Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Nov 27, 2024
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered number 13624999) (Registered as an investment company under section 833 of the Companies Act 2006)
Shareholders should read the whole of this document. Your attention is drawn, in particular, to the letter from the Chair of the Company which is set out on pages 5 to 10 of this document and which contains the unanimous recommendation from the Directors that you vote in favour of the Resolution to be proposed at the General Meeting.
Notice of the General Meeting of the Company to be held at the offices of Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, 4th Floor, 150 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6ET at 12.00 p.m. on 13 December 2024 is set out at the end of this document. Details of the actions you are recommended to take are set out on page 10 of this document.
All Shareholders are encouraged to vote in favour of the Resolution to be proposed at the General Meeting and, if their Ordinary Shares are not held directly, to arrange for their nominee to vote on their behalf. If you would like to vote on the Resolution in advance, you can appoint a proxy by logging on to https://investorcentre.linkgroup.co.uk/Login/Login where full instructions are given. You may also request a hard copy proxy form by contacting the Registrar, Link Group, via email at [email protected] or on 0371 664 0300 and returning it to the address shown on the form. Calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate. Link Group are open between 9.00 a.m. and 5.30 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays in England and Wales). You can also appoint a proxy by lodging a proxy appointment through the CREST Proxy Voting Service in accordance with the procedure set out in the CREST Manual. If you are an institutional investor you may also be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform. Submission of a proxy shall not preclude a Shareholder from attending and voting in person at the General Meeting or any adjournment thereof. As your participation is important to us, we would encourage you to vote ahead of the General Meeting by appointing a proxy in the manner described above. Please remember to return your proxy electronically or in hard copy form so that it is received by the Registrar, Link Group, no later than 48 hours (excluding non-working days) before the time of the General Meeting.
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| Event | ||
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| Publication of this document and the Notice of General Meeting | 27 November 2024 | |
| Last day of dealing in the Ordinary Shares through CREST on a normal rolling two day settlement basis |
10 December 2024 | |
| Latest time and date for receipt of proxy appointments (whether online, via a CREST Proxy Instruction, via Proxymity or by hard copy proxy form) in respect of the General Meeting |
12.00 p.m. on 11 December 2024 |
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| Record time and date for entitlement to vote at the General Meeting | 6.00 p.m. on 11 December 2024 | |
| Close of Register of Members, Record Date for participation in the members' voluntary liquidation and settlement of Ordinary Shares disabled in CREST |
6.00 p.m. on 12 December 2024 | |
| Suspension of Ordinary Shares from listing on the Official List and from trading on the Main Market |
7.30 a.m. on 13 December 2024 | |
| General Meeting | 12.00 p.m. on 13 December 2024 | |
| Appointment of Liquidators | 13 December 2024 | |
| Cancellation of the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Official List and of the trading of the Ordinary Shares on the Main Market |
8.00 a.m. on 16 December 2024 |
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered number 13624999) (Registered as an investment company under section 833 of the Companies Act 2006)
Juliet Davenport (Chair) The Scalpel Faye Goss 18th Floor Duncan Neale 52 Lime Street
Directors: Registered Office: London EC3M 7AF
27 November 2024
Dear Shareholder
As announced by the Company on 8 November 2024, following approval of the change to the Company's investment objective and policy by Shareholders at the general meeting of the Company held on 22 October 2024, the Company completed the sale (the "Disposal") of its entire portfolio of solar assets to Phoenix UK Bidco Limited (the "Purchaser"), a newly incorporated company which is indirectly owned by a joint venture vehicle of BGTF Proton Holdings Limited ("Brookfield"), an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Ltd (NYSE: BAM, TSX: BAM), and Apollo Power Ltd ("RAIM Apollo", together with Brookfield, the "Consortium"), an affiliate of Real Assets Investment Management Ltd, established for the purposes of acquiring the entire Portfolio at a Headline Price of £218.7 million1.
At the time of the announcement of the Disposal, the Board stated its intention to seek Shareholder approval for the members' voluntary liquidation of the Company with a view to distributing the Company's net assets to Shareholders as soon as reasonably practicable. The Board continues to believe it is in Shareholders' best interests that the Company be wound up so as to return capital to Shareholders by the most efficient means possible and has, therefore, resolved to recommend to Shareholders that the Company enter into a members' voluntary liquidation (the "Proposal").
