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RNS Number : 9526H  Aberdeen Group PLC  08 May 2025

Aberdeen Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

 

Results of AGM

The Board of Aberdeen Group plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce that
all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Thursday
8 May 2025 were duly passed.

 

The results of the polls were as follows:

 

                                                                                 For          % For  Against      Total Votes Validly Cast  Votes Withheld

 Resolution 1:                                                                   775,726,456  99.91  669,999      776,396,455               1,731,266

 To receive and consider the annual report and accounts 2024
 Resolution 2:                                                                   777,335,758  99.94  485,891      777,821,649               316,856

 To declare a final dividend for 2024
 Resolution 3:                                                                   769,985,329  99.62  2,962,602    772,947,931               5,188,409

 To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors
 Resolution 4:                                                                   775,156,835  99.75  1,979,928    777,136,763               1,001,594

 To authorise the audit committee to set the auditors' fees
 Resolution 5:                                                                   575,830,387  96.56  20,500,408   596,330,795               181,802,869

 To approve the Directors' remuneration report
 Resolution 6A:                                                                  745,691,403  96.52  26,921,095   772,612,498               5,526,663

 To re-elect Sir Douglas Flint CBE as a Director
 Resolution 6B:                                                                  751,014,863  96.74  25,330,038   776,344,901               1,792,260

 To re-elect Jonathan Asquith as a Director
 Resolution 6C:                                                                  763,439,540  98.33  12,975,385   776,414,925               1,724,236

 To re-elect John Devine as a Director
 Resolution 6D:                                                                  764,266,717  98.40  12,452,406   776,719,123               1,420,038

 To re-elect Hannah Grove as a Director
 Resolution 6E:                                                                  773,832,679  99.64  2,822,813    776,655,492               1,483,669

 To re-elect Michael O'Brien as a Director
 Resolution 6F:                                                                  773,434,500  99.59  3,176,400    776,610,900               1,528,261

 To re-elect Cathleen Raffaeli as a Director
 Resolution 6G:                                                                  773,798,666  99.63  2,910,924    776,709,590               1,429,571

 To re-elect Jason Windsor as a Director
 Resolution 7A:                                                                  773,271,248  99.61  3,034,009    776,305,257               1,831,549

 To elect Vivek Ahuja as a Director
 Resolution 7B:                                                                  773,830,821  99.66  2,626,190    776,457,011               1,682,150

 To elect Katie Bickerstaffe as a Director
 Resolution 8:                                                                   588,644,584  98.05  11,705,815   600,350,399               177,788,509

 To provide limited authority to the Company and its subsidiaries to make
 political donations and to incur political expenditure
 Resolution 9:                                                                   772,214,696  99.39  4,761,784    776,976,480               1,162,681

 To authorise the Directors to issue further shares
 Resolution 10 (Special):                                                        771,798,614  99.47  4,092,120    775,890,734               2,248,174

 To disapply share pre-emption rights
 Resolution 11 (Special):                                                        598,387,059  77.00  178,718,614  777,105,673               1,033,488

 To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 5% of its issued ordinary
 shares
 Resolution 12:                                                                  592,157,209  76.28  184,151,112  776,308,321               1,830,840

 To authorise the Directors to allot shares in relation to the issuance of
 Convertible Bonds
 Resolution 13 (Special):                                                        591,695,904  76.25  184,307,886  776,003,790               2,135,118

 To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of allotments of equity securities
 in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds
 Resolution 14 (Special):                                                        760,484,057  97.86  16,623,642   777,107,699               825,442

 To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days' notice

 

 

Resolutions 11, 12 and 13

The Board is pleased that Resolution 11, Resolution 12 and Resolution 13 were
passed by a significant majority of the shareholders who voted, but notes the
votes against these resolutions.

 

In the coming months, we will engage with the major voters against the
resolutions to understand the reasons behind their voting. In accordance with
the UK Corporate Governance Code, we will publish an update on that engagement
within six months of the AGM.

 

 

 

Other Matters

As announced on 16 December 2024, Pam Kaur did not seek re-election and
retired from the Board at the conclusion of the meeting.

 

The total number of shares in issue at 6pm on Wednesday 7 May 2025 was
1,840,743,245 ordinary shares of 13(61)/(63) pence each.

 

Votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the
calculation of the votes for and against each resolution, the total votes
validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital
voted.

 

Copies of all resolutions are available for inspection in the AGM Guide
previously submitted to the National Storage Mechanism at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of the resolutions that do not
constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will also be
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

The AGM Guide and the voting results are also available on the Aberdeen Group
plc website at www.aberdeenplc.com (http://www.aberdeenplc.com)

 

 

8 May 2025

 

 

Enquiries:

 

 Group Secretariat

 Rose Edwards                    +44 (0) 7971 188 901

 Media

 Duncan Young                    +44 (0) 7920 868 865

 Institutional Equity Investors

 Duncan Heath                    +44 (0) 207 156 2495

 

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