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28 May 2026

 

Fidelity Emerging Markets Limited

Result of Extraordinary General Meeting

Further to the circular to shareholders dated 5 May 2026 (the “ Circular ”), the Board of Fidelity Emerging Markets Limited (the “ Company ”) announces that at the extraordinary general meeting of the Company which was held today (the “ Extraordinary General Meeting ”), the special resolution set out in the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting (the “ Resolution” ) was duly passed by shareholders.

The Resolution was voted on by way of a poll. Details of the number of votes cast for, against and withheld in respect of the Resolution are set out in the table below and will also be published on the Company's website,   https://investment-trusts.fidelity.co.uk/fidelity-emerging-markets-limited .

Resolution	Votes for (including discretionary)		Votes against		Total votes		Votes Withheld (3)
	Number	% of shares voted (2)	Number	% of shares voted (2)	Number	Proportion of issued share capital voted (%) (2)
Authorising the making of market purchases of Participating Preference Shares as set out in the notice of meeting	28,995,971	100.00	800	0.00	28,996,771	71.26	2,157

 

Notes:

1. Each holder of Shares present at the EGM, in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per Share held at the voting record time, being 6.00 p.m. on 26 May 2026 (the " Record Time "). The holder of the Company’s 1,000 founder shares was entitled to one vote in aggregate. At the Record Time, the Company’s issued share capital comprised 49,716,080 Shares and 1,000 founder shares, of which 9,025,940 Shares were held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at the Record Time was 40,690,141.
2. Rounded to two decimal places.
3. A “Vote withheld” is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted “For” or “Against” the Resolution or in the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.

A copy of the Circular is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism   https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism   and on the Company's website,   https://investment-trusts.fidelity.co.uk/fidelity-emerging-markets-limited .

A copy of the Resolution passed at the EGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at   https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Unless otherwise defined, all definitions used in this announcement will have the same meaning as described in the Circular.

 

Enquiries:

Fidelity Emerging Markets Limited

Heather Manners   (Chair)

via FIL Investments

FIL Investments International (Manager and Company Secretary)

George Bayer + 44 (0)   20 7961 4240

Jefferies International Limited (Broker)

Gaudi Le Roux +44 (0)20 7029 8000

 

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