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Aberdeen Group plc announced that all resolutions were duly passed by shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held on April 29, 2026. This included the re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors with 99.86% of votes for, approval of the Directors' Remuneration Policy with 78.36% for, and the re-election or election of all proposed directors with individual approvals ranging from 83.81% to 99.85%. Sir Douglas Flint retired from the Board on April 28, 2026, and the company had 1,840,745,255 ordinary shares in issue at 6pm on that date.
| Date | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Time | 18:25:01 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 4745C |
Aberdeen Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
Results of AGM
The Board of Aberdeen Group plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Wednesday 29 April 2026 were duly passed.
The results of the polls 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 receive and consider the annual report and accounts 2025 |
786,153,234 |
99.94 |
441,556 |
786,594,790 |
4,515,363 |
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Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend for 2025 |
790,457,610 |
99.95 |
433,826 |
790,891,436 |
218,717 |
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Resolution 3: To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors |
789,561,879 |
99.86 |
1,093,052 |
790,654,931 |
455,222 |
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Resolution 4: To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to set the auditors' fees |
789,665,119 |
99.87 |
1,054,390 |
790,719,509 |
385,937 |
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Resolution 5: To approve the Directors' remuneration report, excluding the Remuneration Policy |
780,299,944 |
98.71 |
10,232,982 |
790,532,926 |
577,227 |
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Resolution 6: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
619,187,424 |
78.36 |
171,019,302 |
790,206,726 |
903,427 |
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Resolution 7: To approve the proposed amendments to the Aberdeen Group plc Executive Long Term Incentive Plan 2024 |
729,133,048 |
92.25 |
61,235,360 |
790,368,408 |
741,745 |
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Resolution 8A: To re-elect Vivek Ahuja as a Director |
778,508,729 |
98.49 |
11,928,461 |
790,437,190 |
672,963 |
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Resolution 8B: To re-elect Jonathan Asquith as a Director |
773,383,989 |
97.84 |
17,085,914 |
790,469,903 |
640,250 |
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Resolution 8C: To re-elect Katie Bickerstaffe as a Director |
662,448,626 |
83.81 |
127,992,152 |
790,440,778 |
669,375 |
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Resolution 8D: To re-elect John Devine as a Director |
644,247,516 |
96.95 |
20,272,945 |
664,520,461 |
126,589,692 |
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Resolution 8E: To re-elect Hannah Grove as a Director |
767,080,822 |
98.08 |
14,981,732 |
782,062,554 |
9,047,599 |
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Resolution 8F: To re-elect Cathleen Raffaeli as a Director |
789,305,582 |
99.85 |
1,149,331 |
790,454,913 |
655,240 |
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Resolution 8G: To re-elect Jason Windsor as a Director |
789,112,263 |
99.83 |
1,347,332 |
790,459,595 |
650,558 |
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Resolution 9A: To elect Siobhan Boylan as a Director |
788,573,713 |
99.77 |
1,857,035 |
790,430,748 |
679,405 |
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Resolution 10: To provide limited authority to the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure |
658,988,380 |
99.13 |
5,777,752 |
664,766,132 |
126,344,021 |
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Resolution 11: To authorise the Directors to issue further shares |
788,490,848 |
99.72 |
2,179,333 |
790,670,181 |
434,828 |
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Resolution 12 (Special): To disapply share pre-emption rights |
661,776,940 |
83.72 |
128,699,341 |
790,476,281 |
633,872 |
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Resolution 13 (Special): To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 5% of its issued ordinary shares |
789,429,893 |
99.87 |
1,063,484 |
790,493,377 |
616,776 |
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Resolution 14: To authorise the Directors to allot shares in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds |
662,668,982 |
83.82 |
127,881,009 |
790,549,991 |
560,162 |
|
Resolution 15 (Special): To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of allotments of equity securities in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds |
658,000,906 |
83.25 |
132,413,057 |
790,413,963 |
696,190 |
|
Resolution 16 (Special): To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice |
769,020,492 |
97.25 |
21,739,294 |
790,759,786 |
345,026 |
While the Board is pleased that all resolutions were supported by a significant majority of shareholders, the Board notes that Resolution 6 (Directors' Remuneration Policy) was approved with a 78.36% majority. We will continue to engage with major shareholders who voted against Resolution 6 in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code.
Other Matters
Further to the announcement made on 26 March 2026, Sir Douglas Flint did not seek re-election and retired from the Board at the conclusion of the Company's Board meeting on 28 April 2026.
The total number of shares in issue at 6pm on Tuesday 28 April 2026 was 1,840,745,255 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 Notice of AGM previously submitted to the National Storage Mechanism at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, 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 Notice of AGM and the voting results are also available on the Aberdeen Group plc website at: www.aberdeenplc.com
29 April 2026
Enquiries:
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Group Secretariat Rose Edwards |
+44 (0) 7971 188 901
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Media Duncan Young
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+44 (0) 7920 868 865
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Institutional Equity Investors Duncan Heath |
+44 (0) 207 156 2495
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