Aberdeen Smaller Co's Inc Tst PLC Annual Report Posting and AGM Update (4306I)
April 01 2020 - 6:32AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4306I
Aberdeen Smaller Co's Inc Tst PLC
01 April 2020
Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust PLC (the "Company")
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800J6D2TVHRGKBG24
1 April 2020
Posting of Annual Report and Financial Statements for Year Ended
31 December 2019
A Copy of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the
year ended 31 December 2019 has been submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and the document will shortly be
available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM . A Copy
of the Annual Report together with the Pre-Investment Disclosure
Document (per Article 23 AIFMD/Rule 3.2 FCA FUND Sourcebook) dated
30 March 2020 will also shortly be available for download from the
Company's website, www.aberdeensmallercompanies.co.uk .*
*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
Annual General Meeting (AGM) Delayed to 26 June 2020
The impact of very recent events in relation to the COVID 19
pandemic has superseded some of the information contained in the
Annual Report, particularly in relation to the arrangements to hold
the Annual General Meeting on 30 April 2020 at the offices of
Aberdeen Standard Investments in Central London. This arrangement
is no longer possible with the current Government restrictions in
place on staying at home, ceasing non-essential travel,
implementing social distancing and stopping public gatherings. As a
consequence, the Board has had to reconsider whether holding the
AGM at that time is in the best interests of shareholders, or even
possible.
The Company is required by law to hold an AGM and therefore in
the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board has decided to delay
holding the 2020 AGM until 9.30 a.m. on Friday, 26 June 2020 when
it is hoped restrictions may have eased. However, as the situation
is constantly evolving, these AGM arrangements may change again so
the Board urges shareholders to consult the Company's website for
further updates. The Board will also keep shareholders updated
through announcements to the London Stock Exchange.
Given the advance printing of the Annual Report, it was not
possible to amend the Notice of AGM and s hareholders should
therefore disregard the AGM date, time and venue details contained
in the Annual Report. In particular, shareholders should not attend
the offices of Aberdeen Standard Investments in central London on
Thursday, 30 April 2020 for the purposes of attending the AGM as
the meeting will not now take place.
In addition, this year, considering the public health and
government advice related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board
strongly advises shareholders that they should not attend the AGM
in person and should instead submit their votes by proxy or, in the
case of Aberdeen Standard Investment Plan Participants, use the
Letter of Direction as usual to ensure their votes are registered .
The proposed resolutions are explained fully in the 2019 Annual
Report. Proxy instructions or letter of directions must be received
by the Company's Registrar, Equiniti, no later than 9.30 am on 24
June 2020.
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Company Secretary
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