Macau Property Opportunities Fund Limited
("MPO" or the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting (the "AGM")
The Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at its AGM, held at 2.30pm on 3 November 2011, were duly passed without amendment.
In accordance with LR 9.6.18, details of those resolutions passed, which were not ordinary business of the AGM, follow:-
Resolution |
Votes For (including discretionary) |
Votes Against |
Votes Withheld |
8 - Special |
79,015,625 (99.98%) |
14,266 (0.02%) |
0 |
9 - Special |
79,015,625 (99.98%) |
14,266 (0.02%) |
0 |
The full wording of these resolutions can be found below:-
Resolution 8 - Special Resolution
THAT the Company in accordance with Section 315 of The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (as amended) (the "Law") be approved to make market acquisitions (as defined in Section 316 of the Law) of its own shares either for retention as treasury shares or for cancellation, provided that:-
i) the maximum number of shares authorised to be purchased is up to 14.99 percent of the shares in issue immediately following the passing of this resolution;
ii) the minimum price which may be paid for a share is £0.01;
iii) the maximum price which may be paid for a share is an amount equal to the higher of (a)105 percent of the average of the middle market quotations for a share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which that share is purchased and (b) either the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid at the time of purchase;
iv) subject to paragraph (v), such authority shall expire at the next annual general meeting of the Company unless such authority is varied, revoked or renewed prior to such date by a special resolution of the Company in general meeting;
v) notwithstanding paragraph (iv), the Company may make a contract to purchase shares under such authority prior to its expiry which will or may be executed wholly or partly after its expiration and the Company may make a purchase of shares pursuant to any such contract.
Resolution 9 - Special Resolution
THAT the Directors be and they are hereby empowered to allot Ordinary Shares wholly for cash and/or to sell Ordinary Shares from Treasury wholly for cash as if the pre-emption rights contained in Article 4.3 of the Company's articles of incorporation did not apply to any such allotment, provided that:
i) this power shall be limited to the allotment or sale of up to 10,250,000 Ordinary Shares;
ii) this power shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; and
iii) the Company may before such expiry make an offer which would or might require Ordinary Shares to be allotted or sold after such expiry and the Directors may allot or sell Ordinary Shares in pursuance of such offer.
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About Macau Property Opportunities Fund
Macau Property Opportunities Fund Limited is a closed-end investment fund registered in Guernsey. Its shares began trading on AIM in June 2006, when it raised £105 million in an institutional placing, before moving to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in June 2010. The Company's investment policy is to provide shareholders with an attractive total return through investing in property opportunities in one of the world's fastest growing and most dynamic regions - Macau and the Western Pearl River Delta of Southern China.
The Fund is managed by Sniper Capital Limited, an independent investment manager that specialises in property investment, development and redevelopment opportunities in niche, undervalued and developing markets.
For further information:
Website: www.mpofund.com
Corporate Broker
Collins Stewart Europe Limited
David Yovichic / Dominic Waters
Tel: +44 20 7523 8000
Manager - Investor Contact
Sniper Capital (Hong Kong) Limited
Tel: +852 2292 6700
Email: info@snipercapital.com
www.snipercapital.com
Company Secretary & Administrator
Heritage International Fund Managers Limited
Mark Huntley / Laurence McNairn
Tel: +44 1481 716000
Public Relations
MHP Communications
Simon Hockridge / Andrew Jaques
Tel: +44 20 3128 8100
Stock Codes:
Bloomberg: MPO LN
Reuters: MPO.L