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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
Tel. 0131 372 2200