Result of AGM

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Standard Life Aberdeen plc

29 May 2018

 

Standard Life Aberdeen plc

Results of Annual General Meeting 

The Board of Standard Life Aberdeen plc is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, Tuesday 29 May 2018, were duly passed.

The results of the polls were as follows:

	For	% For	Against	Total Votes Validly Cast	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1: To receive and consider the Annual report and accounts 2017	1,434,468,151	99.16	12,218,119	1,446,686,270	10,899,419
Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend for 2017	1,456,925,620	99.98	294,999	1,457,220,619	360,375
Resolution 3: To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	1,451,381,320	99.67	4,865,135	1,456,246,455	1,342,832
Resolution 4: To authorise the audit committee to set the auditors' fees	1,453,769,212	99.82	2,635,676	1,456,404,888	1,174,491
Resolution 5: To approve the Directors' remuneration report, excluding the remuneration policy	1,416,364,330	97.36	38,430,826	1,454,795,156	2,795,153
Resolution 6: To approve the Directors' remuneration policy	1,412,472,135	97.91	30,105,977	1,442,578,112	15,014,089
Resolution 7: To approve the Standard Life Aberdeen plc Deferred Share Plan	1,428,906,062	99.02	14,184,841	1,443,090,903	14,506,353
Resolution 8A: To re-elect Sir Gerald Grimstone as a Director	1,312,328,534	91.51	121,777,814	1,434,106,348	23,479,769
Resolution 8B: To re-elect John Devine as a Director	1,447,249,137	99.41	8,660,950	1,455,910,087	1,667,306
Resolution 8C: To re-elect Melanie Gee as a Director	1,444,349,298	99.21	11,570,609	1,455,919,907	1,656,948
Resolution 8D: To re-elect Kevin Parry as a Director	1,439,462,803	98.87	16,453,673	1,455,916,476	1,658,528
Resolution 8E: To re-elect Martin Pike as a Director	1,447,493,167	99.42	8,440,100	1,455,933,267	1,640,280
Resolution 8F: To re-elect Keith Skeoch as a Director	1,434,802,792	99.34	9,562,795	1,444,365,587	13,213,852
Resolution 9A: To elect Gerhard Fusenig as a Director	1,446,366,708	99.37	9,168,031	1,455,534,739	2,057,094
Resolution 9B: To elect Martin Gilbert as a Director	1,421,935,920	98.48	21,982,324	1,443,918,244	13,674,076
Resolution 9C: To elect Richard Mully as a Director	1,427,470,712	98.07	28,066,313	1,455,537,025	2,044,564
Resolution 9D: To elect Rod Paris as a Director	1,445,740,245	99.33	9,776,359	1,455,516,604	2,070,752
Resolution 9E: To elect Bill Rattray as a Director	1,443,339,882	99.17	12,121,884	1,455,461,766	2,114,523
Resolution 9F: To elect Jutta af Rosenborg as a Director	1,442,978,110	99.14	12,520,727	1,455,498,837	2,076,378
Resolution 9G: To elect Simon Troughton as a Director	1,442,209,511	99.09	13,237,301	1,455,446,812	2,136,928
Resolution 10: To provide limited authority to the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure	1,427,891,701	98.16	26,806,111	1,454,697,812	2,874,360
Resolution 11: To authorise the Directors to issue further shares	1,415,660,671	97.23	40,300,889	1,455,961,560	1,618,600
Resolution 12 (Special): To disapply share pre-emption rights	1,448,694,495	99.60	5,753,799	1,454,448,294	3,121,275
Resolution 13(Special): To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 10% of its issued ordinary shares	1,437,864,699	98.78	17,709,755	1,455,574,454	2,005,423
Resolution 14 (Special): To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days' notice	1,380,201,262	94.76	76,277,753	1,456,479,015	1,110,972

The total number of shares in issue at 6pm on Thursday 24 May 2018 was 2,979,412,934 ordinary shares of 12²/₉ pence each.

Votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against each resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.

Copies of all resolutions are available for inspection in the AGM Guide previously submitted to the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, via the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will then be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

The AGM Guide and the voting results are also available on the Standard Life Aberdeen plc website at www.standardlifeaberdeen.com

29 May 2018

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