REG-Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc: Result of AGM

Aberforth Smaller Companies TrustAnnouncement

05/03/2026 14:00

                             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                                                                                                                                                                                          46,092,317  99.54%       214,161        0.46%            46,306,478                                   5,629           
  Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 be received and adopted.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 2   That the Directors’                                                                                                                                                                                          46,262,485  99.92%       37,369         0.08%            46,299,854                                   12,253          
  Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 be received, adopted and approved.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 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                                                                                                                                                                                            46,258,052  99.93%       31,488         0.07%            46,289,540                                   22,567          
  re-elected as a Director.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 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                                                              46,302,442  99.99%  5,720      0.01%  46,308,162  3,945  
  Independent Auditor for                                                                                                                                                                              
  the year to 31 December                                                                                                                                                                              
   2026.                                                                                                                                                                                               
 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                                                                                                                      46,079,927  99.51%  228,076    0.49%  46,308,003  4,104  
    authorised to buy back                                                                                                                                                                             
    Ordinary Shares.                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

 

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: 0131 220 0733

 

5 March 2026

 

 

 

 



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