Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Result of AGM
05 Mars 2024 - 4:06PM
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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc -
Result of AGM
PR Newswire
LONDON, United Kingdom, March 05
Aberforth
Smaller Companies Trust plc
Annual
General Meeting held on 5 March
2024
The Board
of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc hereby reports that all
the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on
5 March 2024 were passed by
Shareholders on a poll.
The table
below shows the results of the poll.
|
Resolution
|
Votes
For
|
%
Votes For
|
Votes
Against
|
%
Votes Against
|
Total
Votes cast (excluding Votes Withheld)
|
Votes
Withheld
|
|
1
That the
Report and
Financial
Statements for
the
year ended 31
December
2023 be
adopted.
|
51,509,692
|
95.79%
|
2,261,913
|
4.21%
|
53,771,605
|
4,777
|
|
2
That the
Directors’
Remuneration
Report for
the year
ended 31
December
2023 be
approved.
|
53,726,304
|
99.96%
|
22,271
|
0.04%
|
53,748,575
|
27,807
|
|
3
That a
final dividend of
28.55p
per share and a
special
dividend of 9.00p
per
share be approved.
|
53,772,348
|
100.00%
|
394
|
0.00%
|
53,772,742
|
3,640
|
|
4
That
Richard Davidson be
re-elected
as a Director.
|
53,398,026
|
99.33%
|
361,679
|
0.67%
|
53,759,705
|
16,677
|
|
5
That Jaz
Bains be
re-elected
as a Director.
|
53,750,293
|
99.99%
|
4,973
|
0.01%
|
53,755,266
|
21,116
|
|
6
That
Patricia Dimond be
re-elected
as a Director.
|
53,749,907
|
99.99%
|
5,359
|
0.01%
|
53,755,266
|
21,116
|
|
7
That
Victoria Stewart be
re-elected
as a Director.
|
53,750,720
|
99.99%
|
4,546
|
0.01%
|
53,755,266
|
21,116
|
|
8
That
Martin Warner be
re-elected
as a Director.
|
53,754,027
|
100.00%
|
1,239
|
0.00%
|
53,755,266
|
21,116
|
|
9
That
Johnston
Carmichael
LLP be
re-appointed
as
Independent
Auditor of
the
Company to hold
office
until the
conclusion
of the next
Annual
General Meeting
at
which the Financial
Statements
are laid
before
the Company.
|
53,744,673
|
99.98%
|
13,161
|
0.02%
|
53,757,834
|
18,548
|
|
10 That
the Audit
Committee
be
authorised
to determine
the
remuneration of the
Independent
Auditor for
the
year to 31 December
2024.
|
53,754,871
|
99.98%
|
13,250
|
0.02%
|
53,768,121
|
8,261
|
|
11 That
the aggregate
annual
amount of fees
that can
be paid to the
Directors
of the Company
shall, in
accordance with
Article
117, be increased
to
£250,000.
|
53,700,098
|
99.88%
|
65,381
|
0.12%
|
53,765,479
|
10,903
|
|
12 That
the Company be
authorised
to buy back
Ordinary
Shares.
|
53,572,836
|
99.64%
|
194,748
|
0.36%
|
53,767,584
|
8,798
|
Notes
-
A
"Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a
resolution.
-
Proxy
appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been
included as votes for the resolution.
-
Resolutions 1
to 11 were ordinary resolutions and resolution 12 was a special
resolution.
-
The
total votes cast represented 63.84% of the 84,234,605 Ordinary
Shares in issue at 1 March
2024.
The full
text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Annual
General Meeting contained in the
2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements which is on the
website
www.aberforth.co.uk.
The report has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and
is available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Contact
Michael Campbell, Aberforth Partners LLP,
Secretaries
Telephone:
0131 220 0733
5 March 2024
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