HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited : Result of EGMHARBOURVEST GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY LIMITED (the "Company")
RESULTS OF THE CLASS A SHAREHOLDER MEETING
RESULTS OF THE COMPANY'S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
CLASS A SHAREHOLDER MEETING
In accordance with the Principle 19 of the AIC Code of Corporate Governance (the "Governance Code"), the Company advises that for the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 26 September 2013 valid proxy appointments were made in respect of 35,584,606 voting shares and voting was as follows:
1. IT WAS RESOLVED that the Board is permitted to convert all Ordinary Shares and A Shares in the issued and unissued share capital of the Company into redeemable shares of no par value in the capital of the Company in accordance with resolution 2 below and in accordance with the amendments to the articles of incorporation to be adopted by the Company pursuant to resolution 3 below.
(50,912,283votes cast in favour, 0 votes cast against and 0 votes withheld).
2. IT WAS RESOLVED that in accordance with section 310 of the Companies (Guernsey), Law 2008, as amended:
2.1 the A Shares in the issued and unissued share capital of the Company, be and hereby are, converted into A ordinary redeemable shares of no par value in the capital of the Company having the rights and privileges and being subject to the restrictions set out in the new articles of incorporation to be adopted by the Company pursuant to Resolution number 3 below (as amended or replaced from time to time); and
2.2 the Ordinary Shares in the issued and unissued share capital of the Company, be and hereby are, converted into ordinary redeemable shares of no par value in the capital of the Company having the rights and privileges and being subject to the restrictions set out in the new articles of incorporation to be adopted by the Company pursuant to Resolution number 3 below (as amended or replaced from time to time).
(50,912,283votes cast in favour, 0 votes cast against and 0 votes withheld).
3. IT WAS RESOLVED that the proposed redemption mechanism as described in the Circular published by the Company dated 23 August 2013 be and is hereby approved and, subject to the passing of resolution 1 above, the articles of incorporation produced to the meeting and, for the purposes of identification, initialled by the Chairman, be and are hereby adopted as the new articles of incorporation of the Company in substitution for and to the exclusion, in their entirety, of all existing articles of incorporation of the Company which are in place immediately prior to this resolution being passed.
(50,912,283votes cast in favour, 0 votes cast against and 0 votes withheld).
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
In accordance with the Principle 19 of the AIC Code of Corporate Governance (the "Governance Code"), the Company advises that for the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 26 September 2013 valid proxy appointments were made in respect of 35,564,606 voting shares and voting was as follows:
1. IT WAS RESOLVED that the Board is permitted to convert all Ordinary Shares and A Shares in the issued and unissued share capital of the Company into redeemable shares of no par value in the capital of the Company in accordance with resolution 2 below and in accordance with the amendments to the articles of incorporation to be adopted by the Company pursuant to resolution 3 below.
(50,892,283 votes cast in favour, 0 votes cast against and 0 votes withheld).
2. IT WAS RESOLVED that in accordance with section 310 of the Companies (Guernsey), Law 2008, as amended:
2.1 the A Shares in the issued and unissued share capital of the Company, be and hereby are, converted into A ordinary redeemable shares of no par value in the capital of the Company having the rights and privileges and being subject to the restrictions set out in the new articles of incorporation to be adopted by the Company pursuant to Resolution number 3 below (as amended or replaced from time to time); and
2.2 the Ordinary Shares in the issued and unissued share capital of the Company, be and hereby are, converted into ordinary redeemable shares of no par value in the capital of the Company having the rights and privileges and being subject to the restrictions set out in the new articles of incorporation to be adopted by the Company pursuant to Resolution number 3 below (as amended or replaced from time to time).
(50,892,283 votes cast in favour, 0 votes cast against and 0 votes withheld).
3. IT WAS RESOLVED that the proposed redemption mechanism as described in the Circular published by the Company dated 23 August 2013 be and is hereby approved and, subject to the passing of resolution 1 above, the articles of incorporation produced to the meeting and, for the purposes of identification, initialled by the Chairman, be and are hereby adopted as the new articles of incorporation of the Company in substitution for and to the exclusion, in their entirety, of all existing articles of incorporation of the Company which are in place immediately prior to this resolution being passed.
(50,892,283 votes cast in favour, 0 votes cast against and 0 votes withheld).
For further information contact:
Anson Fund Managers Limited
Secretary
Tel: 44 (0) 1481 722 260
26 September 2013
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