Result of Extraordinary General Meeting

RNS Number : 1829P

Ruffer Investment Company Limited

16 June 2022

 

16 June 2022

RUFFER INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED

(a closed-ended investment company incorporated in Guernsey with registration number 41996)

(the "Company")

Result of Extraordinary General Meeting

The Board of the Company is pleased to announce that the resolutions proposed at the extraordinary general meeting of the Company held earlier today (the "Resolutions") were approved by shareholders on a poll. 

Terms used and not defined in this announcement shall have the meanings given to them in the circular to shareholders published by the Company on 27 May 2022 (the "Circular").

The number of shares voted in person or by proxy on the Resolutions was as follows:

Resolution	For		Against		Withheld*
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
1. Special resolution: That the Board be empowered under the articles of incorporation of the Company to issue equity securities for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis up to an aggregate number of equity securities as represents 10% of the number of Shares admitted to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities immediately following the passing of this Resolution .	88,607,881 Shares	94.33%	5,323,444 Shares	5.67%	53,993 Shares
2. Special resolution: That in addition to the authority granted pursuant to Resolution 1, the Board be empowered under the articles of incorporation of the Company to issue equity securities for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis up to an aggregate number of equity securities as represents 10% of the number of Shares admitted to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities immediately following the passing of this resolution .	88,579,578 Shares	94.30%	5,351,747 Shares	5.70%	53,993 Shares

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

The full text of each Resolution is contained in the notice of general meeting set out in the Circular, a copy of which is available on the Company's website at www.ruffer.co.uk/2022-05-ric-circular .

Block Listing Application

An application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority and London Stock Exchange for the block listing of 43,002,564 shares with an admission date of 20 June 2022.

Shares will be issued under the block listing to satisfy continuing demand that cannot be met through the secondary market, and the net proceeds of share issuance under the block listing will be invested in accordance with the Company's published investment policy. The Shares issued under the block listing will, when issued, rank pari passu with the existing Shares of the Company.

Enquiries:

Sanne Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited

Company Secretary

Katrina Rowe

DDI: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Investec Bank plc

Broker

David Yovichic

DDI: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

LEI 21380068AHZKY7MKNO47

 

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