Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Result of AGM

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|Votes |% Votes|Total Votes cast|Votes | | | |For |Against|Against|(excluding Votes|Withheld| | | | | | |Withheld) | | +-------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+--------+ |1     That |46,092,317|99.54% |214,161|0.46% |46,306,478 |5,629 | |the Report | | | | | | | |and | | | | | | | |Financial | | | | | | | |Statements | | | | | | | |for the year | | | | | | | |ended 31 | | | | | | | |December | | | | | | | |2025 be | | | | | | | |received and | | | | | | | |adopted. | | | | | | | +-------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+--------+ |2     That |46,262,485|99.92% |37,369 |0.08% |46,299,854 |12,253 | |the | | | | | | | |Directors' | | | | | | | |Remuneration | | | | | | | |Report | | | | | | | |for the year | | | | | | | |ended | | | | | | | |31 December | | | | | | | |2025 be | | | | | | | |received, | | | | | | | |adopted and | | | | | | | |approved. | | | | | | | +-------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+--------+ |3     That |46,246,710|99.91% |40,077 |0.09% |46,286,787 |25,320 | |the | | | | | | | |Directors' | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Remuneration | | | | | | | |Policy as | | | | | | | |set out in | | | | | | | |the Annual | | | | | | | |Report be | | | | | | | |approved. | | | | | | | +-------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+--------+ |4     That a |46,310,282|100.00%|194 |0.00% |46,310,476 |1,631 | |final | | | | | | | |dividend | | | | | | | |of 32.50p | | | | | | | |per share | | | | | | | |and | | | | | | | |a special | | | | | | | |dividend of | | | | | | | |12.00p per | | | | | | | |share be | | | | | | | |approved. | | | | | | | +-------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+--------+ |5     That |46,279,682|99.98% |9,794 |0.02% |46,289,476 |22,631 | |Richard | | | | | | | |Davidson | | | | | | | |be re | | | | | | | |-elected as | | | | | | | |a Director.  | | | | | | | +-------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+--------+ |6     That |46,258,052|99.93% |31,488 |0.07% |46,289,540 |22,567 | |Jaz Bains be | | | | | | | |re-elected | | | | | | | |as a | | | | | | | |Director.   | | | | | | | +-------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+--------+ |7     That |46,268,296|99.95% |21,180 |0.05% |46,289,476 |22,631 | |Patricia | | | | | | | |Dimond be re | | | | | | | |-elected as | | | | | | | |a Director.  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+--------+ |8     That |46,264,662|99.94% |25,934 |0.06% |46,290,596 |21,511 | |Victoria | | | | | | | |Stewart | | | | | | | |be re | | | | | | | |-elected as | | | | | | | |a Director. | | | | | | | +-------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+--------+ |9     That |46,264,631|99.96% |19,705 |0.04% |46,284,336 |27,771 | |Martin | | | | | | | |Warner be re | | | | | | | |-elected as | | | | | | | |a Director. | | | | | | | +-------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+--------+ |10 That |46,287,171|  |17,211 |0.04% |46,304,382 |7,725 | |Johnston | | | | | | | |Carmichael | |99.96% | | | | | |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. | | | | | | | +-------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+----------------+--------+ +--------------------------+----------+------+---------+-----+----------+-----+ |11   That the Audit |46,302,442|99.99%|5,720 |0.01%|46,308,162|3,945| |Committee be authorised to| | | | | | | |determine the remuneration| | | | | | | |of the | | | | | | | |Independent Auditor for | | | | | | | |the year to 31 December | | | | | | | |2026. | | | | | | | +--------------------------+----------+------+---------+-----+----------+-----+ |12   That the Company |43,822,686|94.63%|2,487,870|5.37%|46,310,556|1,551| |continues to manage its | | | | | | | |affairs as an investment | | | | | | | |trust (as defined  by | | | | | | | |Section 1158 of the | | | | | | | |Corporation Taxes Act | | | | | | | |2010). | | | | | | | +--------------------------+----------+------+---------+-----+----------+-----+ |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 This information was brought to you by Cision http://news.cision.com