6 May 2014
Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Board of Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited announces that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Friday, 2 May 2014, all resolutions put to the meeting were approved by shareholders on a show of hands.
Details of the proxy votes lodged are set out below:
Ordinary Resolutions |
For* |
Against |
Withheld** |
1. To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Company for the period ended 31 December 2013 |
113,929,376 |
11,130,961 |
0 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
125,060,337 |
0 |
0 |
3. To elect as a Director of the Company Stephen Smith |
125,060,337 |
0 |
0 |
4. To elect as a Director of the Company John Whittle |
125,060,337 |
0 |
0 |
5. To elect as a Director of the Company Jonathan Bridel |
125,060,337 |
0 |
0 |
6. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP as Auditors of the Company |
125,060,337 |
0 |
0 |
7. To authorise the Directors to agree the remuneration of the Auditors |
125,060,337 |
0 |
0 |
Special Resolutions |
|
|
|
8. To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company |
123,760,337 |
1,300,000 |
0 |
9. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights |
125,040,337 |
0 |
20,000 |
10.To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares |
125,060,337 |
0 |
0 |
The full text of the resolutions may be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ended 31 December 2013, copies of which are available on both the Company's website www.starwoodeuropeanfinance.com and on the National Storage Mechanism www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM***
A copy of the Special Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM***
* Includes discretionary votes received
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the proportion of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution
*** Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement
Enquiries:
Ipes (Guernsey) Limited
John Ellman-Brown
01481 713843
Notes:
Starwood European Real Estate Finance is an investment company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange with an investment objective to provide Shareholders with regular dividends and an attractive total return while limiting downside risk, through the origination, execution, acquisition and servicing of a diversified portfolio of real estate debt investments in the UK and Continental European markets. www.starwoodeuropeanfinance.com