There is no significance if a person does not turn up or vote at...

There is no significance if a person does not turn up or vote at the scheme meeting, other than the fact that the pool of voters at the meeting is correspondingly smaller. The suggestion that "silence is consent" is simply not correct. Also, it is sufficient for shareholders to vote by proxy (ie they do not need to attend the meeting in person). One vote against by proxy counts as 1 shareholder for the headcount test (ie a marjority of shareholders (headcount) having 75% of votes cast).