LEI: 213800HAZOW1AWRSZR47
("REL" or the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Company is pleased to announce that, at the tenth AGM held at
The details of each resolution are as follows:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 1
IT WAS RESOLVED to receive and consider the annual audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2022.
For (including discretionary) | 33,272,170 votes |
Against | 0 votes |
Withheld | 0 votes |
Resolution 2
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-appoint
For (including discretionary) | 33,271,170 votes |
Against | 1,000 votes |
Withheld | 0 votes |
Resolution 3
IT WAS RESOLVED that the Board of Directors determine the remuneration of the Auditor.
For (including discretionary) | 33,271,170 votes |
Against | 1,000 votes |
Withheld | 0 votes |
Resolution 4
IT WAS RESOLVED to elect Richard Horlick as a director.
For (including discretionary) | 33,270,970 votes |
Against | 1,000 votes |
Withheld | 200 votes |
Resolution 5
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Patrick Firth as a director.
For (including discretionary) | 31,426,389 votes |
Against | 607,267 votes |
Withheld | 1,238,514 votes |
Resolution 6
IT WAS RESOLVED to elect John Roche as a director.
For (including discretionary) | 33,270,970 votes |
Against | 1,000 votes |
Withheld | 200 votes |
Resolution 7
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Jeremy Thompson as a director.
For (including discretionary) | 31,021,198 votes |
Against | 1,007,117 votes |
Withheld | 1,243,855 votes |
Resolution 8
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Claire Whittet as a director.
For (including discretionary) | 31,514,076 votes |
Against | 519,780 votes |
Withheld | 1,238,314 votes |
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* |
9 - Special | 33,243,411 | 28,759 | 0 |
10 - Special | 30,969,286 | 1,242,884 | 1,060,000 |
*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 9 That the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008, as amended (the "Companies Law") (subject to the Listing Rules made by the
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a. the maximum number of shares authorised to be purchased shall be 14.99 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue as at the date of this Resolution 9 (excluding shares held in treasury);
b. the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary Share shall be one penny;
c. the maximum price which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is an amount equal to the higher of: (a) 105 per cent. of the average of the middle market quotations for an Ordinary Share on the relevant market for the five business days immediately preceding the date on which the Ordinary Share is purchased; and (b) the higher of (i) the price of the last independent trade for an Ordinary Share and (ii) the highest current independent bid for an Ordinary Share at the time of purchase; and
d. the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the next annual general meeting of the Company due to be held in 2024 unless such authority is varied, revoked or renewed prior to such date by a special resolution of the Company in a general meeting save that the Company may make an offer or agreement to acquire shares under this authority before its expiry which will or may be executed wholly or partly after its expiration and the Company may make an acquisition of shares pursuant to such an offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired. |
Resolution 10 That, in accordance with Article 6.7 of the Articles, the Directors be empowered to allot and issue (or sell from treasury) equity securities (within the meaning of the Company's Articles) for cash on a non-preemptive basis as if Article 6.2 of the Articles did not apply to any such allotment and issue, provided that this power shall be limited to the allotment and issue of (i) up to a maximum number of equity securities equal to 4,906,173 Ordinary Shares in the Company (being 10 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue as at the latest practicable date prior to the date of this notice)and (ii) an unlimited number of Ordinary Shares in accordance with the Performance Allocation Reinvestment Agreement dated |
REL is a closed-ended investment company which invests in the energy industry that has since 2020 been exclusively focused on pursuing a global strategy across decarbonisation sectors presented by Riverstone's investment platform, resulting in aggregate commitments to-date of
For further details, see www.RiverstoneREL.com
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