Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Result of AGM

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Result of AGM

PR Newswire

LONDON, United Kingdom, March 05

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc

Annual General Meeting held on 5 March 2026

The Board of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc hereby reports that all the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on 5 March 2026 were passed by Shareholders on a poll.

The table below shows the results of the poll.

Resolution	Votes For	% Votes For	Votes Against	% Votes Against	Total Votes cast (excluding Votes Withheld)	Votes Withheld
1 That the Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 be received and adopted.	46,092,317	99.54%	214,161	0.46%	46,306,478	5,629
2 That the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 be received, adopted and approved.	46,262,485	99.92%	37,369	0.08%	46,299,854	12,253
3 That the Directors' Remuneration Policy as set out in the Annual Report be approved.	46,246,710	99.91%	40,077	0.09%	46,286,787	25,320
4 That a final dividend of 32.50p per share and a special dividend of 12.00p per share be approved.	46,310,282	100.00%	194	0.00%	46,310,476	1,631
5 That Richard Davidson be re-elected as a Director.	46,279,682	99.98%	9,794	0.02%	46,289,476	22,631
6 That Jaz Bains be re-elected as a Director.	46,258,052	99.93%	31,488	0.07%	46,289,540	22,567
7 That Patricia Dimond be re-elected as a Director.	46,268,296	99.95%	21,180	0.05%	46,289,476	22,631
8 That Victoria Stewart be re-elected as a Director.	46,264,662	99.94%	25,934	0.06%	46,290,596	21,511
9 That Martin Warner be re-elected as a Director.	46,264,631	99.96%	19,705	0.04%	46,284,336	27,771
10 That Johnston Carmichael LLP be re-appointed as Independent Auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting at which the Financial Statements are laid.	46,287,171	99.96%	17,211	0.04%	46,304,382	7,725

11 That the Audit Committee be authorised to determine the remuneration of the Independent Auditor for the year to 31 December 2026.	46,302,442	99.99%	5,720	0.01%	46,308,162	3,945
12 That the Company continues to manage its affairs as an investment trust (as defined by Section 1158 of the Corporation Taxes Act 2010).	43,822,686	94.63%	2,487,870	5.37%	46,310,556	1,551
13 That the Company be authorised to buy back Ordinary Shares.	46,079,927	99.51%	228,076	0.49%	46,308,003	4,104

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

Michael Campbell, Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries

Telephone: [phone]

5 March 2026