17th Nov 2016 14:58
17 November 2016
Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited
Result of Annual General Meeting
Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held at 10.00 am, 17 November 2016, each of the resolutions were duly passed without amendment.
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* | ||
12 - Special | 185,998,496 | 87.42% | 26,755,003 | 12.58% | 0 |
13 - Special | 212,736,499 | 99.99% | 12,000 | 0.01% | 5,000 |
*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 12
That, in substitution for any existing disapplication authority in force as at the date of this Annual General Meeting, the Directors be and are hereby authorised to allot, issue and/or sell equity securities for cash as if article 6.2 of the Articles did not apply to any such allotment, issue and/or sale, provided that this power shall be limited to the allotment, issue and/or sale of up to 10 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue as at the date of this Annual General Meeting for the period expiring at the date falling 15 months after the date of the passing of this resolution or the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, whichever is earlier (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting), save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such power which would or might require equity securities to be allotted and issued after such expiry and the Directors shall be entitled to allot and issue equity securities pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.
Resolution 13
That, in accordance with Section 42 of the Law, the regulations contained in the document be and are hereby approved and adopted as the new articles of incorporation of the Company in substitution for and to the exclusion of the existing articles of incorporation of the Company.
Enquiries:
James Armstrong / Mike Rand / Giovanni Terranova
Bluefield Partners LLP - Company Investment Adviser
Tel: +44 (0)20 7078 0020
Tod Davis / David Benda
Numis Securities Limited - Company Broker
Tel: +44 (0)20 7260 1000
Kevin Smith
Heritage International Fund Managers Limited - Company Secretary & Administrator
Tel: +44 (0)1481716000
Tom Karim
CNC
Tel: +44 (0)20 3219 8820 / +44 (0)7923 293 399
Note to editors
About Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (BSIF)
The Company is a Guernsey-registered investment company focusing on large scale agricultural and industrial solar assets. It had an initial public offering of shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in July 2013. The Company currently has over 369 million shares in issue.
The Company seeks to provide shareholders with an attractive return, principally in the form of income distributions, by investing in a diversified portfolio of solar energy assets, each located within the UK, with a focus on utility scale assets and portfolios on greenfield, industrial and/or commercial sites. The Company intends to pay quarterly distributions.
About Bluefield Partners LLP (Bluefield)
Bluefield was established in 2009 and is an investment adviser to companies and funds investing in solar energy infrastructure. It has a proven record in the selection, acquisition and supervision of large scale energy and infrastructure assets in the UK and Europe. The team has been involved in over £1.25 billion of solar PV funds and/or transactions in both the UK and Europe since 2008, including over £500m in the UK since December 2011.
Bluefield has led the acquisitions, and currently advises on over 70 UK based solar PV assets that are agriculturally, commercially or industrially situated. Based in its London office, Bluefield's partners are supported by a dedicated and highly experienced team of investment, legal and portfolio executives. Bluefield Services Limited, based in Bristol, is the asset manager for the Company's portfolio.
Bluefield was appointed Investment Adviser to the Company in June 2013.
Related Shares:
Bluefield Solar