Result of AGM

abrdn PLC

24 April 2024

 

abrdn plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Results of AGM

The Board of abrdn plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Wednesday 24 April 2024 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 2023	800,142,149	99.84	1,243,489	801,385,638	1,521,299
Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend for 2023	798,162,252	99.47	4,255,205	802,417,457	489,707
Resolution 3: To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	790,071,595	98.59	11,336,731	801,408,326	1,497,716
Resolution 4: To authorise the audit committee to set the auditors' fees	799,047,306	99.70	2,406,065	801,453,371	1,453,566
Resolution 5: To approve the Directors' remuneration report	540,767,951	86.83	82,055,677	622,823,628	180,082,555
Resolution 6A: To re-elect Sir Douglas Flint CBE as a Director	593,373,288	95.42	28,468,986	621,842,274	181,064,178
Resolution 6B: To re-elect Jonathan Asquith as a Director	592,793,512	94.90	31,849,323	624,642,835	178,262,401
Resolution 6C: To re-elect Stephen Bird as a Director	616,811,621	98.68	8,281,336	625,092,957	177,813,269
Resolution 6D: To re-elect John Devine as a Director	611,431,925	97.85	13,428,393	624,860,318	178,044,918
Resolution 6E: To re-elect Hannah Grove as a Director	611,683,681	97.89	13,156,258	624,839,939	178,066,277
Resolution 6F: To re-elect Pam Kaur as a Director	618,273,244	98.95	6,576,221	624,849,465	178,055,771
Resolution 6G: To re-elect Michael O'Brien as a Director	619,258,299	99.11	5,570,646	624,828,945	178,076,291
Resolution 6H: To re-elect Cathleen Raffaeli as a Director	618,708,293	99.02	6,153,000	624,861,293	178,035,595
Resolution 7: To elect Jason Windsor as a Director	794,749,902	99.27	5,848,856	800,598,758	2,307,458
Resolution 8: To provide limited authority to the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure	607,979,436	97.32	16,729,577	624,709,013	178,196,864
Resolution 9: To authorise the Directors to issue further shares	793,561,058	99.02	7,857,883	801,418,941	1,486,654
Resolution 10 (Special): To disapply share pre-emption rights	788,814,411	98.62	11,015,799	799,830,210	3,071,941
Resolution 11 (Special): To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 5% of its issued ordinary shares	792,199,611	98.83	9,364,897	801,564,508	1,333,684
Resolution 12: To authorise the Directors to allot shares in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds	613,157,513	98.24	10,994,151	624,151,664	178,750,601
Resolution 13 (Special): To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of allotments of equity securities in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds	609,428,947	97.72	14,198,145	623,627,092	179,272,072
Resolution 14 (Special): To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days' notice	778,737,933	97.13	23,050,133	801,788,066	1,098,246
Resolution 15: To approve the renewal of the rules of the abrdn Sharesave Plan	797,842,546	99.63	2,965,156	800,807,702	2,097,977
Resolution 16: To approve the renewal of the rules of the abrdn plc (Employee) Share Plan	797,316,747	99.58	3,359,324	800,676,071	2,229,608
Resolution 17: To approve the rules of the abrdn plc Executive Long Term Incentive Plan 2024 (the 'New LTIP')	774,241,106	96.78	25,765,325	800,006,431	2,899,474

The Board is pleased that all Resolutions passed with a significant majority. As is normal practice, we will review the voting pattern and continue to engage with shareholders throughout the course of the year.

Other Matters

As announced on 27 February 2024, Catherine Bradley did not seek re-election, and retired from the Board at the conclusion of the meeting. 

The total number of shares in issue at 6pm on Tuesday 23 April 2024 was 1,840,741,104 ordinary shares of 13⁶¹/₆₃ 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 National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will also be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

The AGM Guide and the voting results are also available on the abrdn plc website at www.abrdn.com

24 April 2024

Enquiries:

Group Secretariat Paul McKenna	[phone]
Media Duncan Young	[phone]
Institutional equity investors and analysts Jo Blackshaw Corbin Chaplin	[phone] [phone]

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