ABRDN DIVERSIFIED INCOME AND GROWTH PLC
(LEI:
2138003QINEGCHYGW702)
27
February 2024
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting
("AGM") of abrdn Diversified Income and Growth plc ("the Company")
held on 27 February 2024, all resolutions, as set out in the Notice
of AGM included in the Annual Report for the year ended 30
September 2023 ("the 2023 Annual Report"), were passed on a
poll. A copy of the Notice of AGM is available at
www.abrdndiversified.co.uk.
In relation to Resolution 11
(Authority to Allot Shares) and Resolution 12 (Authority to Allot
Shares without Pre-emption), the relevant figure is 30,126,592
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 13
(Authority to Buy Back Ordinary shares), the relevant figure is
45,159,766 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
|
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 2023
|
101,602,335
|
99.6
|
452,642
|
0.4
|
248,581
|
102,054,977
|
|
2
|
Receive and adopt the Directors'
Remuneration Report (other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy)
for the year ended 30 September 2023
|
98,941,099
|
97.4
|
2,651,567
|
2.6
|
710,892
|
101,592,666
|
|
3
|
Approve the Company's dividend policy
to continue to pay four quarterly interim dividends per
year
|
101,584,578
|
99.6
|
395,976
|
0.4
|
323,004
|
101,980,554
|
|
4
|
Re-elect Alistair
Mackintosh
|
97,813,166
|
96.1
|
3,980,681
|
3.9
|
509,711
|
101,793,847
|
|
5
|
Re-elect Trevor Bradley as a
Director
|
97,857,349
|
96.1
|
3,946,624
|
3.9
|
499,585
|
101,803,973
|
|
6
|
Re-elect Tom Challenor as a
Director
|
97,727,542
|
96.0
|
4,090,709
|
4.0
|
485,307
|
101,818,251
|
|
7
|
Re-elect Davina Walter as a
Director
|
97,314,633
|
95.6
|
4,427,988
|
4.4
|
560,937
|
101,742,621
|
|
8
|
Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
as auditor of the Company
|
101,242,478
|
99.3
|
714,657
|
0.7
|
346,423
|
101,957,135
|
|
9
|
Authority to fix the auditor's
remuneration
|
101,421,251
|
99.4
|
581,316
|
0.6
|
300,991
|
102,002,567
|
|
10
|
Approve the continuation of the
Company as an investment trust
|
101,182,491
|
99.2
|
843,717
|
0.8
|
277,350
|
102,026,208
|
|
11
|
Authority to allot shares
|
99,299,728
|
97.5
|
2,571,532
|
2.5
|
432,298
|
101,871,260
|
|
12
|
Authority to allot shares without
pre-emption (Special resolution)
|
90,004,411
|
88.4
|
11,842,747
|
11.6
|
451,624
|
101,847,158
|
|
13
|
Approve share buybacks (Special
resolution)
|
101,470,904
|
99.4
|
642,460
|
0.6
|
190,194
|
102,113,364
|
|
14
|
Approve holding meetings on less than
14 clear days' notice (Special resolution)
|
99,511,491
|
97.6
|
2,437,168
|
2.4
|
354,899
|
101,948,659
|
|
15
|
Cancel the share premium
account
|
99,742,463
|
98.0
|
2,016,453
|
2.0
|
544,642
|
101,758,916
|
As set out in the Chairman's
Statement in the Annual Report, Anna Troup retired as a Director at
the conclusion of the AGM.
Resolutions
Copies of Resolutions 10 to 15,
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
Email: cef.cosec@abrdn.com