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AGM Statement

18 Nov 2016 07:02

RNS Number : 5042P
Qatar Investment Fund PLC
18 November 2016
 

18 November 2016

 

 

Qatar Investment Fund plc

 

(the "Company")

 

2016 Annual General Meeting Results

 

 

The Board of Qatar Investment Fund plc (QIF.L) announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today (17 November 2016) at 11.00 a.m., all resolutions were duly passed on a poll. The results are shown below.

 

 

ORDINARY BUSINESS

 

Resolution 1

 

The Report of the Investment Manager and Investment Adviser, Report of the Directors, Directors' Remuneration Report, Auditors' Report and the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2016 be approved with 95,628,859 votes cast in favour, no votes cast against and no abstentions.

 

Resolution 2

 

The final dividend of USD 4.0 cents per ordinary share for the year ended 30 June 2016 was approved with 95,628,859 votes cast in favour, no votes cast against and no abstentions.

 

Resolution 3

 

KPMG Audit LLC Isle of Man was re-appointed as auditors of the Company for the year ending 30 June 2017 with 95,628,859 votes cast in favour, no votes cast against and no abstentions.

 

Resolution 4

 

Mr Leonard O'Brien who retires in accordance with the corporate governance codes adopted by the Nomination Committee of the Company be re-elected a director of the Company with 95,628,859 votes cast in favour, no votes cast against and no abstentions.

 

 

SPECIAL BUSINESS

 

Resolution 5

 

That the Company generally and unconditionally be authorised to make market purchases of ordinary shares of US$0.01 each provided that: (a) the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares that may be purchased is 17,548,355 (being the equivalent of 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital as at 16 September 2016); (b) the minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is US$0.01 being the nominal value per ordinary share; (c) the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is the higher of: (i) 105 per cent of the average market value of an ordinary share in the Company for the five business days prior to the day the purchase is made; and (ii) the value of an ordinary share calculated on the basis of the higher of the price quoted for (I) the last independent trade of and (II) the highest current independent bid for, any number of the Company's ordinary shares on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out; and (d) the authority conferred by this resolution shall expire on 17 November 2017 or, if earlier, at the conclusion of the Company's next annual general meeting save that the Company may, before the expiry of the authority granted by this resolution, enter into a contract to purchase ordinary shares which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority. All Shares purchased pursuant to the above authority shall be either: (i) held, sold, transferred or otherwise dealt with as treasury shares; or (ii) cancelled immediately upon completion of the purchase, with 95,628,859 votes cast in favour, no votes cast against and no abstentions.

 

Resolution 6

 

That the rights of holders of equity securities in the Company to receive a preemptive offer of equity securities pursuant to Article 5A.2 of the Company Articles of Association shall be and is hereby excluded in respect of 11,706,708 Ordinary shares, this exclusion to expire immediately prior to the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2017, was approved with 94,795,837 votes cast in favour, no votes cast against and 833,022 abstentions.

 

A copy of resolutions 5 and 6 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 

The total number of votes cast was 95,628,859 which represents 81.63% of the Company's total voting rights.

 

 

 

 

For further information:

Qatar Investment Fund Plc +44 (0) 1624 622 851

Nick Wilson

 

Panmure Gordon +44 (0) 20 7886 2500

Richard Gray / Andrew Potts / Atholl Tweedie

 

Maitland +44 (0) 20 7379 5151

William Clutterbuck / Cebuan Bliss

 

Galileo Fund Services Limited +44 (0) 1624 692 600

Ian Dungate

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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