Notice of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 9891T

Irish Residential Prop REIT PLC

30 March 2021

 

30 March 2021

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Irish Residential Properties REIT plc (the "Company") today gives notice that its 2021 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 11 May 2021 at the Company's registered office at South Dock House, Hanover Quay, Dublin 2, D02 XW94, Ireland.

The Notice of AGM, Form of Proxy and the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 (collectively, the "Meeting Materials") have been made available to shareholders today. Copies of the Meeting Materials are available on the Company's website at https://investorrelations.iresreit.ie/ .

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Public Health Guidelines and the AGM

The health and safety of attendees at the AGM is of paramount concern to the Company. As such, the Company plans to conduct the AGM in accordance with the Irish Government's public health measures and public health advice in respect of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and in accordance with applicable law. Shareholders should expect the meeting to take place under constrained circumstances, with the ability to facilitate attendance in person limited to the minimum necessary quorum of two shareholders (which will be facilitated by the Company) and a limited number of Directors. The Company will ensure that all legal requirements of the meeting, including pursuant to its Articles of Association, are satisfied and physical distancing measures will be in place at the AGM.

The Company will continue to closely monitor the developing situation around COVID-19 as well as any further advice from the Irish Government. Due to the developing situation around COVID-19, we encourage shareholders to regularly check our website for any further updates regarding the AGM. If it becomes necessary to amend the arrangements for the AGM, as much notice as possible will be given to shareholders via Regulatory Information Service and within the 'Shareholder Meetings' section of our website at https://investorrelations.iresreit.ie/.

Appointment of Proxies

Shareholders are requested to refrain from attending the AGM in person but are strongly encouraged to vote by proxy as soon as possible to ensure their vote counts at the AGM and to appoint the Chairman of the AGM as their sole proxy. The process of appointing a proxy will depend on the manner in which you hold your ordinary shares in the Company. Please refer to the Notice of AGM for requirements for the appointment of proxies and the deadlines by which proxies must be received by the Company.

Webcast Facility and Teleconference Facility

Shareholders can remotely access the AGM and listen to its proceedings through a live webcast facility (the "Live Webcast Facility") accessible via mobile phone, tablet or computer, which is compatible with the latest browser versions of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 11 (Internet Explorer v. 10 and below are not supported), Edge or Safari. To listen to the AGM proceedings using the Live Webcast Facility, please register at https://www.investis-live.com/ires-reit/605066e2dd22a114004ea34e/ires-reit-annual-general-meeting-2021   and we recommend you register for the Live Webcast Facility at least 15 minutes before the start of the AGM.  Should you have difficulties accessing the Live Webcast Facility please contact your IT team or use the teleconference facility (referred to below) to dial in via telephone. It will not be possible to use the Live Webcast Facility to vote or ask questions. The 2021 Annual General Meeting presentation will be available to view live on the Live Webcast Facility.

Shareholders will also be able listen to the AGM proceedings live by way of teleconference facility by calling one of the following numbers prior to the start of the meeting:

(1)  Ireland (Toll Free):	1800 94 8271
(2)  United Kingdom (Toll Free):	0800 640 6441;
(3)  United States (Toll Free):	1 855 9796 654;
(4)  Canada (Toll Free):	1 833 2942 546; and
(5)  Other International:	[phone].

Please dial in at least 15 minutes before the start of the AGM and when prompted, enter the participant passcode 503155 to enter the meeting. It will not be possible to use the teleconference facility to vote however the teleconference facility will include a facility for shareholders to raise questions during the meeting. To register a question, press *1 on your telephone keypad. To remove the question, press *2.  If you are attending the AGM by way of the teleconference facility, a copy of the 2021 Annual General Meeting presentation will be available to view on the Company's website within the 'Shareholder Meetings' section of our website at https://investorrelations.iresreit.ie/ .

Shareholders can also submit questions relating to items on the agenda of the AGM by email to [e-mail] . Any questions should be submitted in advance of the AGM and in any event by no later than 10.00 a.m. on 9 May 2021. Such correspondence should include sufficient information to identify a shareholder (for example, a shareholder reference number, which is an 11 digit unique identifier printed on the Form of Proxy).  The answers to validly posed questions will be answered at the AGM.

Following the AGM, a recording of the proceedings of the AGM will be available at https://www.investis-live.com/ires-reit/605066e2dd22a114004ea34e/ires-reit-annual-general-meeting-2021   to enable shareholders to listen back to the proceedings of the meeting.

All references to time in this document are references to Dublin time unless otherwise stated. 

Filings

A copy of the Meeting Materials is being submitted to Euronext Dublin and will be available for inspection at the following address:

Company Announcements Office

The Irish Stock Exchange plc t/a Euronext Dublin

28 Anglesea Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

Tel:  [phone]

For further information please contact:

For Investor Relations:

Irish Residential Properties REIT plc

Michelle Ang, Director Investor Relations  Tel:  [phone]  

Margaret Sweeney, Chief Executive Officer                                          Tel: [phone]

For Media Requests:

Q4PR

Gerry O'Sullivan  Tel: + 353 (0) 87 259 7644

About Irish Residential Properties REIT plc

Irish Residential Properties REIT plc, together with IRES Residential Properties Limited, (the "Group") is a growth oriented Real Estate Investment Trust that is focused on acquiring, holding, managing and developing investments primarily focused on private residential rental accommodations in Ireland. The Group currently owns 3,836 apartments and houses for private rental in Dublin and Cork with an additional 69 units due for delivery between now and the end of H1 2022 under pre-purchase contracts. The Company has a further 61 units currently under construction directly on owned sites with planning approval to develop an additional 543 residential units on its existing sites. The Company's shares are listed on Euronext Dublin. Further information in respect of the Company can be obtained from the Company's website at www.iresreit.ie.

Note on forward-looking information

This note applies if and to the extent that there are forward-looking statements in this Announcement.

This Announcement may contain forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties because they relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends, and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company or the industry in which it operates, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements referred to in this paragraph speak only as at the date of this Announcement. Except as required by law or by any appropriate regulatory authority, the Company will not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revision or updates to these forward-looking statements to reflect future events, circumstances, unanticipated events, new information or otherwise including in respect of the Covid-19 pandemic, the uncertainty of its duration and impact, and any government regulations or legislation related to it.

 

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