Standard Life UK Small Tst : Result of Annual General Meeting
October 22, 2015 at 03:28 pm
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STANDARD LIFE UK SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust plc (the 'Company') hereby gives notification that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, 22 October 2015, all the Resolutions, as set out in full in the Notice of Meeting contained in the 2015 Annual Report which was sent to shareholders on 22 September 2015, were duly passed.
The total number of proxy votes lodged was as follows:
For and Discretionary
Against
Votes
Total Votes
Resolution
No. of
% of
No. of
% of
Withheld
(excluding Votes Withheld)
Number
Votes
Votes Cast
Votes
Votes Cast
1
23,608,275
99.94
13,495
0.06
0
23,621,770
2
23,579,484
99.86
33,095
0.14
9,191
23,612,579
3
23,621,770
100.00
0
0.00
0
23,621,770
4
23,554,237
99.87
29,500
0.13
38,033
23,583,737
5
23,593,007
99.93
15,972
0.07
12,791
23,608,979
6
23,582,879
99.89
26,100
0.11
12,791
23,608,979
7
23,571,043
99.86
33,936
0.14
16,791
23,604,979
8
23,589,407
99.92
19,572
0.08
12,791
23,608,979
9
20,320,207
86.02
3,301,563
13.98
0
23,621,770
10
23,583,681
99.90
23,873
0.10
14,216
23,607,554
11
23,517,213
99.67
78,564
0.33
25,993
23,595,777
12
23,593,030
99.88
28,740
0.12
0
23,621,770
13
21,417,427
90.80
2,169,684
9.20
34,659
23,587,111
14
23,579,670
99.86
32,198
0.14
9,902
23,611,868
15
23,131,499
97.96
482,264
2.04
8,007
23,613,763
The Company's website is www.standardlifeinvestments.co.uk/its* from where the Annual Report and Notice of AGM may be downloaded.
A copy of the AGM resolutions which require to be lodged with the UKLA has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ('NSM') and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM*
*Neither the NSM website nor the Company's 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.
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based closed-end investment company. The investment objective of the Company is to achieve long term capital growth by investment in United Kingdom-quoted smaller companies. The Company invests in a diversified portfolio consisting mainly of United Kingdom-quoted smaller companies. The portfolio normally comprises between 50-60 holdings. Its portfolio will not exceed over 5% of total assets at the time of acquisition. The Company invests in various sectors, such as chemicals, industrial metals and mining, consumer services, household goods and home construction, leisure goods, media, personal goods, retailers, travel and leisure, food producers, energy, finance, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology, and telecommunication. abrdn Fund Managers Limited is the alternative investment fund manager of the Company. abrdn Investment Management Limited is the investment manager of the Company.