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abrdn PLC
18 May 2022
abrdn plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Board of abrdn plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce
that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held
earlier today, Wednesday 18 May 2022, were duly passed.
The results of the polls were as follows:
For % For Against Total Votes Validly Cast Votes Withheld
Resolution 1:
To receive and consider the Annual
report and accounts 2021 1,036,764,601 99.03 10,199,242 1,046,963,843 10,446,606
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Resolution 2:
To declare a final dividend for
2021 1,040,230,069 98.41 16,832,845 1,057,062,914 347,535
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Resolution 3:
To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors 1,036,692,688 98.16 19,435,555 1,056,128,243 1,282,206
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Resolution 4:
To authorise the audit committee
to set the auditors' fees 1,044,968,402 98.93 11,253,638 1,056,222,040 1,188,409
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Resolution 5:
To approve the Directors'
remuneration report 1,009,839,204 96.23 39,512,722 1,049,351,926 8,058,523
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Resolution 6A:
To re-elect Sir Douglas Flint CBE
as a Director 1,016,087,065 96.91 32,372,391 1,048,459,456 8,950,993
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Resolution 6B:
To re-elect Jonathan Asquith as a
Director 1,012,399,530 96.86 32,816,563 1,045,216,093 12,193,761
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Resolution 6C:
To re-elect Stephen Bird as a
Director 1,039,954,796 98.53 15,531,199 1,055,485,995 1,924,454
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Resolution 6D:
To re-elect Stephanie Bruce as a
Director 1,039,597,827 98.49 15,911,756 1,055,509,583 1,896,434
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Resolution 6E:
To re-elect John Devine as a
Director 1,025,920,748 97.21 29,468,630 1,055,389,378 2,004,804
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Resolution 6F:
To re-elect Brian McBride as a
Director 881,815,001 83.55 173,590,503 1,055,405,504 1,995,158
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Resolution 6G:
To re-elect Cathleen Raffaeli as a
Director 1,038,716,710 98.41 16,793,483 1,055,510,193 1,897,913
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Resolution 6H:
To re-elect Cecilia Reyes as a
Director 1,038,627,939 98.40 16,895,229 1,055,523,168 1,887,263
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Resolution 7A:
To elect Catherine Bradley CBE as
a Director 889,145,502 84.25 166,215,240 1,055,360,742 2,024,740
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Resolution 7B:
To elect Hannah Grove as a
Director 1,049,255,061 99.43 6,014,095 1,055,269,156 2,138,932
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Resolution 7C:
To elect Pam Kaur as a Director,
with effect from 1 June 2022 1,035,603,009 98.14 19,624,226 1,055,227,235 2,180,871
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Resolution 7D:
To elect Michael O'Brien as a
Director, with effect from 1 June
2022 1,040,218,373 98.58 15,000,414 1,055,218,787 2,190,070
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Resolution 8:
To provide limited authority to
the Company and its subsidiaries
to make political donations
and to incur political expenditure 1,029,566,404 97.59 25,432,251 1,054,998,655 2,411,199
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Resolution 9:
To authorise the Directors to
issue further shares 854,012,310 80.88 201,920,042 1,055,932,352 1,478,097
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Resolution 10 (Special):
To disapply share pre-emption
rights 870,176,413 83.00 178,267,190 1,048,443,603 8,966,672
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Resolution 11 (Special):
To give authority for the Company
to buy back up to 10% of its
issued ordinary shares 1,035,051,451 98.03 20,782,942 1,055,834,393 1,573,713
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Resolution 12:
To authorise the Directors to
allot shares in relation to the
issuance of Convertible Bonds 867,715,396 82.73 181,170,324 1,048,885,720 8,524,134
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Resolution 13 (Special):
To disapply pre-emption rights in
respect of allotments of equity
securities in relation to
the issuance of Convertible Bonds 859,330,096 81.99 188,796,669 1,048,126,765 9,283,089
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Resolution 14 (Special):
To allow the Company to call
general meetings on 14 days'
notice 995,983,935 94.29 60,328,733 1,056,312,668 1,097,353
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Resolution 15 (Special):
To cancel the capital redemption
reserve 1,041,964,619 98.83 12,299,127 1,054,263,746 3,145,111
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Other matters
As previously announced, we confirm that Martin Pike and Jutta
af Rosenborg did not seek re-election, and retired from the Board
at the conclusion of the meeting.
John Devine has been appointed Chair of the Risk & Capital
Committee and Catherine Bradley has been appointed Chair of the
Audit Committee and member of the Nomination & Governance
Committee with effect from 18 May 2022.
We also confirm that Resolution 15, relating to the cancellation
of the Company's capital redemption reserve (the "Cancellation"),
was passed as a special resolution. As explained in the AGM Guide,
the Cancellation, which was proposed as a matter of balance sheet
management and in order to create distributable reserves, remains
subject to the confirmation of the Court of Session in
Edinburgh.
The total number of shares in issue at 6pm on Tuesday 17 May
2022 was 2,180,725,768 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
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
The AGM Guide and the voting results are also available on the
abrdn plc website at www.abrdn.com
18 May 2022
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