Result of AGM
RNS Number : 8531P
Standard Life UK Small.Co's Tst PLC
21 October 2021
 

STANDARD LIFE UK SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):  213800UUKA68SHSJBE37

 

 

Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust plc (the "Company") hereby gives notification that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, 21 October 2021, all the resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2021 were duly passed. The proxy votes received in respect of the resolutions proposed at the meeting are shown in the table below:

 


For and Discretionary

Against


Total Votes

Resolution

No. of

% of

No. of

% of

Votes

(excluding Votes Withheld)

Number

Votes

Votes Cast

Votes

Votes Cast

Withheld 

1

38,663,012

99.83

65,390

0.17

74,388

38,728,402

2

38,370,304

99.25

289,479

0.75

143,007

38,659,783

3

38,672,911

99.84

62,089

0.16

67,790

38,735,000

4

38,590,279

99.76

91,563

0.24

120,947

38,681,842

5

38,381,623

99.29

272,592

0.71

148,574

38,654,215

6

38,539,138

99.74

98,602

0.26

165,050

38,637,740

7

38,397,274

99.27

282,375

0.73

123,141

38,679,649

8

38,585,128

99.75

97,347

0.25

120,315

38,682,475

9

36,514,085

94.33

2,193,248

5.67

95,457

38,707,333

10

38,618,504

99.76

94,408

0.24

89,877

38,712,912

11

38,618,759

99.72

108,573

0.28

75,457

38,727,332

12

38,549,111

99.57

166,744

0.43

86,935

38,715,855

13

36,557,875

94.42

2,161,820

5.58

83,095

38,719,695

14

33,127,233

85.60

5,573,884

14.40

97,872

38,701,117

15

38,543,547

99.60

156,720

0.40

102,523

38,700,267

16

38,338,148

99.00

386,720

1.00

77,922

38,724,868

17

38,164,235

98.65

521,031

1.35

117,523

38,685,266

 

 

Authority to Allot Shares

In relation to Resolutions 11 and 12, to allot new Ordinary shares and dis-apply pre-emption rights, the number of Ordinary shares available to allot is 9,754,801 as at 21 October 2021.

 

Authority to Buy Back Shares

In relation to Resolution 13, to buy back shares, the limit on the number of Ordinary shares available to buy back is  14,622,448 as at 21 October 2021.

 

Change of Name

In relation to Resolution 17, to change the name of the Company to "abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust plc", the Company will submit the appropriate documentation to Companies House and anticipates that the change of name will be effective within the next few days. A further announcement will be made by the Company at that time.

 

Full Text of Resolutions

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Meeting set out in the Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2021, copies of which are available on the Company's website, www.standardlifeuksmallercompaniestrust.co.uk*. 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:

Gordon Hay Smith

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Secretary

Tel. 0131 372 2200

 

 

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