19 September 2023
Africa Opportunity Fund Limited ("AOF" or the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Board of Africa Opportunity Fund Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions proposed by the Company in its notice of annual general meeting, dated 19 September 2023, were today approved by its shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting.
Details of the votes validly cast are set out below:
|
| In favour | Against | Withheld** | Total | ||
| Votes | %* | Votes | %* | |||
| Ordinary resolution that the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022, with the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon, be received. | 7,165,769 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 7,165,769 |
| Ordinary resolution that Mr. Robert Knapp be re-elected as director of the Company. | 2,608,503 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 4,557,266 | 7,165,769 |
| Ordinary resolution that Ernst & Young Mauritius be re-appointed as auditors of the Company. | 7,165,769 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 7,165,769 |
| Ordinary resolution that the directors be authorised to fixed the auditors' remuneration. | 7,165,769 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 7,165,769 |
| Ordinary resolution that the requirement of the Company to hold an annual general meeting within six months of its financial year end of 31 December 2022 in accordance with article 71 of the Articles be waived and ratified. | 7,165,769 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 7,165,769 |
* Percentage of votes cast excludes withheld votes.
** "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 and is not reflected in the total figures set out above.
For further information please contact:
Africa Opportunity Fund Limited
Francis Daniels
Tel: +2711 684 1528
Liberum (Corporate Broker)
Darren Vickers / Owen Matthews
Tel: +44 20 3100 2000
About Africa Opportunity Fund Limited:
Africa Opportunity Fund Limited ("AOF") is a closed-end investment company incorporated in the Cayman Islands and traded on the Specialist Fund Segment of the London Stock Exchange. For more information about AOF, see www.africaopportunityfund.com
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