This document describes the background to the Proposal and explains why the Board unanimously considers the Proposal to be in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole, and recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of the Resolution at the General Meeting.
The General Meeting is to be held at the offices of Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, 4th Floor, 150 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6ET at 12.00 p.m. on 13 December 2024 for the purpose of seeking Shareholder approval of the Resolution.
The business to be conducted at the General Meeting is set out in this document on pages 15 to 18 (inclusive) and you will be asked to consider and vote on the Resolution set out in the Notice of General Meeting. The background to the Resolution is provided below.
The Company was launched in November 2021 as the first and only UK listed investment trust focused on clean energy generation with 100 per cent. carbon traceability in UK commercial and industrial ("C&I") solar and with the aim of providing investors with attractive capital growth and long dated, index-linked income.
Despite the Company's high-quality portfolio, investment management platform and extensive pipeline and the attractive underlying UK C&I solar sector dynamics the Company's shares experienced a significant
1 Gross of project-level debt and the amount drawn down under the Revolving Credit Facility.
de-rating over the last year exacerbated by the higher interest rate environment. As a consequence of the Ordinary Shares trading at a material and persistent discount to the NAV, the Company was unable to issue new shares in order to achieve more meaningful scale and greater liquidity due to the material NAV dilution that would have resulted as a consequence of issuing shares at a discount to NAV. As a result, access to growth capital to pursue its extensive pipeline of around £400 million into more accretive investments, such as installation projects, was severely constrained. Consequently, the Company was restricted in undertaking these growth activities and in its ability to make new investments.
Furthermore, the subscale nature of the Company within the alternatives UK investment trust universe resulted in a lack of buyers in the secondary market whose demand could, otherwise, have re-rated the Company's shares and provided trading liquidity.
Given the following countervailing factors, the Directors concluded that it was unlikely that the Company's discount to the NAV per Ordinary Share would narrow within a reasonable time frame:
Consequently, whilst the Directors remained confident in the standalone prospects for the Company, it was against this backdrop that the Directors received an unsolicited offer for the Portfolio from the Consortium on 13 March 2024. The Board was pleased with the interest shown in the Company by the Consortium, and after in-depth consideration of both the offer and consistent Shareholder feedback to sell the Portfolio, the Board concluded that realising the Company's assets and putting the Company in a position to return cash to Shareholders represented the best means of maximising Shareholder value. In particular, the Directors believed that the certainty of execution and acceleration of value crystallisation, whilst eliminating the associated uncertainties, was beneficial to Shareholders and in excess of the reasonable medium-term prospects for the Company on a standalone basis.
Shareholders were asked to vote on the change of the Company's investment objective and policy at a general meeting held on 22 October 2024, which was deemed to be a de facto vote on the Disposal. Shareholders duly approved the change in investment objective and policy by a large majority at that general meeting.
Post the completion of the Disposal ("Completion"), the Company has held the cash proceeds of the Disposal, together with its existing cash reserves, in interest bearing current accounts.
In order to retain investment trust status for (i) the financial year ended 30 September 2024 and (ii) during the period from 1 October 2024 to the date that the Company enters into a members' voluntary liquidation, the Company declared an interim dividend of 1.98 pence per Ordinary Share on 13 November 2024 which is expected to be paid on or around 12 December 2024 (the "Post-Disposal Dividend"). The Company does not anticipate declaring any further dividends beyond the Post-Disposal Dividend, assuming it enters into members' voluntary liquidation on 13 December 2024.
At the time of the Disposal, the Board stated its intention to seek Shareholder approval for the members' voluntary liquidation of the Company with a view to distributing the Company's net assets to Shareholders as soon as reasonably practicable. The Board continues to believe it is in Shareholders' best interests that the Company be wound up so as to return capital to Shareholders in the most efficient means possible and has, therefore, resolved to recommend to Shareholders that the Company enter into a members' voluntary liquidation.
The Board is recommending the Company be placed into members' voluntary liquidation. This requires the approval of Shareholders at the General Meeting.
