AGM Information • Sep 8, 2022
AGM Information
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The Company is pleased to announce that at the General Meeting ("GM") of the Company duly convened and held today, on 8 September 2022, two special resolutions (the "Resolutions") were put to shareholders to approve the Tender Offer and related matters as set out in the Notice of Meeting included in the shareholder circular dated 19 August 2022 (the "Circular") were duly passed on a poll vote.
The full text of each resolution can be found in the Notice of General Meeting which is available in accordance with listing rule 9.6.2 . A copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatorydisclosures/national-storage-mechanism
Poll votes received in favour of the resolutions were as follows:
| Votes for | % (of votes cast excl. withheld) |
Votes against |
% (of votes cast excl. withheld) |
Total (excl. withheld and third party discretionary) |
Votes withheld |
Third party discretionary |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Special resolution to authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own Ordinary Shares pursuant to, the Tender Offers and/or the Additional Tender Offer. |
7,614,659 | 100% | 0 | 100% | 7,614,659 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. Special resolution to authorise the Directors of the Company to allot equity securities and to make such allotments for cash without regard to statutory pre-emption rights. |
7,218,041 | 100% | 0 | 100% | 7,218,041 | 396,618 | 0 |
Details of the poll voting will also shortly be available on the Company's website at https://www.gabelli.co.uk/investment-products/gabelli-merger-plus/fifth-anniversary-tender/
As announced on 19 August 2022, the Tender Offer opened on 19 August 2022 and will close at 1.00 p.m. on 19 September 2022. Proceeds are expected to be despatched to Shareholders who successfully tender Ordinary Shares in certified form by 7 October 2022.
KIN Company Secretary Limited - Corporate Secretary for and on behalf of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust Plc
| 8 September 2022 | ||||||
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| Enquiries: | ||||||
| Gabelli Asset Management UK Ltd. | Email: | [email protected] | ||||
| Kin Company Secretarial Ltd. | Email: | [email protected] | ||||
| LEI: | 5493006X09N8HK0V1U37 |
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