Annual General Meeting 2017
A general meeting to propose the merger between Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life was held at 2pm on Monday 19 June 2017 in the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh.
| Resolutions | For | Against | Votes Withheld |
| Resolution 1: To receive and consider the Annual report and accounts 2016 | 787,562,658 (99.93%) | 557,218 (0.07%) | 5,621,363 |
| Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend for 2016 | 793,003,137 (99.94%) | 475,622 (0.06%) | 269,643 |
| Resolution 3: To appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 789,926,762 (99.65%) | 2,777,880 (0.35%) | 1,044,750 |
| Resolution 4: To authorise the audit committee to set the auditors’ fees | 789,906,532 (99.73%) | 2,130,435 (0.27%) | 1,710,074 |
| Resolution 5: To approve the Directors’ remuneration report, excluding the remuneration policy | 765,570,038 (97.47%) | 19,888,754 (2.53%) | 8,290,600 |
| Resolution 6A: To re-elect Sir Gerry Grimstone | 776,923,972 (98.14%) | 14,688,221 (1.86%) | 2,137,199 |
| Resolution 6B: To re-elect Colin Clark | 789,422,189 (99.75%) | 2,016,371 (0.25%) | 2,306,804 |
| Resolution 6C: To re-elect Pierre Danon | 781,472,760 (98.75%) | 9,857,551 (1.25%) | 2,402,655 |
| Resolution 6D: To re-elect Melanie Gee | 785,926,025 (99.29%) | 5,591,598 (0.71%) | 2,230,635 |
| Resolution 6E: To re-elect Noel Harwerth | 788,442,318 (99.62%) | 2,970,749 (0.38%) | 2,332,326 |
| Resolution 6F: To re-elect Kevin Parry | 787,543,477 (99.51%) | 3,860,309 (0.49%) | 2,341,336 |
| Resolution 6G: To re-elect Lynne Peacock | 789,085,959 (99.69%) | 2,415,789 (0.31%) | 2,244,952 |
| Resolution 6H: To re-elect Martin Pike | 789,064,987 (99.71%) | 2,282,970 (0.29%) | 2,398,743 |
| Resolution 6I: To re-elect Luke Savage | 788,063,494 (99.58%) | 3,347,679 (0.42%) | 2,334,673 |
| Resolution 6J: To re-elect Keith Skeoch | 788,882,743 (99.67%) | 2,615,453 (0.33%) | 2,248,504 |
| Resolution 7A: To elect John Devine | 788,562,181 (99.67%) | 2,582,914 (0.33%) | 2,599,690 |
| Resolution 7B: To elect Barry O’Dwyer | 788,727,686 (99.69%) | 2,452,560 (0.31%) | 2,569,146 |
| Resolution 8: To provide limited authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure | 753,401,248 (96.57%) | 26,766,242 (3.43%) | 13,580,847 |
| Resolution 9: To authorise the Directors to issue further shares | 784,763,701 (99.06%) | 7,412,097 (0.94%) | 1,572,442 |
| Resolution 10: To disapply share pre-emption rights | 784,452,824 (99.24%) | 5,990,982 (0.76%) | 3,305,586 |
| Resolution 11: To give authority for the Company to buy back shares | 781,627,871 (98.70%) | 10,319,278 (1.30%) | 1,800,612 |
| Resolution 12: To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days’ notice | 728,257,988 (92.66%) | 57,724,738 (7.34%) | 7,764,272 |
Issued Share Capital – Total voting rights
On 24 February 2017 – the latest practical business day before the printing and publication of the Notice of Annual General Meeting – the Company’s issued share capital consisted of 1,979,059,990 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. No shares were held in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at 24 February 2017 were 1,979,059,990.