Artemis Alpha
Trust plc
Legal Entity Identifier:
[549300MQXY2QXEIL3756]
Results of First General
Meeting
In connection with
the proposals for a combination of the assets of Artemis Alpha
Trust plc (the "Company" or “ATS”) with Aurora Investment
Trust plc by means of a scheme of reconstruction and winding up of
the Company under section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the
"Scheme"), the Board is pleased to announce that the Resolutions
which were put forward at the First General Meeting held today have
been approved by
Shareholders.
Details of the number of
proxy votes cast for, against and withheld in respect of the
resolutions are set out below and will also be published on the
Company's website:
www.artemisfunds.com/en/gbr/adviser/funds/explorer/artemis-alpha-trust-plc/ordinary-shares.
|
Resolution |
Votes for (incl.
discretionary) |
% |
Votes
against |
% |
Total votes
cast |
Votes cast (excl. votes
withheld)1 |
Votes
withheld |
|
1. To approve the
reclassification of the shares in the capital of the Company as
shares with "A" rights and shares with "B" rights and to approve
changes required to the Company's articles of
association. |
15,518,475 |
99.91 |
14,623 |
0.09 |
15,533,098 |
47.48% |
0 |
|
2. To approve the Scheme;
further amend the Company's articles of association in order
to implement the Scheme; and to instruct the Liquidators to give
effect to the Scheme. |
15,516,368 |
99.89 |
16,667 |
0.11 |
15,533,035 |
47.48% |
63 |
1 As
a percentage of total voting
rights
For the purposes of
section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are
expressed in the table above as a percentage of the Company's total
voting rights, being 32,713,152 as at 15 November 2024, being
the time at which a shareholder had to be registered in the
Register of Members in order to vote at the First General
Meeting. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not
been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a
resolution.
The number of Shares in
issue at the date of this announcement is 37,260,474. There are
4,547,322 Shares held in treasury. Therefore, as at the date of
this announcement the number of voting rights in the Company are
32,713,152.
The full text of the
Resolutions can be found in the notice of First General Meeting
contained in the Company's circular to Shareholders dated 24
October 2024 (the "Circular"). The Circular is available for
viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located
at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
and on the Company's
website at: www.artemisfunds.com/en/gbr/adviser/funds/explorer/artemis-alpha-trust-plc/ordinary-shares.
The Shares will be
disabled for settlement in CREST from 6:00
p.m. on 19 November 2024 and trading will be
suspended from 7.30 a.m. on 20 November 2024.
Following the reclassification of the Shares on 28 November
2024, the Reclassified Shares will be suspended from listing
at 7.30 a.m. on 29 November
2024.
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Defined terms used in this
announcement shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the
meanings ascribed to them in the
Circular.For further information
please contact: |
|
Artemis Alpha Trust
plc |
Via Singer Capital
Markets |
|
Duncan
Budge (Chair) |
|
|
Singer Capital
Markets |
+44 (0) 20 7496
3000 |
|
Alaina
WongJames
Todd |
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