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
Tel. 0131 528 4000