It is proposed that Derek Neil Hyslop and Richard Peter Barker, both licensed insolvency practitioners of Ernst & Young LLP, One More London Place, London, SE1 2AF be appointed as joint liquidators of the Company (the "Liquidators"), and that their remuneration shall be determined by the Company. The winding up of the Company will be a solvent winding up in which it is intended that all creditors will be paid in full. The appointment of the Liquidators will become effective subject to, and immediately upon, the passing of the Resolution at the General Meeting, at which point the powers of the Directors will cease.
The Liquidators will then assume responsibility for the winding up of the Company, and shall, among other things: (i) pay any fees, costs and expenses of the Company; (ii) discharge the liabilities of the Company; (iii) ensure that the Company has submitted all required pre and post liquidation tax returns and discharged all associated liabilities and that HM Revenue & Customs have no outstanding queries into the Company's tax affairs; and (iv) distribute the Company's surplus assets to Shareholders.
If appointed, the Liquidators will be entitled to receive remuneration for their services by reference to the time properly given by them and their staff, as well as raise and draw invoices in respect of disbursements, on the terms set out in the Liquidators' Engagement Letter and in the Resolution.
In order to facilitate the implementation of the Proposal, the Ordinary Shares will be suspended from listing on the Official List and from trading on the Main Market with effect from 7.30 a.m. on 13 December 2024, being the date of the General Meeting.
If the Resolution is subsequently passed at the General Meeting, this will result in the cancellation of the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Official List and the Ordinary Shares ceasing to trade on the Main Market. It is expected that the cancellation of listing and trading would take effect from 8.00 a.m. on 16 December 2024.
After taking into account the net proceeds from the Disposal, the Company's known liabilities, service provider termination costs, estimated advisory and termination costs, estimated net interest income and the Post-Disposal Dividend of 1.98 pence per Ordinary Share, it is expected that Shareholders will receive 80.2 pence per Ordinary Share in total, marginally above the Estimated Net Assets per Ordinary Share of 80.0 pence referred to in the Disposal Announcement.
The proceeds of the Disposal are currently held in interest bearing current accounts.
Assuming that the Resolution is passed, it is anticipated that the Liquidators will be in a position to make an initial distribution of substantially all of the net assets of the Company in late January or early February 2025 (the "Initial Distribution"). This timeline is to allow (a) the Liquidators to comply with their obligation to give all actual and/or contingent creditors of the Company notice of the liquidation and the requirement to submit claims to the Liquidators by a last proving date, which must be a minimum period of 21 days from the date of the notice; and (b) the Liquidators to adjudicate and pay (if accepted) and/or reserve sufficient funds to pay any claims received. It is estimated that the value of the Initial Distribution will be no less than 77.0 pence per Ordinary Share.
The Liquidators will retain the balance of funds in the liquidation estate to meet the current, future and contingent liabilities of the Company, including the costs and expenses (inclusive of VAT, if applicable) of the liquidation not already paid at the point of liquidation, and potential tax liabilities.
Once the Liquidators have satisfied all the claims of creditors of the Company and paid the costs and expenses of the liquidation, and the Company's tax affairs have been finalised, it is expected the Liquidators will make a final distribution to Shareholders of any residual cash in the liquidation estate. The final distribution, if any, will be paid at a time to be determined solely by the Liquidators but is envisaged to be in the region of nine months after the entry into members' voluntary liquidation.
All Shareholders on the Register of Members as at 6.00 p.m. on 12 December 2024, being the Record Date, will be entitled to any distributions made during the course of the liquidation.
In order to comply with the Company's obligations under all applicable Sanctions Laws, no distribution made pursuant to the implementation of the Proposal (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Initial Distribution) will be paid to a Sanctions Restricted Person.
If the Resolution is passed, the Company will retain the services of its Registrar during the liquidation period to assist with maintaining the Company's share register during the liquidation process, as is customary in voluntary liquidations of this nature. Save as set out above, the Company has either already or is taking steps to ensure that the appointment of its service providers will terminate should the Resolution be passed.
The implementation of the Proposal will require Shareholders to vote in favour of the Resolution to be proposed at the General Meeting.
The Resolution relates to the approval of the Company being wound up voluntarily and the appointment of the Liquidators for the purpose of the winding up. It grants the Liquidators authority to make distributions in cash to the Shareholders (after payment of the Company's liabilities and after deducting the costs of implementation of the Company's winding up), in proportion to their holdings of Ordinary Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Articles. It also grants the Liquidators authority to exercise certain powers laid down in the Insolvency Act 1986 and determines the remuneration of the Liquidators by reference to the time spent attending to matters connected with the liquidation.
