Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Result of AGM
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc
Annual General Meeting held on 5 March 2026
The Board of
The table below shows the results of the poll.
______________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | |Total Votes| | | | | | |% Votes|cast |Votes | |Resolution |Votes For |% Votes For|Votes Against|Against|(excluding |Withheld| | | | | | |Votes | | | | | | | |Withheld) | | |____________|__________|___________|_____________|_______|___________|________| |1 That the | | | | | | | |Report and | | | | | | | |Financial | | | | | | | |Statements | | | | | | | |for the year|46,092,317|99.54% |214,161 |0.46% |46,306,478 |5,629 | |ended 31 | | | | | | | |December | | | | | | | |2025 be | | | | | | | |received and| | | | | | | |adopted. | | | | | | | |____________|__________|___________|_____________|_______|___________|________| |2 That the | | | | | | | |Directors’ | | | | | | | |Remuneration| | | | | | | |Report for | | | | | | | |the year | | | | | | | |ended 31 |46,262,485|99.92% |37,369 |0.08% |46,299,854 |12,253 | |December | | | | | | | |2025 be | | | | | | | |received, | | | | | | | |adopted and | | | | | | | |approved. | | | | | | | |____________|__________|___________|_____________|_______|___________|________| |3 That the | | | | | | | |Directors’ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Remuneration| | | | | | | |Policy as |46,246,710|99.91% |40,077 |0.09% |46,286,787 |25,320 | |set out in | | | | | | | |the Annual | | | | | | | |Report be | | | | | | | |approved. | | | | | | | |____________|__________|___________|_____________|_______|___________|________| |4 That a | | | | | | | |final | | | | | | | |dividend of | | | | | | | |32.50p per | | | | | | | |share and a |46,310,282|100.00% |194 |0.00% |46,310,476 |1,631 | |special | | | | | | | |dividend of | | | | | | | |12.00p per | | | | | | | |share be | | | | | | | |approved. | | | | | | | |____________|__________|___________|_____________|_______|___________|________| |5 That | | | | | | | |Richard | | | | | | | |Davidson be |46,279,682|99.98% |9,794 |0.02% |46,289,476 |22,631 | |re-elected | | | | | | | |as a | | | | | | | |Director. | | | | | | | |____________|__________|___________|_____________|_______|___________|________| |6 That Jaz | | | | | | | |Bains be | | | | | | | |re-elected |46,258,052|99.93% |31,488 |0.07% |46,289,540 |22,567 | |as a | | | | | | | |Director. | | | | | | | |____________|__________|___________|_____________|_______|___________|________| |7 That | | | | | | | |Patricia | | | | | | | |Dimond be |46,268,296|99.95% |21,180 |0.05% |46,289,476 |22,631 | |re-elected | | | | | | | |as a | | | | | | | |Director. | | | | | | | |____________|__________|___________|_____________|_______|___________|________| |8 That | | | | | | | |Victoria | | | | | | | |Stewart be |46,264,662|99.94% |25,934 |0.06% |46,290,596 |21,511 | |re-elected | | | | | | | |as a | | | | | | | |Director. | | | | | | | |____________|__________|___________|_____________|_______|___________|________| |9 That | | | | | | | |Martin | | | | | | | |Warner be |46,264,631|99.96% |19,705 |0.04% |46,284,336 |27,771 | |re-elected | | | | | | | |as a | | | | | | | |Director. | | | | | | | |____________|__________|___________|_____________|_______|___________|________| |10 That | | | | | | | |Johnston | | | | | | | |Carmichael | | | | | | | |LLP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |be | | | | | | | |re-appointed| | | | | | | |as | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Independent | | | | | | | |Auditor of | | | | | | | |the Company | | | | | | | |to hold |46,287,171|99.96% |17,211 |0.04% |46,304,382 |7,725 | |office until| | | | | | | |the | | | | | | | |conclusion | | | | | | | |of the next | | | | | | | |Annual | | | | | | | |General | | | | | | | |Meeting | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |at which the| | | | | | | |Financial | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Statements | | | | | | | |are laid. | | | | | | | |____________|__________|___________|_____________|_______|___________|________|
_____________________________________________________________________________ |11 That the Audit | | | | | | | |Committee be authorised to| | | | | | | |determine the remuneration| | | | | | | |of the |46,302,442|99.99%|5,720 |0.01%|46,308,162|3,945| |Independent Auditor for | | | | | | | |the year to 31 December | | | | | | | | 2026. | | | | | | | |__________________________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_____| |12 That the Company | | | | | | | |continues to manage its | | | | | | | |affairs as an investment | | | | | | | |trust (as defined by |43,822,686|94.63%|2,487,870|5.37%|46,310,556|1,551| |Section 1158 of the | | | | | | | |Corporation Taxes Act | | | | | | | |2010). | | | | | | | |__________________________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_____| |13 That the Company be | | | | | | | | authorised to buy back |46,079,927|99.51%|228,076 |0.49%|46,308,003|4,104| | Ordinary Shares. | | | | | | | |__________________________|__________|______|_________|_____|__________|_____|
Notes
1. A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
2. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included
as votes for the resolution.
3. Resolutions 1 to 12 were ordinary resolutions and resolution 13 was a
special resolution.
4. The total votes cast represented 58.5% of the 79,099,105 Ordinary Shares in
issue at 3 March 2026 .
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting contained in the 2025 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
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