Result of AGM
Updated : 17:00
22 June 2022
ECOFIN U.S. RENEWABLES INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST PLC
(the "Company" or "RNEW")
The Board announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, all resolutions, as outlined in the Notice of Annual General Meeting (the "Notice") were passed.
The proxy votes received were as follows:
Resolution | For | Against | Withheld* | ||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | |
1. The receive the reports of the Directors and the audited accounts of the Company for the period from incorporation to 31 December 2021. | 83,435,110 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 6,626 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. | 83,415,514 | 99.98 | 12,995 | 0.02 | 13,227 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. | 83,415,514 | 99.99 | 11,158 | 0.01 | 15,064 |
4. To approve the Dividend Policy. | 83,439,532 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,204 |
5. To elect Patrick O'Donnell Bourke as a Director. | 66,867,087 | 80.15 | 16,557,000 | 19.85 | 17,649 |
6. To elect David Fletcher as a Director. | 83,424,087 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 17,649 |
7. To elect Tammy Richards as a Director. | 83,428,509 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 13,227 |
8. To elect Louisa Vincent as a Director. | 83,428,509 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 13,227 |
9. To appoint BDO LLP as the Auditor to the Company. | 83,433,273 | 100.00 | 1,837 | 0.00 | 6,626 |
10. To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the Auditor. | 83,433,273 | 100.00 | 1,837 | 0.00 | 6,626 |
11. To authorise the Directors to allot shares under section 551 of the Companies Act 2006. | 83,420,111 | 99.99 | 9,622 | 0.01 | 12,003 |
12. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights under section 570 Companies Act 2006 in respect of any shares issued pursuant to resolution 11. | 83,399,292 | 99.97 | 28,604 | 0.03 | 13,840 |
13. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares. | 83,439,532 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,204 |
14. In addition to the authority conferred by resolution 11 to authorise the Directors to allot additional shares under section 551 Companies Act 2006. | 83,418,274 | 99.99 | 11,459 | 0.01 | 12,003 |
15. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights under section 570 Companies Act 2006 in respect of any shares issued pursuant to resolution 14. | 83,398,068 | 99.96 | 29,828 | 0.04 | 13,840 |
16. That a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 days' notice. | 83,420,549 | 99.99 | 9,184 | 0.01 | 12,003 |
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.
At the time of the above meeting, the Company's issued share capital was 138,026,751 shares and this is the total number of shares with voting rights in the Company.
The Board notes that there were a number of votes cast against resolution 5, predominantly from one institutional shareholder, due to Board composition. The Board values the views of all shareholders and is engaging with the relevant shareholder.
The full text for each resolution is contained in the Notice, a copy of which is available on the Company's website at https://uk.ecofininvest.com/funds/ecofin-us-renewables-infrastructure-trust-plc/#latest-news-and-literature
In accordance with LR9.6.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism website and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Note: The content of the Company's web-pages and the content of any website or pages which may be accessed through hyperlinks on the Company's web-pages, other than the content of the Annual Report referred to above, is neither incorporated into nor forms part of the above announcement.
For further information, please contact:
Ecofin Advisors, LLC (Investment Manager) Jerry Polacek Matthew Ordway Prashanth Prakash
| +1 913 981 1020 |
Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Corporate Broker) Liz Yong Luke Simpson Huw Jeremy
| +44 20 7418 8900
|
Stifel (Joint Corporate Broker) Mark Bloomfield Alex Miller Jack McAlpine
| +44 20 7710 7600 |
Sanne Fund Services (UK) Limited (Company Secretary) Martin Darragh Maria Matheou | +44 20 3327 9720 |
FTI Consulting (Financial PR) Matthew O'Keeffe Mitch Barltrop Vee Montebello
| +44 7976 075797 |
Further information on the Company can be found on its website at https://uk.ecofininvest.com/funds/us-renewables-infrastructure-trust-plc/.
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