21 Oct 2021 14:35
STANDARD LIFE UK SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800UUKA68SHSJBE37
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust plc (the "Company") hereby gives notification that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, 21 October 2021, all the resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2021 were duly passed. The proxy votes received in respect of the resolutions proposed at the meeting are shown in the table below:
For and Discretionary | Against | Total Votes | ||||
Resolution | No. of | % of | No. of | % of | Votes | (excluding Votes Withheld) |
Number | Votes | Votes Cast | Votes | Votes Cast | Withheld | |
1 | 38,663,012 | 99.83 | 65,390 | 0.17 | 74,388 | 38,728,402 |
2 | 38,370,304 | 99.25 | 289,479 | 0.75 | 143,007 | 38,659,783 |
3 | 38,672,911 | 99.84 | 62,089 | 0.16 | 67,790 | 38,735,000 |
4 | 38,590,279 | 99.76 | 91,563 | 0.24 | 120,947 | 38,681,842 |
5 | 38,381,623 | 99.29 | 272,592 | 0.71 | 148,574 | 38,654,215 |
6 | 38,539,138 | 99.74 | 98,602 | 0.26 | 165,050 | 38,637,740 |
7 | 38,397,274 | 99.27 | 282,375 | 0.73 | 123,141 | 38,679,649 |
8 | 38,585,128 | 99.75 | 97,347 | 0.25 | 120,315 | 38,682,475 |
9 | 36,514,085 | 94.33 | 2,193,248 | 5.67 | 95,457 | 38,707,333 |
10 | 38,618,504 | 99.76 | 94,408 | 0.24 | 89,877 | 38,712,912 |
11 | 38,618,759 | 99.72 | 108,573 | 0.28 | 75,457 | 38,727,332 |
12 | 38,549,111 | 99.57 | 166,744 | 0.43 | 86,935 | 38,715,855 |
13 | 36,557,875 | 94.42 | 2,161,820 | 5.58 | 83,095 | 38,719,695 |
14 | 33,127,233 | 85.60 | 5,573,884 | 14.40 | 97,872 | 38,701,117 |
15 | 38,543,547 | 99.60 | 156,720 | 0.40 | 102,523 | 38,700,267 |
16 | 38,338,148 | 99.00 | 386,720 | 1.00 | 77,922 | 38,724,868 |
17 | 38,164,235 | 98.65 | 521,031 | 1.35 | 117,523 | 38,685,266 |
Authority to Allot Shares
In relation to Resolutions 11 and 12, to allot new Ordinary shares and dis-apply pre-emption rights, the number of Ordinary shares available to allot is 9,754,801 as at 21 October 2021.
Authority to Buy Back Shares
In relation to Resolution 13, to buy back shares, the limit on the number of Ordinary shares available to buy back is 14,622,448 as at 21 October 2021.
Change of Name
In relation to Resolution 17, to change the name of the Company to "abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust plc", the Company will submit the appropriate documentation to Companies House and anticipates that the change of name will be effective within the next few days. A further announcement will be made by the Company at that time.
Full Text of Resolutions
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Meeting set out in the Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2021, copies of which are available on the Company's website, www.standardlifeuksmallercompaniestrust.co.uk*. The Annual Report has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and is available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism*.
* Neither the Company's website nor the NSM 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:
Gordon Hay Smith
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Secretary
Tel. 0131 372 2200