Alliance Trust PLC
Annual General Meeting
Alliance Trust PLC announces the results of voting on the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting, held earlier today in Dundee.
A summary of the votes cast in respect of the resolutions is set out below. Each of the resolutions was passed with the required majority.
| Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes against | % | Percentage of issued share capital voted | Votes withheld | |
| 1 | Report & Accounts | 86,507,073 | 99.21 | 686,977 | 0.79 | 26.32 | 331,145 |
| 2 | Directors’ remuneration report (excluding Remuneration Policy) | 84,272,718 | 97.67 | 2,013,189 | 2.33 | 26.05 | 1,227,970 |
| 3 | To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy | 84,114,726 | 97.49 | 2,163,748 | 2.51 | 26.05 | 1,270,000 |
| 4 | To approve a new limit for the Directors’ ordinary remuneration. | 82,920,427 | 95.53 | 3,876,796 | 4.47 | 26.21 | 699,657 |
| 5 | Re-election of Lord Smith of Kelvin | 78,064,424 | 89.75 | 8,920,181 | 10.25 | 26.26 | 543,750 |
| 6 | Re-election of Mr Anthony Brooke | 85,532,791 | 98.59 | 1,219,384 | 1.41 | 26.19 | 786,454 |
| 7 | Re-election of Mrs Clare Dobie | 85,727,593 | 98.73 | 1,101,474 | 1.27 | 26.21 | 706,562 |
| 8 | Re-election of Mr Christopher Samuel | 85,399,305 | 98.45 | 1,341,282 | 1.55 | 26.19 | 796,368 |
| 9 | Re-election of Mr Karl Sternberg | 83,144,920 | 96.52 | 2,996,042 | 3.48 | 26.01 | 1,398,993 |
| 10 | Re-election of Gregor Stewart | 85,787,248 | 98.82 | 1,026,977 | 1.18 | 26.21 | 734,573 |
| 11 | Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditor | 85,510,677 | 98.40 | 1,389,222 | 1.60 | 26.24 | 642,964 |
| 12 | Remuneration of the Auditor | 86,310,355 | 99.15 | 739,866 | 0.85 | 26.28 | 485,231 |
| 13 | To approve Investment Objective and Policy | 76,367,843 | 98.90 | 848,834 | 1.10 | 23.31 | 10,177,236 |
| 14 | Authority to purchase Company shares | 84,938,606 | 97.60 | 2,091,072 | 2.40 | 26.28 | 392,953 |
| 15 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 83,522,042 | 96.44 | 3,082,742 | 3.56 | 26.15 | 930,751 |
| 16 | Authority to hold meetings at 14 days notice | 83,325,540 | 95.70 | 3,739,857 | 4.30 | 26.29 | 371,988 |
NOTES
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of resolutions 14, 15 and 16, which were special resolutions, passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Alliance Trust PLC
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