Aberforth Smaller Co Result of AGM

 
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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc 
 
Annual General Meeting held on 2 March 2021 
 
The Board of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc ("ASCoT") hereby reports 
that all the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 
2 March 2021 were passed by Shareholders on a show of hands. The total proxy 
votes received represented 54% of the 88,723,066 Ordinary Shares in issue. 
 
The table below shows the result of the proxy voting: 
 
Resolution Votes in    Discretionary  Votes      Votes       Total proxy 
           favour      Votes          against    withheld    votes 
 
1          47,849,527  50,368         22,400     8,075       47,930,370 
 
2          47,846,353  50,368         15,925     17,724      47,930,370 
 
3          47,871,482  51,748         0          7,140       47,930,370 
 
4          47,362,812  51,768         506,655    9,135       47,930,370 
 
5          45,520,490  51,748         2,347,922  10,210      47,930,370 
 
6          47,664,419  51,748         203,608    10,595      47,930,370 
 
7          47,667,164  51,768         202,303    9,135       47,930,370 
 
8          47,867,152  51,748         2,285      9,185       47,930,370 
 
9          45,727,875  51,768         2,137,117  13,610      47,930,370 
 
10         47,860,765  106,547        3,368      11,993      47,982,673 
 
11         46,947,941  1,252,767      85,807     8,140       48,294,655 
 
Note 
 
A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of 
the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution. Resolutions 1 to 10 were ordinary 
resolutions and resolution 11 was a special resolution. 
 
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Annual 
General Meeting contained in the 2020 Annual Report and Financial Statements 
which 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] 
 
2 March 2021 
 
 
 
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