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15 Dec 2016 12:50
15 December 2016
JOHN LAING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS GROUP LIMITED
Result of EGM
John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited ("JLEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that at the Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") held at 10:00 a.m. today, 15 December 2016, the Special Resolution was duly passed without amendment.
This announcement is made in accordance with LR 9.6.18.
Resolution | Votes For (including discretionary) | Votes Against | Votes Withheld* |
Special | 148,539,526 | 16,921,161 | - |
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*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "for" or "against" the Resolution.
The full wording of the resolution can be found below:-
SPECIAL RESOLUTION
THAT pursuant to Article 7.7 of the Articles, and in addition to any subsisting or other disapplications, the provisions of Article 7.2 of the Articles shall not apply and shall be excluded in relation to the allotment and issue of up to 150,000,000 New Ordinary Shares (being the maximum number of New Ordinary Shares that could be issued pursuant to the Placing Programme) on a non-pre-emptive basis, provided that:
(a) such disapplication and exclusion shall expire on the date that is twelve months after the date of the publication of the Prospectus (unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company by special resolution); and
(b) such disapplication and exclusion shall be limited to the allotment and issue of New Ordinary Shares under the Placing Programme,
with capitalised terms in this resolution having the meaning given to them in the circular published by the Company on 25 November 2016.
ENDS
For Further Details Contact:
John Laing Capital Management Limited David Hardy Chris Tanner
| +44 (0)20 7901 3559 |
Winterflood Investment Trusts Neil Langford Chris Mills | +44 (0)20 3100 0000 |
About JLEN
JLEN's investment policy is to invest in environmental infrastructure projects that have the benefit of long-term, predictable, wholly or partially inflation-linked cash flows supported by long-term contracts or stable regulatory frameworks.
Environmental Infrastructure is defined by the Company as infrastructure projects that utilise natural or waste resources or support more environmentally-friendly approaches to economic activity. This could involve the generation of renewable energy (including solar, wind, hydropower and biomass technologies), the supply and treatment of water, the treatment and processing of waste, and projects that promote energy efficiency.
Further details of the Company can be found on its website www.jlen.com