RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO MAY 27, 2020
(Philadelphia, May 6, 2020) Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund (NYSE: AWP) (the Fund) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholder (the Annual Meeting) on May 6, 2020. At the Annual Meeting, shareholders of the Fund voted to re-elect two Class III Trustees to the Board of Trustees.
As of the record date, February 27, 2020, there were 85,407,951 outstanding shares of the Fund. 85.5% of the outstanding shares were voted at the Annual Meeting representing a quorum.
The description of the proposal and number of shares voted at the Annual Meeting are as follows:
To elect two Class III Trustees to the Board of Trustees:
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Votes For
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Votes Withheld
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Nancy Yao Maasbach
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62,447,717
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10,603,270
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Martin Gilbert
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62,471,386
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10,579,601
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Trustees whose term of office continued beyond the Annual Meeting are as follows: P. Gerald Malone and John Sievwright.
The Board of Trustees also announced today that its Special Meeting of Shareholders, initially scheduled for and convened on May 6, 2020 (the Special Meeting), was adjourned in order to permit the continued solicitation of additional votes. As of the time of the Special Meeting, the Fund had not received sufficient votes to constitute a quorum. The adjourned Special Meeting will be held at 11:45 a.m. in virtual format only on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Details on how to attend the virtual meeting are included below.
In order to avoid further adjournments, we urge shareholders who have not yet voted to vote and submit your proxy in advance of the Special Meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy materials for the Special Meeting. .
Attending the Special Meeting as a Shareholder of Record
Shareholder of record of the Fund as of February 27, 2020 is entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting or any postponements or adjournments thereof. To participate in the Special Meeting at the following site, www.meetingcenter.io/227580885, you will need the control number found on your proxy card, voting instruction form or notice you previously received and the password (ABD32020).