LEI: 549300XVXU6S7PLCL855
For immediate release
7 July 2023
Liontrust Asset Management Plc
("Liontrust" or the "Company")
Results of General Meeting - Proposed Acquisition of GAM
Further to previous announcements by Liontrust in relation to the proposed acquisition of the entire issued share capital of GAM Holding AG ("GAM"), a global investment management group (the "Proposed Acquisition"), Liontrust is pleased to announce that at its General Meeting held earlier today to approve the Proposed Acquisition, the resolutions proposed to the meeting on a poll were duly passed by the requisite majority.
Details of the proxy voting instructions lodged prior to the General Meeting are set out below:
Resolutions |
Total Valid Proxies Received |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Withheld* |
||||
1 |
40,186,088
|
61.89%
|
33,629,727
|
83.68%
|
6,556,361
|
16.32%
|
24,255
|
0.06% |
2 |
40,185,188
|
61.88%
|
33,629,827
|
83.69%
|
6,555,361
|
16.31%
|
25,155
|
0.06% |
*Votes withheld is not a vote in law.
The full text of the resolutions passed at the General Meeting are contained in the Circular published and sent to shareholders on 13 June 2023. A copy of the resolutions passed at the General Meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
For further information please contact:
Teneo (Tel: 020 7353 4200, Email: liontrust@teneo.com)
Tom Murray or Stephanie Mackrell
Liontrust Asset Management Plc (Tel: 020 7412 1700, Website: liontrust.co.uk)
John Ions: Chief Executive
Vinay Abrol: Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Simon Hildrey: Chief Marketing Officer
David Boyle: Head of Corporate Development
Singer Capital Markets (Tel: 020 7496 3000)
Corporate Broking: Tom Salvesen
Corporate Finance: Justin McKeegan
Panmure Gordon (Tel: 020 7886 2500)
Corporate Broking: David Watkins
Corporate Advisory: Atholl Tweedie