same date.
For more information, please visit the Company’s website:
www.bemoplc.com