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12TH NOVEMBER '09
Result of AGM
Blue Planet Worldwide Financials Investment Trust plc
Company Number: SC177928
Thursday 12th November 2009
Results of Annual General Meeting
Blue Planet Worldwide Financials Investment Trust plc advises that all the
resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held today were unanimously
passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 9 and 10 were passed as Special
Resolutions and are reported in accordance with the Listing Rule 9.6.18.
The following proxy votes were cast (combined Chairman and third party):
In Favour % Chairman's % Against %
Votes Cast Discretion Votes
Votes Cast Cast
Ordinary Resolutions
1 To receive the 2,679,284 97.48 63,367 2.31 5,700 0.21
accounts together with
auditors' and
directors' report
2 To declare a final 2,684,109 97.38 63,367 2.3 8,875 0.32
dividend
3 To approve the 2,584,000 95.00 71,367 2.62 64,767 2.38
directors'
remuneration report
4 To re-elect Mr Court 2,604,628 95.32 69,367 2.54 58,605 2.14
as a Chairman of the
company.
5 To re-elect Mr Jones 2,601,402 95.16 69,367 2.54 62,831 2.30
as a director of the
company
6 To re-elect Mr Murray 2,624,013 95.78 70,367 2.57 45,220 1.65
as a director of the
company
7 To re-appoint Deloitte 2,634,044 95.70 67,767 2.46 50,540 1.84
LLP as auditors
8 To authorize directors 2,638,815 96.41 67,367 2.46 31,016 1.13
to allot relevant
securities
Special Resolutions
9 To empower the company 2,643,097 96.48 65,367 2.39 31,016 1.13
to allot equity
securities and sell
relevant shares
10 To authorize the 2,656,855 96.56 70,367 2.56 24,119 0.88
company to make market
purchases of any of
it's ordinary shares
Votes withheld were as follows and have not been counted in the above voting
figures.
Resolutions
1 - 8,000
2 - 0
3 - 36,217
4 - 23,751
5 - 22,751
6 - 16,751
7 - 4,000
8 - 19,153
9 - 16,871
10 - 5,010
NOTES:
1. The current issued share capital of the company is 14,285,718 (Ordinary
shares of 50p each)
2. Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their
proxy, with discretion as to voting, those votes have been cast in favour
of all resolutions.
3. A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, two copies of resolutions 8, 9 and 10
have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available
for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which
is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel: 020 7066 1000
For more information please visit www.blueplanet.eu.
You can also contact the Company on 0131 466 6666 or by emailing info@blueplanet.eu.
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