Retirement of Director

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Aberdeen Asia Focus PLC announced that independent non-executive Director Lindsay Cooper will retire effective April 12, 2026, to pursue an executive fund management role. The company expressed gratitude for his contributions during a successful portfolio management transition.

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Aberdeen Asia Focus plc

10 April 2026

ABERDEEN ASIA FOCUS PLC (the "Company")

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493000FBZP1J92OQY70

10 April 2026

Retirement of Lindsay Cooper

The Board of Aberdeen Asia Focus PLC announces that, with effect from 12 April 2026, Mr Lindsay Cooper has decided to retire as an independent non-executive Director of the Company in order to focus on an executive fund management role.

Chair, Krishna Shanmuganathan commented:

"On behalf of the Board I would like to thank Lindsay for the wealth of experience and deep-seated regional expertise that he has brought to the Board during what has been a very successful period of portfolio management transition at Aberdeen and we wish him well on his return to Arisaig Partners."

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Company Secretary

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