PHILADELPHIA, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aberdeen
Global Income Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE American:
FCO) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the
"Meeting") on April 29, 2021.
At the Meeting, shareholders of the Fund voted to re-elect one
Class II Director to the Board of Directors and to approve the
continuation of the term of two Directors under the Fund's
Corporate Governance Policies.
As of the record date, March 5,
2021, the Fund had outstanding 8,736,312 shares of common
stock. 69.32% of outstanding common stock were voted representing a
quorum.
The description of the proposal and number of shares voted at
the Meeting are as follows:
To elect one Class II Director to the Board of Directors:
|
Votes For
|
Votes
Against/Withheld
|
Votes
Abstained
|
William J.
Potter
|
5,823,925
|
141,527
|
90,449
|
To approve the continuation of Term for two Directors under the
Corporate Governance Policies
|
Votes For
|
Votes
Against/Withheld
|
Votes
Abstained
|
P. Gerald
Malone
|
5,837,201
|
129,272
|
89,429
|
Neville J.
Miles
|
5,828,014
|
141,972
|
85,916
|
Also effective at the shareholder meeting on April 29, 2021, Peter D.
Sacks retired from the Fund pursuant to the Fund's
retirement policy. The Board would like to extend its sincere
gratitude to Mr. Sacks and acknowledge the invaluable contributions
he has made to the Fund during his tenure and wish him the best of
success in all his future endeavours.
In light of the foregoing, the Board has approved the
appointment of Ms. Radhika Ajmera as
a Class III Director. Directors whose term of office continued
beyond the Meeting are as follows: Neville
Miles, Moritz Sell,
Radhika Ajmera, P. Gerald Malone, William
Potter and Martin Gilbert.
Effective upon the retirement of Mr. Sacks, the Board appointed Mr.
Sell, an Independent Director, to serve in the role of Audit and
Valuation Committee Chair.
In the United States, Aberdeen
Standard Investments is the marketing name for the following
affiliated, registered investment advisers: Aberdeen Standard
Investments Inc., Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd., Aberdeen Standard
Investments Australia Ltd., Aberdeen Standard Investments
(Asia) Ltd., Aberdeen Capital
Management, LLC, Aberdeen Standard Investments ETFs Advisors LLC
and Aberdeen Standard Alternative Funds Limited.
Closed-end funds are traded on the secondary market through one
of the stock exchanges. The Fund's investment return and principal
value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares may be worth more
or less than the original cost. Shares of closed-end funds may
trade above (a premium) or below (a discount) the net asset value
(NAV) of the fund's portfolio. There is no assurance that the Fund
will achieve its investment objective. Past performance does not
guarantee future results.
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