Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5115J

International Public Partnership Ld

12 June 2014

 



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12 June 2014

INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (the "AGM")

International Public Partnerships Limited ("INPP" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at the AGM held at 10.00 am this morning, each of the Resolutions 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*
10 - Special	217,865,392	(88.47%)	28,398,609	(11.53%)	10,291
11 - Special	246,245,474	(99.99%)	13,277	(0.01%)	15,541

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "for" or "against" the Resolution.

Resolution 10

To approve that the Company generally be and is hereby authorised for the purposes of section 315 of the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 as amended (the "Law") to make market acquisitions (as defined in the Law) of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company of par value 0.01 penny each (the "Ordinary Shares") provided that:

a.         The maximum number of Ordinary Shares authorised to be purchased shall be 14.99 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue immediately following this annual general meeting (excluding treasury shares);

b.         The minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for such shares is £0.01 per Ordinary Share;

c.         The maximum price (exclusive of expenses) payable by the Company which may be paid for Ordinary Shares shall be the higher of (i) 5 per cent. above the average market value for the five business days before the purchase is made and (ii) the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest independent bid at the time of the purchase for any number of Ordinary Shares on the trading venue where the purchase price is carried out;

d.         The authority hereby conferred shall (unless previously renewed or revoked) expire at the end of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2015 or, if earlier, the date falling eighteen months from the passing of these resolutions;

e.         The Company may make a contract to purchase its own Ordinary Shares under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority, and may make a purchase of its own Ordinary Shares in pursuance of any such contract; and

f.          any Ordinary Share acquired by the Company pursuant to the above authority may, subject to the requirements of the Law, be held as a treasury share in accordance with the Law or be cancelled by the Company.

Resolution 11

THAT the Directors of the Company from time to time (the "Board") be and are hereby generally empowered in accordance with Article 40(4) of the Company's articles of incorporation (in substitution for any existing such power or authority) to allot up to: (i) the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares as represent less than 10 per cent. of the number of Ordinary Shares already admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities immediately following the passing of this resolution and (ii) such number of Ordinary Shares as may be agreed between the Company and the provider from time to time of investment advisory services to the Company (the "Investment Advisor") in lieu of a cash payment in respect of the Investment Advisor's entitlement to an incentive fee (if any) pursuant to the investment advisory agreement between the Company and the Investment Advisor prevailing at the time, in each case as if the pre-emption provisions contained in Article 40(1) of the Company's articles of incorporation did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this power shall (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed by the Company) expire on the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2015, save that the Company may make prior to such expiry any offer or agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted after expiry of such period and the Board may allot Ordinary Shares pursuant to such an offer or agreement notwithstanding the expiry of the authority given by this resolution.

For further information:

Erica Sibree                                                                  [phone]

Amber Fund Management Limited                                              

Nick Westlake/Hugh Jonathan                                        [phone]/1263

Numis Securities

Ed Berry/Jack Hickey                                                     [phone]/7196

FTI Consulting

About International Public Partnerships (INPP):

International Public Partnerships (INPP) is a listed infrastructure investment company which invests in global public infrastructure projects developed under the public private partnerships (PPP), private finance initiative (PFI), regulated asset and other similar procurement methods.

Listed in 2006, INPP is a long-term investor in 123 social and transport infrastructure projects, including schools, hospitals, courts, police headquarters, transport and utility and transmission projects in the U.K., Europe, Australia and Canada. INPP seeks to provide its shareholders with both a long-term yield and capital growth through investment across both construction and operational phases of 25-40 year concessions.

Amber Infrastructure Group (Amber) is the Investment Advisor to INPP and consists of over 70 dedicated staff who manage, advise on and originate projects for INPP.

Visit the INPP website at www.internationalpublicpartnerships.com for more information.

 

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