Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Result of AGM

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc Annual General Meeting held on 6 March 2025 The Board of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc hereby reports that all the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on 6 March 2025 were passed by Shareholders on a poll. The table below shows the results of the poll. +--------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+----------+--------+ |Resolution |Votes For |% Votes|Votes |% Votes|Total |Votes | | | | |Against |Against|Votes cast|Withheld| | | |For | | |(excluding| | | | | | | |Votes | | | | | | | |Withheld) | | +--------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+----------+--------+ |1   That the Report |45,611,979|95.25% |2,275,752|4.75% |47,887,731|6,819 | |and | | | | | | | |     Financial | | | | | | | |Statements  for the | | | | | | | |year ended 31 | | | | | | | |     December 2024 | | | | | | | |be | | | | | | | |     adopted. | | | | | | | +--------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+----------+--------+ |2   That the |47,812,027|99.88% |56,659 |0.12% |47,868,686|25,864 | |Directors' | | | | | | | |     Remuneration | | | | | | | |Report forthe year | | | | | | | |ended 31 | | | | | | | |     December 2024 | | | | | | | |be | | | | | | | |     approved. | | | | | | | +--------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+----------+--------+ |3   That a final |47,885,536|99.99% |3,923 |0.01% |47,889,459|5,091 | |dividend of 30.00p | | | | | | | |per share and | | | | | | | |aspecial dividend of| | | | | | | |6.00p per share be | | | | | | | |approved. | | | | | | | +--------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+----------+--------+ |4   That Richard |47,859,516|99.97% |16,467 |0.03% |47,875,983|18,567 | |Davidson be | | | | | | | |     re-elected as a| | | | | | | |Director.  | | | | | | | +--------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+----------+--------+ |5   That Jaz Bains |47,855,080|99.96% |18,626 |0.04% |47,873,706|20,844 | |be | | | | | | | |     re-elected as a| | | | | | | |Director.   | | | | | | | +--------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+----------+--------+ |6   That Patricia |47,856,925|99.96% |16,781 |0.04% |47,873,706|20,844 | |Dimond bere-elected | | | | | | | |as a Director.   | | | | | | | +--------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+----------+--------+ |7   That Victoria |47,855,850|99.96% |17,651 |0.04% |47,873,501|21,049 | |Stewart be re | | | | | | | |-elected as a | | | | | | | |Director. | | | | | | | +--------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+----------+--------+ |8   That Martin |47,859,259|99.97% |15,531 |0.03% |47,874,790|19,760 | |Warner be re-elected| | | | | | | |as a Director. | | | | | | | +--------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+----------+--------+ |9 That Johnston |47,723,616|99.96% |19,966 |0.04% |47,743,582|150,968 | |     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 before the | | | | | | | |Company. | | | | | | | +--------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+----------+--------+ +----------------------------+----------+------+-------+-----+----------+------+ |10 That the Audit |47,861,131|99.97%|14,951 |0.03%|47,876,082|18,468| |      Committee be | | | | | | | |     authorised to determine| | | | | | | |the remuneration of the | | | | | | | |      Independent Auditor | | | | | | | |for the year to 31 | | | | | | | |December 2025. | | | | | | | +----------------------------+----------+------+-------+-----+----------+------+ |11 That the Company be |48,027,854|99.57%|206,034|0.43%|48,233,888|6,491 | |      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 10 were ordinary resolutions and resolution 11 was a special resolution. 4. The total votes cast represented 57.90% of the 82,724,105 Ordinary Shares in issue at 4 March 2025. The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting contained in the 2024 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 6 March 2025 This information was brought to you by Cision http://news.cision.com

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