Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8918U

Octopus Renewables Infra Trust PLC

08 April 2021

 

8 April 2021

LEI: 213800B81BFJKWM2JV13

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc

("ORIT" or the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc is pleased to announce that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 10.00 am this morning, all resolutions, as outlined in the Notice of Annual General Meeting (the "Notice") were passed.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions set out in the Notice and the results of the poll are set out below:

Resolution	For		Against		Withheld*
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
1.  To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 (the " Annual Report ").	181,247,892	100.00	0	0.00	71,764
2.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy included in the Annual Report.	181,223,962	99.99	13,896	0.01	81,798
3.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report included in the Annual Report.	181,231,060	100.00	5,546	0.00	83,050
4.  To elect Philip Austin as a director of the Company.	181,243,834	100.00	1,867	0.00	73,955
5.  To elect James Cameron as a director of the Company.	181,244,581	100.00	1,120	0.00	73,955
6.  To elect Elaina Elzinga as a director of the Company.	181,244,581	100.00	0	0.00	75,075
7.  To elect Audrey McNair as a director of the Company.	181,244,581	100.00	1,120	0.00	73,955
8.  To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor to the Company.	181,054,919	99.90	185,550	0.10	79,186
9.  To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.	181,094,721	99.92	150,977	0.08	73,958
10.  To authorise the Directors to declare and pay all dividends of the Company as interim dividends.	181,248,315	100.00	0	0.00	71,341
11.  To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities under section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.	181,246,030	100.00	1,494	0.00	72,132
12.  To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights under sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006.	165,547,173	91.34	15,697,710	8.66	74,772
13.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares.	181,215,416	99.98	32,130	0.02	72,109
14.  To authorise that General Meetings, other than Annual General Meetings, may be called on 14 clear days' notice.	180,918,854	99.88	225,302	0.12	75,500

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.

The full text for each resolution is contained in the notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which is available on the Company's website at www.octopusrenewables infrastructure.com/investors/ .

In accordance with LR9.6.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism website and will shortly be available for inspection at  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

For further information please contact:

Octopus Investments Limited (Investment Manager) Matt Setchell, Chris Gaydon, David Bird	Via Buchanan
Peel Hunt (Broker) Liz Yong, Luke Simpson, Tom Pocock (Investment Banking) Alex Howe, Chris Bunstead, Ed Welsby, Richard Harris (Sales)	020 7418 8900
Buchanan (Financial PR) Charles Ryland, Kelsey Traynor, Hannah Ratcliff	020 7466 5000
PraxisIFM ( Company Secretary )	020 4513 9260

Notes to editors

About Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc is a closed end investment company incorporated in England and Wales focused on providing investors with an attractive and sustainable level of income returns, with an element of capital growth, by investing in a diversified portfolio of renewable energy assets in Europe and Australia.

Further details can be found at  www.octopusrenewablesinfrastructure.com

About Octopus Renewables

Octopus Renewables is a specialist clean energy investor. Launched in 2010 its mission is to accelerate the transition to a future powered by renewable energy. It has a diverse portfolio of assets with a capacity of over 2.8GW, making it the largest commercial solar investor in Europe and a leading investor in onshore wind.

Octopus Renewables is also leading the next wave of renewables being built across Europe and Australia without government subsidies. There is a significant opportunity to unblock much needed investment by building bespoke portfolios of renewable assets at scale, across technologies and countries, to create better outcomes for our investors.

Further details can be found at  www.octopusrenewables.com

Neither the content of any website referred to in this announcement nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

 

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