The Resolution will be proposed as a special resolution. A special resolution requires a majority of at least 75 per cent. of votes cast to be cast in favour in order for it to be passed.
The Resolution will be voted on by way of a poll. The Board believes a poll is more representative of Shareholders' voting intentions because Shareholders' votes are counted according to the number of Ordinary Shares held and all votes validly tendered are taken into account. The results of the poll will be published on the Company's website and will be released via a Regulatory Information Service as soon as practicable following the close of the General Meeting.
If the Resolution is not passed at the General Meeting, the Company shall continue in operation until other proposals can be put forward following consultation with Shareholders.
The Notice of General Meeting at the end of this document sets out the full text of the Resolution.
Notice of the General Meeting, which will be held at the offices of Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, 4th Floor, 150 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6ET at 12.00 p.m. on 13 December 2024, is set out at the end of this document.
Shareholders are encouraged to take the recommended action before the General Meeting (as set out in paragraph 10 of this letter), which includes voting, whether online, via a CREST Proxy Instruction, via Proxymity or by a hard copy proxy form in accordance with the instructions contained therein.
The Board strongly urges Shareholders to vote by proxy on the Resolution as early as possible and the Board recommends that Shareholders appoint the chair of the General Meeting as their proxy and no-one else.
All Shareholders are encouraged to vote in favour of the Resolution to be proposed at the General Meeting and, if their Ordinary Shares are not held directly, to arrange for their nominee to vote on their behalf.
Shareholders are requested to complete and return proxy appointments to the Registrar by one of the following means:
Institutional investors may also be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform. For further information regarding Proxymity, please go to www.proxymity.io.
In each case, the proxy appointment must be received by the Registrar as soon as possible and, in any event, so as to arrive by no later than 48 hours (excluding non-working days) before the time of the General Meeting.
Completion and return of a proxy appointment (whether online, via a CREST Proxy Instruction, via Proxymity or by a hard copy proxy form) will not prevent you from attending and voting in person at the General Meeting should you wish to do so.
Further details regarding the appointment of proxies are set out in the Notice of General Meeting at the end of this document.
A Shareholder who receives a distribution of cash in the course of the liquidation of the Company should be treated as making a disposal or part disposal of his or her Ordinary Shares for the purposes of UK taxation of chargeable gains which may, depending on such Shareholder's individual circumstances (including the availability of exemptions, reliefs and allowable losses), give rise to a chargeable gain or allowable loss for the purposes of UK taxation of chargeable gains.
Shareholders who are not resident in the UK (excluding, in the case of an individual Shareholder, Shareholders who are only temporarily non-resident in the UK) for UK tax purposes should not be subject to UK tax on chargeable gains on a disposal, or part disposal, of Ordinary Shares in the course of the liquidation unless such Ordinary Shares are used, held or acquired for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation carried on in the UK through a branch or agency or, in the case of a corporate Shareholder, through a permanent establishment. Such Shareholders may be subject to foreign tax on any gain under local law.
The UK tax code contains provisions which permit HMRC to counteract tax advantages arising from certain transactions in securities by (among other things) treating some or all of the proceeds of capital disposals as distributions of income. Generally speaking, these provisions should not apply where it can be shown that the transactions in question were entered into for genuine commercial reasons and did not involve as one of their main objects or purposes the obtaining of a tax advantage. Shareholders are advised to take independent advice as to the potential application of these and other anti-avoidance provisions in the light of their own particular circumstances. Application has not been made to HMRC for clearance as to these matters.
The information in this document relates to UK taxation applicable to the Company and its Shareholders and is based on current UK tax legislation and what is understood to be current HMRC published practice, both of which may change, possibly with retrospective effect. The statements above relate to persons who are solely resident (and, in the case of individual Shareholders, domiciled) in the UK for tax purposes except where expressly stated otherwise, who are absolute beneficial owners of the Ordinary Shares, and who hold their Ordinary Shares as an investment. The statements may not apply to certain classes of persons, such as dealers in securities or those who are subject to special tax regimes. The statements are given by way of general summary only as to certain UK tax consequences for Shareholders in the liquidation of the Company and do not constitute legal or tax advice to any Shareholder. Shareholders who are in any doubt as to any applicable taxation consequences to them of the Proposal should seek advice from a qualified independent financial adviser or tax specialist.
