Blue Planet Investment Trust plc (LSE:BLP)
Company Number: SC192153
Tuesday, 21st February
2023
Results of General Meeting
Blue Planet Investment Trust plc advises that at a General
Meeting held today at 10:30am,
Resolutions numbered 1 through to 4 were passed, including, inter
alia, the approval of the voluntary liquidation and appointment of
the Joint Liquidators, with immediate effect.
As detailed in the Circular distributed to shareholders on
30 January 2023, the Ordinary Shares
were suspended from trading with effect from 7.30am on 20 February
2023. Pursuant to the passing of the Resolutions at the
General Meeting today, the admission of the Ordinary Shares for
trading on London Stock Exchange will be cancelled. As detailed in
the Circular, the Joint Liquidators will make distributions to
Shareholders in due course.
The following proxy votes were cast:
| Special Resolutions |
In Favour |
% Votes Cast |
Chairman’s Discretion |
% Votes Cast |
Against |
% Votes Cast |
| 1. That the Company be wound-up
voluntarily and Azets Holdings Limited be appointed Joint
Liquidators for the purposes of such winding-up. (see notice) |
18,739,222 |
97.9 |
87,051 |
0.5 |
303,814 |
1.6 |
| 2. That the Joint Liquidators be
authorised to make distributions to the Shareholders in accordance
with the Company’s articles of association. (see notice) |
18,744,935 |
98.0 |
85,338 |
0.4 |
299,421 |
1.6 |
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| Ordinary Resolutions |
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| 3. That the Joint Liquidators be
authorised to exercise the powers laid down in Schedule 4, Part I,
of the Insolvency Act 1986. (see notice) |
18,688,043 |
97.9 |
87,338 |
0.5 |
300,392 |
1.6 |
| 4. That the Joint Liquidators be
entitled to receive remuneration for their services, as well as
raise invoices of fees set out in the engagement letter. (see
notice) |
18,630,110 |
97.8 |
115,991 |
0.6 |
302,970 |
1.6 |
NOTES:
- The current issued share capital of the company is
49,474,863
- Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the meeting
as their proxy, with discretion as to voting, those votes have been
cast in favour of resolutions 1 to 4.
- At the date of the General Meeting some shares were
disenfranchised under the Company’s Articles of Association due to
a failure to comply with the Companies Act 2006. Had they been
included in the vote it would not have affected the outcome.
- A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of resolution 1
& 2 has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and is
available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
A copy of these resolutions are also available from
www.blueplanet.eu
For further information, contact the Company Secretary, Blue
Planet Investment Management Ltd, on 0131 466 6666 or
info@blueplanet.eu
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