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8 April 2021
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Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc
("ORIT" or the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc is pleased to announce that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 10.00 am this morning, all resolutions, as outlined in the Notice of Annual General Meeting (the "Notice") were passed.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions set out in the Notice and the results of the poll are set out below:
Resolution | For | Against | Withheld* | ||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | |
1. To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 (the "Annual Report"). | 181,247,892 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 71,764 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy included in the Annual Report. | 181,223,962 | 99.99 | 13,896 | 0.01 | 81,798 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report included in the Annual Report. | 181,231,060 | 100.00 | 5,546 | 0.00 | 83,050 |
4. To elect Philip Austin as a director of the Company. | 181,243,834 | 100.00 | 1,867 | 0.00 | 73,955 |
5. To elect James Cameron as a director of the Company. | 181,244,581 | 100.00 | 1,120 | 0.00 | 73,955 |
6. To elect Elaina Elzinga as a director of the Company. | 181,244,581 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 75,075 |
7. To elect Audrey McNair as a director of the Company. | 181,244,581 | 100.00 | 1,120 | 0.00 | 73,955 |
8. To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor to the Company. | 181,054,919 | 99.90 | 185,550 | 0.10 | 79,186 |
9. To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company. | 181,094,721 | 99.92 | 150,977 | 0.08 | 73,958 |
10. To authorise the Directors to declare and pay all dividends of the Company as interim dividends. | 181,248,315 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 71,341 |
11. To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities under section 551 of the Companies Act 2006. | 181,246,030 | 100.00 | 1,494 | 0.00 | 72,132 |
12. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights under sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006. | 165,547,173 | 91.34 | 15,697,710 | 8.66 | 74,772 |
13. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares. | 181,215,416 | 99.98 | 32,130 | 0.02 | 72,109 |
14. To authorise that General Meetings, other than Annual General Meetings, may be called on 14 clear days' notice. | 180,918,854 | 99.88 | 225,302 | 0.12 | 75,500 |
*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 text for each resolution is contained in the notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which is available on the Company's website at www.octopusrenewablesinfrastructure.com/investors/.
In accordance with LR9.6.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism website and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information please contact:
Octopus Investments Limited (Investment Manager) Matt Setchell, Chris Gaydon, David Bird
| Via Buchanan |
Peel Hunt (Broker) Liz Yong, Luke Simpson, Tom Pocock (Investment Banking) Alex Howe, Chris Bunstead, Ed Welsby, Richard Harris (Sales)
| 020 7418 8900 |
Buchanan (Financial PR) Charles Ryland, Kelsey Traynor, Hannah Ratcliff
| 020 7466 5000 |
PraxisIFM (Company Secretary) | 020 4513 9260 |
Notes to editors
About Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc is a closed end investment company incorporated in England and Wales focused on providing investors with an attractive and sustainable level of income returns, with an element of capital growth, by investing in a diversified portfolio of renewable energy assets in Europe and Australia.
Further details can be found at www.octopusrenewablesinfrastructure.com
About Octopus Renewables
Octopus Renewables is a specialist clean energy investor. Launched in 2010 its mission is to accelerate the transition to a future powered by renewable energy. It has a diverse portfolio of assets with a capacity of over 2.8GW, making it the largest commercial solar investor in Europe and a leading investor in onshore wind.
Octopus Renewables is also leading the next wave of renewables being built across Europe and Australia without government subsidies. There is a significant opportunity to unblock much needed investment by building bespoke portfolios of renewable assets at scale, across technologies and countries, to create better outcomes for our investors.
Further details can be found at www.octopusrenewables.com
Neither the content of any website referred to in this announcement nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.
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