The Board considers that the Proposal and the passing of the Resolution to be proposed at the General Meeting are in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Board unanimously recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of the Resolution, as the Directors intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings, which, in aggregate, amount to 72,980 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.05 per cent. of the Company's issued Ordinary Share capital as at 26 November 2024.
Yours faithfully
Juliet Davenport Chair
The following definitions apply throughout this document unless the context requires otherwise.
Articles of Association or Articles the articles of association of the Company
| Board | the board of Directors of the Company |
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| Brookfield | BGTF Proton Holdings Limited, a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales with company number 13700221 having its registered office at Level 25, 1 Canada Square, London, England, E14 5AA |
| Business Day | a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday or public holiday in England and Wales) on which banks are open in London for general commercial business |
| C&I | commercial and industrial |
| Companies Act | the Companies Act 2006, as amended from time to time |
| Company | Atrato Onsite Energy plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 13624999 and having its registered office at The Scalpel, 18th Floor, 52 Lime Street, London EC3M 7AF |
| Company Secretary | Hanway Advisory Limited, a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 11178874 and having its registered office at The Scalpel, 18th Floor, 52 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7AF |
| Completion | the completion of the Disposal on 7 November 2024 |
| Consortium | Brookfield and RAIM Apollo |
| Consortium's Headline Valuation | the Consortium's valuation of the Company's portfolio of solar assets as at 31 March 2024 of £197 million2 |
| CREST | the UK-based system for the paperless settlement of trades in listed securities and the holding of uncertificated listed securities operated by Euroclear in accordance with the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/3755), as amended from time to time |
| CREST Manual | the manual published by Euroclear describing the CREST system, as amended from time to time |
| CREST Proxy Instruction | a proxy appointment or instruction made using CREST, authenticated in accordance with Euroclear's specifications and containing the information set out in the CREST Manual |
| Directors | the directors of the Company from time to time |
| Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules |
the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules made by the FCA for the purposes of Part VI of FSMA |
2 Gross of project-level debt and the amount drawn under the Revolving Credit Facility.
| Disposal Announcement | the announcement published by the Company on 3 October 2024 in respect of the Disposal |
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| Estimated Net Assets per Ordinary Share |
the estimated net assets of the Company available for distribution to Shareholders divided by the number of Ordinary Shares in issue as set out in the circular published by the Company on 4 October 2024, being 80.0 pence per Ordinary Share |
| EU Market Abuse Regulation | Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse and repealing the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC |
| Euroclear | Euroclear UK and International Limited, a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 02878738 and having its registered office at 33 Cannon Street, London EC4M 5SB, being the operator of CREST |
| Financial Conduct Authority or FCA |
the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom whose place of business is at 12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, including any replacement or substitute therefor, and any regulatory body or person succeeding, in whole or in part, to the functions thereof |
| FSMA | Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended from time to time |
| General Meeting | the general meeting of the Company to be held at the offices of Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, 4th Floor, 150 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6ET at 12.00 p.m. on 13 December 2024 (or any adjournment thereof), notice of which is set out at the end of this document (the "Notice of General Meeting" or "Notice") |
| Headline Price | approximately £218.7 million, being an amount determined by the Company and the Purchaser by reference to the Consortium's Headline Valuation of the Portfolio as at 31 March 20243 and increased on a pound for pound basis by (i) amounts drawn down under the Revolving Credit Facility; and (ii) a portion of the Company's cash, in each case invested by the Target in further investments (including costs) and/or used for the purposes of financing future investments, in each case since 31 March 2024 |
| HMRC | HM Revenue & Customs |
| Initial Distribution | the distribution expected to be made by the Liquidators to Shareholders in late January or early February 2025 following the Company having entered into members' voluntary liquidation, the estimated minimum value of which is 77.0 pence per Ordinary Share |
| Link Group | the trading name of Link Market Services Limited, the Company's registrar |
| Liquidators | Derek Neil Hyslop and Richard Peter Barker of Ernst & Young LLP, One More London Place, London SE1 2AF |
| Liquidators' Engagement Letter | the agreement entered into between the Company and the Liquidators, dated 30 May 2024 |
