Annual General Meeting 2025

You will be asked to consider and vote on a number of resolutions and they are listed in full on pages 4 to 6 of the AGM guide. To help make things clearer, there is an explanation of each resolution from the Chairman on pages 7 to 10 and in the resolution section of this page.

Shareholders can submit questions in advance or during the meeting, in person or via the online platform. Shareholders who attend the meeting in person will have the opportunity to ask questions once the Chairman has opened the Question-and-Answer session. More information on how to submit questions online is below.

The Board will answer as many questions as is practical during the meeting.

To help keep everyone safe, we will carry out security checks and bag searches on entry to the building. This will include the use of personal and x-ray scanners and any other security measures we consider appropriate on the day.

Please limit your belongings to one small bag. All other bags and personal items must be left in the cloakroom, including cameras and other recording devices as photography and recordings are not permitted. No one attending the meeting may bring disruptive items (leaflets, banners, flags, whistles), or other items that may present a threat to the security or good order of the meeting, into the premises. Food and drink, including water bottles, are also not permitted.

You will be required to put your mobile phone in a security pouch, which will allow you to use your phone but prevents filming or recording. Mobile phones must be turned off during the meeting. On leaving the meeting, the pouch will be unlocked and collected by our security team. 

We will not permit behaviour which may interfere with anyone’s security, safety or comfort, or the good order of the meeting. Non-compliance with any of our security measures or disruptive behaviour may result in refusal of entry or removal from the meeting.

Questions in advance of the meeting can be submitted via the online platform from 2pm on Tuesday 29 April 2025 until 2pm on Tuesday 6 May 2025.

Access to the online platform on the day of the meeting will be available one hour prior to the start of the AGM. 

To use the online platform, you will need your Shareholder Reference Number (SRN) and your PIN (Your PIN is the first 2 and last 2 digits of your SRN).

Please read the online user guide for more details on how to join the meeting, vote and ask questions. If you experience any difficulties, please call abrdn Shareholder Services.

More on our progress in our Annual report and accounts 2024

How to vote on the resolutions

Voting online is the quickest and easiest way of making sure your vote is registered on time. Visit abrdnshares.com to complete your voting form – either by logging in to your share portal account or by using the ‘quick vote’ option.

Voting closes on Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 2pm (UK time).

To use the quick vote option, you will need:

If you receive your communications by post, you can find these details on the paper voting form included in the AGM mailing pack we sent to you.

If you receive your communications by email, you can find your Voting ID and Task ID in your email from the Chairman – and you can find your SRN on letters or documents we send you and online in your share portal account.

If you are missing any of these details, please get in touch.

To ensure that your vote is counted, we strongly encourage you to appoint the chairman of the meeting as your proxy when you submit your voting instructions. If you are planning to attend the meeting in person or online, please still submit your voting instructions in advance.

Your Board recommends that you vote ‘for’ on all of this year’s resolutions.

On 28 February 2025 – the latest practical business day before the printing of the Notice of Annual General Meeting – the Company’s issued share capital consisted of 1,840,742,937 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. No shares were held in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at 28 February 2025 were 1,840,742,937.

Copies of these documents are available for inspection:

You can see them during normal business hours from Monday to Friday (except public holidays) at 1 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2LL and at the offices of the Company’s solicitors, Slaughter and May, One Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YY.

Copies of these documents will also be available for inspection at the place of the AGM and on this page for at least 15 minutes before and throughout the meeting.