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BARINGS EMERGING EMEA OPPORTUNITIES PLC (the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting held on 25 January 2024
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 poll votes received in relation to these resolutions were as follows:
| Resolutions | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Withheld | % of ISC voted |
| Resolution 1 | 6,398,505 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,175 | 42.33% |
| Resolution 2 | 6,394,499 | 99.97 | 2,106 | 0.03 | 3,075 | 42.32% |
| Resolution 3 | 6,398,846 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 834 | 42.33% |
| Resolution 4 | 6,396,093 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3,587 | 42.32% |
| Resolution 5 | 6,396,093 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3,587 | 42.32% |
| Resolution 6 | 6,396,093 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3,587 | 42.32% |
| Resolution 7 | 6,396,093 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3,587 | 42.32% |
| Resolution 8 | 6,396,093 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3,587 | 42.32% |
| Resolution 9 | 6,398,505 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,175 | 42.33% |
| Resolution 10 | 6,398,505 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,175 | 42.33% |
| Resolution 11 | 6,394,843 | 99.97 | 1,762 | 0.03 | 3,075 | 42.32% |
| Resolution 12 | 6,346,723 | 99.19 | 51,782 | 0.81 | 1,175 | 42.33% |
| Resolution 13 | 5,275,704 | 82.45 | 1,123,142 | 17.55 | 834 | 42.33% |
| Resolution 14 | 6,396,946 | 99.97 | 1,900 | 0.03 | 834 | 42.33% |
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
Notes:
(i) Resolutions 1 to 11 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
(ii) Resolutions 12 to 14 were special resolutions, requiring not less than 75% of shareholder votes to be 'for' the resolutions.
(iii) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total.
(iv) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.
For further information, please contact:
Link Company Matters Limited +44 (0) 333 300 1950
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
