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| TIDM | AEI |
| Share Price | 451.22p-0.66% |
| Market Cap | £361.06m |
Aberdeen Equity Income Trust plc held its Annual General Meeting on 17 February 2026, where all 14 resolutions presented were passed by a poll. 'For' votes across the resolutions ranged from 95.82% to 99.70%. The company confirmed authority to allot up to 4,892,152 ordinary shares and to buy back up to 7,333,336 ordinary shares as of that date.
| Date | 17 Feb 2026 |
| Time | 14:03:13 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 3779T |
ABERDEEN EQUITY INCOME TRUST PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 21380015XPT7BZISSQ74
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 17 February 2026 all resolutions contained in the Notice of Meeting were passed by a poll.
The total number of votes recorded was as follows:
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For and Discretionary |
Against |
Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld) |
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Resolution Number |
No. of Votes |
% of Votes Cast |
(excluding Votes Withheld) |
% of Votes Cast |
Votes Withheld |
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Votes |
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1 |
5,850,890 |
99.70% |
17,400 |
0.30% |
5,868,290 |
74,240 |
|
2 |
5,628,212 |
97.03% |
172,362 |
2.97% |
5,800,574 |
141,956 |
|
3 |
5,646,146 |
97.03% |
173,048 |
2.97% |
5,819,194 |
123,336 |
|
4 |
5,855,269 |
99.35% |
38,221 |
0.65% |
5,893,490 |
49,040 |
|
5 |
5,760,048 |
98.67% |
77,937 |
1.33% |
5,837,985 |
104,545 |
|
6 |
5,731,204 |
98.06% |
113,672 |
1.94% |
5,844,876 |
97,654 |
|
7 |
5,758,080 |
98.65% |
78,510 |
1.35% |
5,836,590 |
105,940 |
|
8 |
5,749,838 |
98.64% |
79,270 |
1.36% |
5,829,108 |
113,422 |
|
9 |
5,773,558 |
98.49% |
88,350 |
1.51% |
5,861,908 |
80,622 |
|
10 |
5,788,003 |
98.67% |
77,775 |
1.33% |
5,865,778 |
76,752 |
|
11 |
5,718,426 |
97.43% |
150,650 |
2.57% |
5,869,076 |
73,454 |
|
12 |
5,587,217 |
95.82% |
243,812 |
4.18% |
5,831,029 |
111,501 |
|
13 |
5,785,509 |
98.27% |
101,982 |
1.73% |
5,887,491 |
55,039 |
|
14 |
5,734,735 |
97.65% |
137,750 |
2.35% |
5,872,485 |
70,045 |
Authority to Allot Shares
In relation to Ordinary Resolution 11 and Special Resolution 12, to allot shares, the limit on the number of Ordinary shares available to allot is 4,892,152 as at 17 February 2026
Authority to Buy Back Shares
In relation to Special Resolution 13, to buy back shares, the limit on the number of Ordinary shares available to buy back is 7,333,336 as at 17 February 2026
Full Text of Resolutions
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out in the Annual Report for the year ended 30 September 2025, copies of which are available on the Company's website, Aberdeen Equity Income Trust plc website*. The Annual Report has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and is available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism*.
* Neither the Company's website nor the NSM website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.
Enquiries:
Helen Leslie
abrdn Holdings Limited
Company Secretary
Tel. 0131 372 9153