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| Date | 15 Mar 2022 |
| Time | 15:32:24 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 8714E |
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abrdn plc ("abrdn")
Results of General Meeting
abrdn shareholders vote in favour of the acquisition of interactive investor (the "Acquisition").
The Board of abrdn is pleased to announce that the resolution put to its General Meeting held earlier today, Tuesday 15 March 2022, was duly passed.
Sir Douglas Flint, Chairman of abrdn, commented:
"We are delighted with the strong support shown by shareholders today in approving our acquisition of interactive investor. The deal transforms our personal vector, adding interactive investor's distinctive subscription based business model and incremental growth to an already successful and fast growing segment. We expect the transaction to complete before the mid-year, subject to completion of regulatory approval."
The results of the poll were as follows:
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For |
% For |
Against
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Total Votes Validly Cast |
Votes Withheld |
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Resolution 1: To approve the Acquisition (as described in the Circular and Notice of General Meeting)
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846,853,830 |
80.82 |
200,980,425 |
1,047,834,255 |
2,603,526 |
The total number of shares in issue at 6pm on 11 March 2022 was 2,180,725,341 ordinary shares of 1361/63 pence each.
Votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the total votes validly cast, or the calculation of the percentage of votes cast For the resolution.
A copy of the resolution is available for inspection in the Circular previously submitted to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism on its website at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
The Circular and the voting results are also available on the abrdn plc website at https://www.abrdn.com/corporate/investors/acquisition-of-ii
abrdn Shareholders may request a hard copy of this announcement by: (i) contacting abrdn Shareholder Services during business hours on +44 (0)371 384 2464 or +44 (0)371 384 2493 (Germany/Austria) or (ii) by submitting a request in writing to abrdn Shareholder Services, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA.
15 March 2022
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Group Secretariat Paul McKenna |
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Investor Relations Catherine Nash |
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