Results of AGM

RNS Number : 1787O

John Laing Environmental Assets Grp

16 August 2017

 

16 August 2017

JOHN LAING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS GROUP LIMITED

Results of AGM

John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited ("JLEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 10:00 a.m. today, 16 August 2017, each of the Resolutions was duly passed without amendment.

In accordance with LR 9.6.18, details of the results of those resolutions proposed at the AGM, which were not ordinary business of the AGM, follow:

Resolution	For (including discretionary)	Against	Withheld*
6 - Ordinary	230,788,053	-	-
7 - Ordinary	230,788,053	-	-
8 - Special	230,096,794	691,259	-
9 - Special	230,715,291	3,000	69,762

*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 these resolutions can be found below:-

Resolution 6 - Ordinary Resolution

That the interim dividend of 1.54 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of the period 1 April 2016 to 30 June 2016, the interim dividend of 1.53 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of the period 1 July 2016 to 30 September 2016, the interim dividend of 1.535 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of the period 1 October 2016 to 31 December 2016 and the interim dividend of 1.535 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of the period 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017 declared by the Company be approved.

Resolution 7 - Ordinary Resolution

That, in accordance with Article 45 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the "Articles"), the Board may, in respect of dividends declared for any financial period or periods of the Company ending prior to the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2018, offer shareholders the right to elect to receive further shares, credited as fully paid, in respect of all or any part of such dividend or dividends declared in respect of any such period or periods.

Resolution 8 - Special Resolution

1.    That the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with Section 315 of The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (as amended) (the "Law") (subject to the UK Listing Rules and all other applicable legislation and regulations) to make market acquisitions (as defined in the Law) of its Ordinary Shares in issue, provided that:-

a.   the maximum number of Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 14.99 per cent. per annum of the Ordinary Shares in issue immediately following the passing of this resolution;

b.  the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is 1 pence;

c.   the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary Share shall be not more than the higher of (i) 5 per cent. above the average market value for the five business days prior to the day the purchase is made and (ii) the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest independent bid at the time of the purchase for any number of the Ordinary Shares on the trading venues where the purchase is carried out;

d.  the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company held in 2018 or 18 months from the date of this resolution, whichever is the earlier, unless such authority is varied, revoked or renewed prior to such time;

e.  the Company may make a contract to purchase Ordinary Shares under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiration of such authority and may make an acquisition of Ordinary Shares pursuant to any such contract; and

f.   any Ordinary Share bought back may be held in treasury in accordance with the Law or be subsequently cancelled by the Company.

Resolution 9 - Special Resolution

That pursuant to Article 7.7 of the Articles, the provisions of Article 7.2 of the Articles shall not apply and shall be excluded in relation to the issue of up to an aggregate number of Ordinary Shares as represents less than 10 per cent. of the number of Ordinary Shares admitted to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities immediately following the passing of this resolution, provided that such disapplication and exclusion shall expire on the date which is 18 months from the date of the passing of this resolution or, if earlier, at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company following the date of the passing of this resolution (unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company by special resolution) save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require Ordinary Shares to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot Ordinary Shares in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the disapplication and exclusion conferred hereby had not expired.

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For further information please contact:

John Laing Capital Management Limited Chris Tanner David Hardy	[phone]
Winterflood Securities Limited Joe Winkley Neil Langford	[phone]
Praxis Fund Services Limited Matt Falla Janine Lewis	[phone]

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

 

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