abrdn Diversified Income and Growth plc

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Feb 27, 2024

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abrdn Diversified Income and Growth

27 February 2024

ABRDN DIVERSIFIED INCOME AND GROWTH PLC

(LEI: 2138003QINEGCHYGW702)

27 February 2024

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of abrdn Diversified Income and Growth plc ("the Company") held on 27 February 2024, all resolutions, as set out in the Notice of AGM included in the Annual Report for the year ended 30 September 2023 ("the 2023 Annual Report"), were passed on a poll.  A copy of the Notice of AGM is available at www.abrdndiversified.co.uk.

In relation to Resolution 11 (Authority to Allot Shares) and Resolution 12 (Authority to Allot Shares without Pre-emption), the relevant figure is 30,126,592 Ordinary shares, being 10% of the Ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, at the date of passing of these Resolutions at the AGM.

In relation to Resolution 13 (Authority to Buy Back Ordinary shares), the relevant figure is 45,159,766 Ordinary shares, being 14.99% of the Ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, at the date of passing of this Resolution at the AGM.

The total number of proxy votes lodged in favour of the Chairman was as follows:

Resolution	All Ordinary resolutions unless marked otherwise	For		Against		Votes	Total Votes
Number	No. of	% of	No. of	% of	Withheld	(excluding Votes Withheld)
		Votes	Votes Cast	Votes	Votes Cast
1	Receive and adopt the Directors' Report and audited financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2023	101,602,335	99.6	452,642	0.4	248,581	102,054,977
2	Receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 30 September 2023	98,941,099	97.4	2,651,567	2.6	710,892	101,592,666
3	Approve the Company's dividend policy to continue to pay four quarterly interim dividends per year	101,584,578	99.6	395,976	0.4	323,004	101,980,554
4	Re-elect Alistair Mackintosh	97,813,166	96.1	3,980,681	3.9	509,711	101,793,847
5	Re-elect Trevor Bradley as a Director	97,857,349	96.1	3,946,624	3.9	499,585	101,803,973
6	Re-elect Tom Challenor as a Director	97,727,542	96.0	4,090,709	4.0	485,307	101,818,251
7	Re-elect Davina Walter as a Director	97,314,633	95.6	4,427,988	4.4	560,937	101,742,621
8	Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	101,242,478	99.3	714,657	0.7	346,423	101,957,135
9	Authority to fix the auditor's remuneration	101,421,251	99.4	581,316	0.6	300,991	102,002,567
10	Approve the continuation of the Company as an investment trust	101,182,491	99.2	843,717	0.8	277,350	102,026,208
11	Authority to allot shares	99,299,728	97.5	2,571,532	2.5	432,298	101,871,260
12	Authority to allot shares without pre-emption (Special resolution)	90,004,411	88.4	11,842,747	11.6	451,624	101,847,158
13	Approve share buybacks (Special resolution)	101,470,904	99.4	642,460	0.6	190,194	102,113,364
14	Approve holding meetings on less than 14 clear days' notice (Special resolution)	99,511,491	97.6	2,437,168	2.4	354,899	101,948,659
15	Cancel the share premium account	99,742,463	98.0	2,016,453	2.0	544,642	101,758,916

As set out in the Chairman's Statement in the Annual Report, Anna Troup retired as a Director at the conclusion of the AGM.

Resolutions

Copies of Resolutions 10 to 15, inclusive, as approved by shareholders at the AGM, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and available for inspection thereafter at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

*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.

Enquiries:

Stuart Reid

abrdn Holdings Limited

Secretaries

Email:     cef.cosec@abrdn.com

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