ABERDEEN EMRG MKTS SMLR CO OPPTS FD INC PHILADELPHIA, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Aberdeen Emerging Markets Smaller Company Opportunities Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")(NYSE MKT: ETF) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") on March 26, 2015. At the Meeting, shareholders of the Fund voted to re-elect two Class II Directors to the Board of Directors.
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As of the record date, February 6, 2015, there were 9,764,732 outstanding shares of the Fund. 93.759% of the outstanding shares were voted at the meeting representing a quorum.
The description of the proposal and number of shares voted at the Meeting are as follows:
To elect two Class II Directors to the Board of Directors:
Votes For Votes Withheld
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Steven N. Rappaport 4,940,109 4,215,220
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Alexander Zagoreos 2,846,514 6,308,815
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Directors whose term of office continued beyond this meeting are as follows: Enrique R. Arzac, James J. Cattano and Martin M. Torino.
Closed-end funds are traded on the secondary market through one of the stock exchanges. The Fund's investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares may be worth more or less than the original cost. Shares of closed-end funds may trade above (a premium) or below (a discount) the net asset value (NAV) of the fund's portfolio. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
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SOURCE Aberdeen Emerging Markets Smaller Company Opportunities Fund, Inc.
