Last checked at 17 Oct 2017 14:22
17 October 2017
AEW UK REIT plc
RESULT OF GENERAL MEETING
The Board of AEW UK REIT plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at a general meeting of the Company held earlier today (the "General Meeting") all resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed. Each of the resolutions put to the General Meeting were voted on by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 and 3 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and Resolution 2 was proposed as a special resolution. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows: |
Resolution | For (No. of shares) |
For (%) |
Against (No. of shares) |
Against (%) | Votes withheld (No. of shares) |
1. Authorise the directors to allot up to 250 million ordinary shares | 45,816,798
| 100.00
| 0 | 0.00 | 9,649
|
2. Authorise the directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of ordinary shares pursuant to resolution 1 | 45,810,048
| 99.99
| 6,750 | 0.01 | 9,649
|
3. The Company adopt the proposed changes to its investment policy | 45,816,798
| 100.00
| 0 | 0.00 | 9,649
|
NOTES:
1. | All resolutions were passed. |
2. | Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the General Meeting have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution. |
3. | Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution. |
4. | A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution. |
5. | The number of shares in issue at 1:00 p.m. on 13 October 2017 was 123,647,250 and at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury. |
6. | The full text of the resolutions passed at the General Meeting can be found in the Notice of General Meeting which is available on the Company's website and the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM"). |
7. | A copy of resolutions passed at the General Meeting will shortly be submitted to NSM and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. |
8. | The complete poll results will also be available shortly on the Company's website. |
For further information, please contact:
AEW UK Investment Management LLP | 020 7016 4880 |
Louise Staniforth | |
Alex Short | |
Laura Elkin | |
Fidante Capital | 020 7832 0900 |
Katie Standley | |
Temple Bar Advisory | 020 7002 1510 |
Ed Orlebar | aew@templebaradvisory.com |
Tom Allison | |
Lucy Featherstone | |
Company Secretary | 020 7954 9547 |
Capita Company Secretarial Services Limited | aewu_cosec@capita.co.uk |