Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3921R

Aberdeen Diversified I&G Trust PLC

28 February 2023

 

ABERDEEN DIVERSIFIED INCOME AND GROWTH TRUST PLC

(LEI: 2138003QINEGCHYGW702)

28 February 2023

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth Trust plc ("the Company") held on 28 February 2023, all resolutions, as set out in the Notice of AGM included in the Annual Report for the year ended 30 September 2022 ("the 2022 Annual Report"), were passed on a poll.  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 30,527,023 Ordinary shares, being 10% of the Ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, at the date of passing of these Resolutions at the AGM.

In relation to Resolution 15 (Authority to Buy Back Ordinary shares), the relevant figure is 45,760,008 Ordinary shares, being 14.99% of the Ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, at the date of passing of this Resolution at the AGM.

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

Resolution	All Ordinary resolutions unless marked otherwise	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	Receive and adopt the Directors' Report and audited financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2022	89,540,341	99.6	349,207	0.4	147,962	89,889,548
2	Receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Policy	81,838,511	91.4	7,730,690	8.6	468,309	89,569,201
3	Receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 30 September 2022	81,958,133	91.5	7,631,799	8.5	447,578	89,589,9322
4	Approve the Company's dividend policy to continue to pay four quarterly interim dividends per year	89,913,330	99.9	102,399	0.1	21,781	90,015,729
5	Re-elect Alistair Mackintosh	79,805,921	88.9	9,950,188	11.1	281,402	89,756,109
6	Re-elect Trevor Bradley as a Director	79,803,819	88.9	9,942,687	11.1	291,004	89,746,506
7	Re-elect Tom Challenor as a Director	80,023,800	89.1	9,812,524	10.9	201,186	89,836,324
8	Re-elect Anna Troup as a Director	79,781,545	88.8	10,058,994	11.2	196,971	89,840,539
9	Re-elect Davina Walter as a Director	79,796,826	88.8	10,042,817	11.2	197,867	89,839,643
10	Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	89,269,677	99.5	482,376	0.5	285,457	89,752,053
11	Authority to fix the auditor's remuneration	89,297,673	99.5	410,443	0.5	311,395	89,708,116
12	Approve the continuation of the Company	82,429,536	91.6	7,572,167	8.4	35,808	90,001,703
13	Authority to allot shares	82,936,129	92.2	7,024,808	7.8	76,573	89,960,937
14	Authority to allot shares without pre-emption (Special resolution)	82,623,159	91.9	7,260,347	8.1	154,004	89,883,506
15	Approve share buybacks (Special resolution)	89,369,166	99.4	507,002	0.6	161,342	89,876,168
16	Approve holding meetings on less than 14 days' notice (Special resolution)	88,489,931	98.6	1,300,859	1.4	252,720	89,784,790

Resolutions

Copies of Resolutions 11 to 16, inclusive, as approved 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.

Enquiries:

Stuart Reid

abrdn Holdings Limited

Secretaries

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