Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0692B

Aberdeen Diversified I&G Trust PLC

30 March 2017

 

30 March 2017

ABERDEEN DIVERSIFIED INCOME AND GROWTH TRUST PLC ("the Company")

(formerly BlackRock Income Strategies Trust plc)

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

At the Annual General Meeting of Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth Trust plc ("the Company") held today, 30 March 2017, all resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting (the "2017 AGM Notice") published on 28 February 2017, were passed.  A copy of the 2017 AGM Notice is available at www.aberdeendiversified.co.uk.

In relation to Resolution 15 (authority to make market purchases of Ordinary shares), the relevant figure is 40,028,888 Ordinary shares, being unchanged as the date of passing of the Resolution at the AGM from the figure included in the 2017 AGM Notice.

The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:

Resolution	For and Discretionary		Against		Votes	Total Votes
Number	No. of	% of	No. of	% of	Withheld	(excluding Votes Withheld)
	Votes	Votes Cast	Votes	Votes Cast
1	54,736,354	99.9	64,290	0.1	349,894	54,800,644
2	54,273,396	99.2	464,300	0.8	412,842	54,737,696
3	54,220,593	99.1	480,317	0.9	448,028	54,700,910
4	54,717,651	99.8	85,553	0.2	347,334	54,803,204
5	54,350,339	99.5	255,271	0.5	544,928	54,605,610
6	54,315,854	99.5	274,620	0.5	560,064	54,590,474
7	53,964,723	98.8	643,047	1.2	542,768	54,607,770
8	52,501,732	96.2	2,097,888	3.8	550,958	54,599,620
9	52,092,667	95.4	2,527,273	4.6	530,598	54,619,940
10	54,378,296	99.5	272,231	0.5	500,011	54,650,527
11	54,193,504	98.8	638,441	1.2	318,593	54,831,945
12	54,788,833	99.9	44,051	0.1	317,654	54,832,884
13	54,615,653	99.6	246,747	0.4	288,134	54,862,400
14	54,374,015	99.3	365,336	0.7	411,183	54,739,351
15	54,537,145	99.6	224,096	0.4	389,297	54,761,241
16	52,720,966	96.2	2,055,990	3.8	373,582	54,776,956

Passing of Special Resolutions

Copies of Special Resolutions 14, 15 and 16 passed at the AGM, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm*

*Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.

Enquiries:

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Secretaries

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