29th Jan 2018 14:30
European Wealth Group Limited
(the "Company")
Results of EGM
European Wealth Group Limited (AIM: EWG, EWGL), the integrated wealth management group, announces that at the Extraordinary General Meeting held earlier today all Resolutions were duly passed, including Resolution 3 to approve the Company's intention to change its name to Kingswood Holdings Limited, in respect of which a further announcement will be made at the appropriate time. A poll was held on each of the Resolutions proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting.
The results of the poll are set out below:
Resolution 1
To authorise the Directors to issue up to (and including) 343,703,703 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the share capital of the Company pursuant to the exercise of the Conversion Rights contained in the Facilities Agreement (or such higher number of ordinary shares as is necessary in order to give effect to the Conversion Rights contained in the Facilities Agreement), as if article 2.2 of the articles of incorporation of the Company and any pre-emption rights included therein did not apply to the issue, with such authority to expire on the fifth anniversary of the passing of this Resolution 1:
Votes for | Votes against | Total votes cast | Votes withheld | Result |
69,116,003 (94.7%)
| 3,868,389 (5.3%)
| 72,984,392 | 5,682,610 | Resolution passed |
Resolution 2
To approve the waiver by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers of any requirement on KPI (Nominees) Limited to make a general offer for the ordinary issued share capital of the Company, as a result of the issue to KPI (Nominees) Limited of any ordinary shares in the capital of the Company arising on the exercise of the Kingswood Conversion Rights:
Votes for | Votes against | Total votes cast | Votes withheld | Result |
25,126,088 (86.7%)
| 3,868,389 (13.3%)
| 28,994,477 | 5,682,610 | Resolution passed |
Resolution 3
To approve that the Company changes its name to "Kingswood Holdings Limited" (with effect from the completion of the Newbridge Acquisition):
Votes for | Votes against | Total votes cast | Votes withheld | Result |
77,454,505 (98.5%)
| 1,212,497 (1.5%)
| 78,667,002 | 0 | Resolution passed |
For further details, please contact:
European Wealth Group Limited | +44 (0)20 7623 2368 |
Marianne Ismail Hugo Evans | |
finnCap Ltd (Nomad and Broker) | +44 (0)20 7220 0500 |
Adrian Hargrave Scott Mathieson Anthony Adams | |
Redleaf Communications | +44 (0)20 7382 4730 |
Emma Kane Robin Tozer |
Related Shares:
Kingswood H.