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 |
| Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend for 2021 | 1,040,230,069 | 98.41 | 16,832,845 | 1,057,062,914 | 347,535 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Resolution 5: To approve the Directors' remuneration report | 1,009,839,204 | 96.23 | 39,512,722 | 1,049,351,926 | 8,058,523 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Resolution 10 (Special): To disapply share pre-emption rights | 870,176,413 | 83.00 | 178,267,190 | 1,048,443,603 | 8,966,672 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 1361/63 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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