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RNS Number : 9241L  abrdn PLC  24 April 2024

abrdn plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

 

Results of AGM

The Board of abrdn plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce that all the
resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Wednesday 24
April 2024 were duly passed.

 

 

The results of the polls were as follows:

 

                                                                                 For          % For  Against     Total Votes Validly Cast  Votes Withheld

 Resolution 1:                                                                   800,142,149  99.84  1,243,489   801,385,638               1,521,299

 To receive and consider the Annual report and accounts 2023
 Resolution 2:                                                                   798,162,252  99.47  4,255,205   802,417,457               489,707

 To declare a final dividend for 2023
 Resolution 3:                                                                   790,071,595  98.59  11,336,731  801,408,326               1,497,716

 To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors
 Resolution 4:                                                                   799,047,306  99.70  2,406,065   801,453,371               1,453,566

 To authorise the audit committee to set the auditors' fees
 Resolution 5:                                                                   540,767,951  86.83  82,055,677  622,823,628               180,082,555

 To approve the Directors' remuneration report
 Resolution 6A:                                                                  593,373,288  95.42  28,468,986  621,842,274               181,064,178

 To re-elect Sir Douglas Flint CBE as a Director
 Resolution 6B:                                                                  592,793,512  94.90  31,849,323  624,642,835               178,262,401

 To re-elect Jonathan Asquith as a Director
 Resolution 6C:                                                                  616,811,621  98.68  8,281,336   625,092,957               177,813,269

 To re-elect Stephen Bird as a Director
 Resolution 6D:                                                                  611,431,925  97.85  13,428,393  624,860,318               178,044,918

 To re-elect John Devine as a Director
 Resolution 6E:                                                                  611,683,681  97.89  13,156,258  624,839,939               178,066,277

 To re-elect Hannah Grove as a Director
 Resolution 6F:                                                                  618,273,244  98.95  6,576,221   624,849,465               178,055,771

 To re-elect Pam Kaur as a Director
 Resolution 6G:                                                                  619,258,299  99.11  5,570,646   624,828,945               178,076,291

 To re-elect Michael O'Brien as a Director
 Resolution 6H:                                                                  618,708,293  99.02  6,153,000   624,861,293               178,035,595

 To re-elect Cathleen Raffaeli as a Director
 Resolution 7:                                                                   794,749,902  99.27  5,848,856   800,598,758               2,307,458

 To elect Jason Windsor as a Director
 Resolution 8:                                                                   607,979,436  97.32  16,729,577  624,709,013               178,196,864

 To provide limited authority to the Company and its subsidiaries to make
 political donations and to incur political expenditure
 Resolution 9:                                                                   793,561,058  99.02  7,857,883   801,418,941               1,486,654

 To authorise the Directors to issue further shares
 Resolution 10 (Special):                                                        788,814,411  98.62  11,015,799  799,830,210               3,071,941

 To disapply share pre-emption rights
 Resolution 11 (Special):                                                        792,199,611  98.83  9,364,897   801,564,508               1,333,684

 To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 5% of its issued ordinary
 shares
 Resolution 12:                                                                  613,157,513  98.24  10,994,151  624,151,664               178,750,601

 To authorise the Directors to allot shares in relation to the issuance of
 Convertible Bonds
 Resolution 13 (Special):                                                        609,428,947  97.72  14,198,145  623,627,092               179,272,072

 To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of allotments of equity securities
 in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds
 Resolution 14 (Special):                                                        778,737,933  97.13  23,050,133  801,788,066               1,098,246

 To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days' notice
 Resolution 15:                                                                  797,842,546  99.63  2,965,156   800,807,702               2,097,977

 To approve the renewal of the rules of the abrdn Sharesave Plan
 Resolution 16:                                                                  797,316,747  99.58  3,359,324   800,676,071               2,229,608

 To approve the renewal of the rules of the abrdn plc (Employee) Share Plan
 Resolution 17:                                                                  774,241,106  96.78  25,765,325  800,006,431               2,899,474

 To approve the rules of the abrdn plc Executive Long Term Incentive Plan 2024
 (the 'New LTIP')

 

The Board is pleased that all Resolutions passed with a significant majority.
As is normal practice, we will review the voting pattern and continue to
engage with shareholders throughout the course of the year.

 

Other Matters

As announced on 27 February 2024, Catherine Bradley 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 Tuesday 23 April 2024 was
1,840,741,104 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 9.6.2, 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 abrdn plc
website at www.abrdn.com (http://www.abrdn.com)

 

 

24 April 2024

 

 

Enquiries:

 

 Group Secretariat

 Paul McKenna                                 +44 (0) 7736 853 801

 Media

 Duncan Young                                 +44 (0) 7920 868 865

 Institutional equity investors and analysts

 Jo Blackshaw                                 +44 (0) 7771 786 275

 Corbin Chaplin                               +44 (0) 7774 332 428

 

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