Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0814Q

Aberdeen Diversified I&G Trust PLC

23 February 2021

 

23 February 2021

ABERDEEN DIVERSIFIED INCOME AND GROWTH TRUST PLC

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth Trust plc ("the Company") held on 23 February 2021, all resolutions, as set out in the Notice of AGM included in the Annual Report for the year ended 30 September 2020 ("the 2020 Annual Report") published on 19 January 2021, were passed.  A copy of the Notice of AGM is available at www.aberdeendiversified.co.uk .

In relation to Resolution 13 (Authority to Allot Shares) and Resolution 14 (Authority to Allot Shares without Pre-emption), the relevant figure is 31,079,773 Ordinary shares, being 10% of the Ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, at the date of passing of Resolutions 13 and 14 at the AGM.

In relation to Resolution 15 (Authority to Buy Back Ordinary shares), the relevant figure is 46,588,580 Ordinary shares, being 14.99% of the Ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, at the date of passing of Resolution 15 at the AGM.

The total number of proxy votes lodged in favour of the Chairman was as follows:

Resolution Number	All Ordinary resolutions unless marked otherwise	For and Discretionary		Against		Votes Withheld	Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld)
		No. of	% of	No. of	% of
		Votes	Votes Cast	Votes	Votes Cast
1	Receive and adopt the Directors' Report and audited financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2020	91,810,231	100.0	20,140	0.0	50,625	91,830,371
2	Receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 30 September 2020	90,520,014	99.1	816,223	0.9	544,759	91,336,237
3	Approve the Company's dividend policy to continue to pay four quarterly interim dividends per year	91,830,282	100.0	12,524	0.0	38,191	91,842,806
4	Re-elect Trevor Bradley as a Director	89,721,934	98.0	1,834,699	2.0	324,363	91,556,633
5	Re-elect Tom Challenor as a Director	89,695,574	98.0	1,866,115	2.0	319,306	91,561,689
6	Re-elect Julian Sinclair as a Director	89,660,822	97.9	1,891,798	2.1	328,376	91,552,620
7	Re-elect Anna Troup as a Director	89,677,605	97.9	1,879,710	2.1	323,430	91,557,315
8	Re-elect Davina Walter as a Director	89,662,717	97.9	1,897,723	2.1	320,556	91,560,440
9	Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	91,368,175	99.6	324,862	0.4	187,958	91,693,037
10	Authority to fix the auditor's remuneration	91,567,448	99.8	206,105	0.2	107,443	91,773,553
11	Approve the continuation of the Company as an investment trust	86,430,248	94.1	5,416,803	5.9	33,945	91,847,051
12	Approve an amendment to the investment objective and investment policy	89,700,409	98.0	1,871,264	2.0	309,323	91,571,673
13	Authority to allot shares	89,858,146	98.0	1,859,807	2.0	163,043	91,717,953
14	Authority to allot shares without pre-emption (Special resolution)	89,629,477	97.8	2,018,920	2.2	232,599	91,648,397
15	Approve share buybacks (Special resolution)	91,075,124	99.2	733,558	0.8	72,313	91,808,682
16	Approve holding meetings on less than 14 days' notice (Special resolution)	90,606,094	98.8	1,141,714	1.2	133,188	91,747,808
17	Approve new Articles of Association (Special resolution)	91,031,696	99.6	392,136	0.4	457,164	91,423,832

Resolutions

Copies of Resolutions 11 to 17, inclusive, passed by shareholders at the AGM, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and available for inspection thereafter at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism  

*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.

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