3 Gross of project-level debt and the amount drawn down under the Revolving Credit Facility.
| Listing Rules | the UK Listing Rules made by the FCA for the purposes of Part VI of FSMA, as amended from time to time |
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| London Stock Exchange | London Stock Exchange plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 02075721 and having its registered office at 10 Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7LS |
| Main Market | the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange |
| NAV or Net Asset Value | the value, as at any date, of the assets of the Company after deduction of all its liabilities, before deducting dividends that have been declared but not paid as at the relevant date, determined in accordance with the accounting policies adopted by the Company from time to time |
| Official List | the official list maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority |
| Ordinary Shares or Shares | the ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the capital of the Company |
| Portfolio | the whole portfolio of solar assets owned directly or indirectly by the Company sold to the Purchaser through the Disposal |
| Post-Disposal Dividend | a dividend of 1.98 pence per Ordinary Share to be paid on or around 12 December 2024 |
| Proposal | the proposal that the Company be placed into members' voluntary liquidation |
| Purchaser | Phoenix UK Bidco Limited, a private company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 15955970 having its registered office at Level 25 One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom, E14 5AA |
| RAIM Apollo | Apollo Power Ltd, a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 15237718 and having its registered office at 16 Stratford Place, London, England, W1C 1BF |
| Record Date | 12 December 2024 |
| Register of Members | the Company's register of members |
| Registrar | Link Market Services Limited, a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 2605568 and having its registered office at Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL |
| Regulatory Information Service or RIS |
the regulatory information service provided by the London Stock Exchange |
| Resolution | the special resolution relating to the placing of the Company into members' voluntary liquidation to be proposed at the General Meeting |
| Revolving Credit Facility | the £30 million revolving credit facility, with a £20 million accordion facility option available to be utilised by the Target pursuant to a revolving credit facility agreement entered into with National Westminster Bank dated 1 September 2023 |
| Sanctions Laws | any economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes, restrictive measures or similar measures enacted, imposed, administered, implemented or enforced from time to time by any of: |
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| l the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury, the United States Department of State or any other U.S. government entity; |
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| l the United Nations Security Council and any other United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee or body; |
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| l the European Union; | |
| l any member state of the European Union; | |
| l His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom, the Department for Business and Trade of the United Kingdom, or any other UK government entity; or |
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| l any other relevant government, public or regulatory authority or body |
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| Sanctions List | any list of Sanctions Laws targets maintained by a relevant government, public or regulatory authority or body, including without limitation: |
| l the consolidated United Nations Security Council sanctions list; | |
| l the "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List", "Denied Persons List", £Entities List" and any list maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of Treasury; |
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| l the "Sectoral Sanctions Identification List" maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury; |
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| l the "Consolidated List of Persons, Groups, and Entities subject to EU Financial Sanctions", maintained by the European Council; |
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| l the "Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets" maintained by the HM Treasury and the "UK Sanctions List"; and |
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| l any similar list maintained by, or public announcement of Sanctions Laws targets made by any relevant government, public or regulatory authority or body, |
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| each as amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time | |
| Sanctions Restricted Person | each person or entity: |
| l that is organised or resident in a country or territory which is the target of comprehensive country Sanctions Laws; or |
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| l that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a person that is, described or designated in any Sanctions List |
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| Shareholders | holders of Ordinary Shares from time to time |
| Target | Atrato Onsite Energy Holdco Limited, a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales with company number 13659533 and having its registered office at The Scalpel, 18th Floor, 52 Lime Street, London, United Kingdom, EC3M 7AF |
| United Kingdom or UK | the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| UK MAR | the UK version of the EU Market Abuse Regulation which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended and supplemented from time to time including by the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 |
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered number 13624999) (Registered as an investment company under section 833 of the Companies Act 2006)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a general meeting of Atrato Onsite Energy plc will be held at 12.00 p.m. on 13 December 2024 at the offices of Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, 4th Floor, 150 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6ET to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution which will be proposed as a special resolution.
By order of the Board Registered office:
Hanway Advisory Limited 52 Lime Street Company Secretary London EC3M 7AF
The Scalpel 18th Floor
Dated: 27 November 2024
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