Last checked at 3 Aug 2020 07:00
Date: | 3 August 2020 |
On behalf of: | First Property Group plc ("First Property", "the Company" or the "Group") |
Embargoed: | 07:00 |
First Property Group plc
Notice of AGM
First Property Group plc (AIM: FPO), the award winning property fund manager and investor, will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) as a closed meeting at 12 noon on 23 September 2020, in line with the new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 which permits general meetings held before 30 September 2020 to be held as closed meetings. This is in order to comply with Government guidance (at the date of this RNS) which prohibits large indoor gatherings due to COVID-19.
Only the formal business of the AGM will be carried out in order to satisfy relevant legal requirements and for shareholders to vote on the requisite resolutions. Arrangements have been made for a quorum of two shareholders to be present at the AGM. Additional shareholders are prohibited from attending the AGM in person.
Shareholders are strongly encouraged to submit a proxy form in accordance with the instructions in the Notes to the Notice of Annual General Meeting. Shareholders are specifically requested not to appoint a named individual as their proxy but instead to appoint the Chairman of the Meeting. A hard copy of the proxy form can be requested from the Company's registrars, Link Asset Services.
Participants will be able to listen to the proceedings of the AGM through the Investor Meet Company platform. Immediately following the conclusion of the AGM there will be a presentation and Q&A session. Registration is via www.investormeetcompany.com and by selecting to follow First Property Group plc. Once registered, automatic invitations to this AGM and to future online meetings held on the platform will be sent. Questions can be submitted in advance via the platform or to investor.relations@fprop.com. In addition questions can be posted online during the meeting.
The Annual Report & Accounts, which includes a Notice of Meeting, will be posted to shareholders shortly and a pdf copy will be saved on the Group's website at www.fprop.com.
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For further information please contact:
First Property Group plc | Tel: +44 (20) 7340 0270 |
Ben Habib (Chief Executive Officer) Laura James (Interim Group Finance Director) Jill Aubrey (Group Company Secretary) Jeremy Barkes (Director, Business Development) | investor.relations@fprop.com
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Arden Partners (NOMAD & Broker) | Tel: + 44 (20) 7614 5900 |
John Llewellyn-Lloyd (Director, Corporate Finance) Ben Cryer (Corporate Finance) |
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Newgate Communications (PR) | Tel: + 44 (20) 3757 6880; |
Robin Tozer / Tom Carnegie | firstproperty@newgatecomms.com |
Notes to Investors and Editors:
First Property Group plc is an award-winning property fund manager and investor with operations in the United Kingdom and Central Europe. Its focus is on higher yielding commercial property with sustainable cash flows. The company is flexible and takes an active approach to asset management. Its earnings are derived from:
· Fund management - via its FCA regulated and AIFMD approved subsidiary, First Property Asset Management Ltd (FPAM), which earns fees from investing for third parties in property. FPAM currently manages twelve funds which are invested across the United Kingdom, Poland and Romania.
· Group Properties - principal investments by the Group to earn a return on its own capital, usually in partnership with third parties. Investments comprise eight directly held properties in Poland and Romania, and non-controlling interests in ten of the twelve funds managed by FPAM.
Listed on AIM the Company has offices in London, Warsaw and Bucharest. Around one third of the shares in the Company are owned by management and their families. Further information about the Company and its products can be found at: www.fprop.com.