EGM Statement

RNS Number : 5039P
Qatar Investment Fund PLC
18 November 2016
 

18 November 2016

 

Qatar Investment Fund plc

 

("QIF" or the "Company")

 

Results of Extraordinary General Meeting

 

The Board of Qatar Investment Fund plc announces that at the Extraordinary General Meeting held today (17 November 2016) at 10.30 a.m., the Resolution was passed on a poll. The results are shown below.

 


For

Against

Withheld

Ordinary Resolution

97,566,028

(83.36%)

nil

(nil%)

89,301

(0.076%)

 

The total number of votes cast was 97,566,028 which represents approximately 83.36% per cent. of the Company's total voting rights.

 

Results of Tender Offer

 

Further to the announcement of the proposed tender offer on 19 October 2016, the Board of the Company announces that the tender offer for the purchase of up to 14,045,544 Ordinary Shares (representing 12.0 per cent. of the Shares in issue as at 18 October 2016 excluding treasury shares) closed at 1.00 p.m. on 14 November 2016.

 

A total of 13,736,411 Shares were validly tendered under the Basic Entitlement of the Tender Offer. This equates to approximately 11.7 per cent. of the Company's Shares in issue as at 18 October 2016 (excluding treasury shares), and approximately 97.8 per cent. of the shares available under the Tender Offer. Excess tenders will be satisfied to the extent of a further 309,133 Shares, representing 0.47 per cent. of the excess Shares tendered.

 

In total, 14,045,544 Shares were validly tendered under the Tender Offer, representing 12.0 per cent. of the Company's Shares in issue as at 18 October 2016 (excluding treasury shares), all of which will be repurchased by the Company and cancelled.

 

Details of the Tender Price are expected to be announced on 12 December 2016.

 

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

 

Capitalised terms and expressions have the same meanings as those attributed to them in the Company's Circular dated 19 October 2016.

 

 

 

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

 


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