31st Jul 2020 15:30
31 July 2020
Raven Property Group Limited ("Raven" or the "Company")
Result of General Meeting and Class Meetings
Raven is pleased to announce that at the General Meeting of the Company and Class Meetings of Convertible Preference Shareholders and Preference Shareholders held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed.
A summary of the votes lodged by proxy at the General Meeting is set out below:
Resolution | For (see note 1) | Against (see note 1) | Number of votes withheld (see note 2) | Total votes cast | |||
Number of votes | % | Number of votes | % | ||||
1* | That the articles of incorporation be amended by the inclusion of a new article numbered 8.1.9 | 397,104,511 | 99.65 | 1,408,402 | 0.35 | 23,112 | 398,512,913 |
2* | That the articles of incorporation be amended by the inclusion of a new article numbered 2.6.11 | 454,056,427 | 98.98 | 4,676,011 | 1.02 | 35,112 | 458,732,438 |
3 | That the Re-designation of Convertible Preference Shares into Ordinary Shares and Preference Shares be approved. | 625,818,499 | 95.95 | 26,427,513 | 4.05 | 17,872 | 652,246,012 |
*Special Resolution
The results set out above in relation to Resolution 2 and Resolution 3 take into account the fact that Preference Shareholders and Convertible Preference Shareholders respectively were permitted to vote on those resolutions. In the case of Resolution 2, each Preference Shareholder had one vote and in the case of Resolution 3 each Convertible Preference Shareholder had one vote for each Ordinary Share it would have held if all of the Convertible Preference Shares registered in its name had been converted into Ordinary Shares at the applicable Conversion Rate on the business day immediately preceding the record date for the General Meeting.
A summary of the votes lodged by proxy at the Convertible Preference Shareholder Meeting is set out below:
Resolution | For (see note 1) | Against (see note 1) | Number of votes withheld (see note 2) | Total votes cast | |||
Number of votes | % | Number of votes | % | ||||
1* | To approve the variation of rights in connection with the re-designation of Convertible Preference Shares into Ordinary Shares and Preference Shares. | 150,765,290 | 91.16 | 14,618,748 | 8.84 | - | 165,384,038 |
*Special Resolution
A summary of the votes lodged by proxy at the Preference Shareholder Meeting is set out below:
Resolution | For (see note 1) | Against (see note 1) | Number of votes withheld (see note 2) | Total votes cast | |||
Number of votes | % | Number of votes | % | ||||
1* | To approve the variation of rights attaching to the Preference Shares arising out of the proposed amendment to the Articles by the insertion of a new article numbered 2.6.11 | 57,071,793 | 94.56 | 3,282,609 | 5.44 | 12,000 | 60,354,402 |
*Special Resolution
Notes:
1. "Votes For" includes those giving the Chairman discretion and votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
2. A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
3. Total number of ordinary shares in issue at 6.00p.m. on 29 July 2020 was 489,746,016 Ordinary Shares. 81.37% of voting capital was instructed.
4 Total number of Convertible Preference Shares in issue at 6.00p.m. on 29 July 2020 was 198,176,868 Convertible Preference Shares. 83.45% of voting capital was instructed.
5 Total number of Preference Shares in issue at 6.00p.m. on 29 July 2020 was 100,277,220 Preference Shares 60.19% of voting capital was instructed.
Copies of the resolutions passed at today's General Meeting and Class Meetings will be available at the National Storage Mechanism and are available for viewing online at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Defined terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning as set out in the Circular to Ordinary Shareholders dated 14 July 2020.
Expected Timetable and Security Information
Completion of the Re-designation
| 00.00 on 30 September 2020 |
Expected admission and commencement of dealings in each of the New Ordinary Shares and the New Preference Shares on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market(1)
| 8.00 a.m. on 30 September 2020 |
CREST accounts credited with the New Ordinary Shares and New Preference Shares
| 30 September 2020 |
Despatch of definitive share certificates in respect of the New Ordinary Shares and New Preference Shares
| 14 October 2020 |
(1) Dealings in New Ordinary Shares are expected to commence at 8.00am on 30 September on (i) The International Stock Exchange (ii) the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange; and (iii) on the Moscow Stock Exchange. Dealings in the New Preference Shares are expected to commence on The International Stock Exchange at 8.00a.m.on 30 September 2020.
Update on purchase of ordinary shares, preference shares and convertible preference shares from Invesco Asset Management Limited ("Invesco")
As announced on 11 March 2020 the long stop date for each of the conditional purchase agreements is 31 July 2020. Given current issues related to Covid, the Company and Invesco are continuing discussions relating to the potential acquisition of the Invesco shareholdings.
Enquiries
Raven Property Group Limited Anton Bilton Glyn Hirsch
| Tel: + 44 (0) 1481 712955 |
Novella Communications (public relations adviser) Tim Robertson Fergus Young
| Tel: +44 (0) 203 151 7008 |
N+1 Singer (Sponsor and UK Broker to the Re-Designation) Corporate Finance - James Maxwell / James Moat Sales - Alan Geeves / James Waterlow
| Tel: +44 (0) 20 7496 3000 |
Numis Securities Limited (UK joint broker) Alex Ham / Jamie Loughborough / Alasdair Abram Nathan Brown / George Shiel
| Tel: + 44 (0) 207 260 1000 |
Renaissance Capital (South African broker) Yvette Labuschagne
| Tel: +27 (11) 750 1448 |
Renaissance Capital (Russian broker) David Pipia
| Tel: + 7 495 258 7770 |
Ravenscroft (TISE sponsor) Emma Ozanne
| Tel: + 44 (0) 1481 729100 |
About Raven Property Group
Raven Property Group Limited was founded in 2005 to invest in class A warehouse complexes in Russia and lease to Russian and International tenants. Its Ordinary Shares and preference shares are listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and the Official List of The International Stock Exchange ("TISE"). Its Ordinary Shares also have a secondary listing on the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the Moscow Stock Exchange. Its convertible preference shares are admitted to the Official List of TISE and to trading on the SETSqx market of the London Stock Exchange. The Group operates out of offices in Guernsey, Moscow and Cyprus and has an investment portfolio of circa 1.9 million square metres of Grade "A" warehouses in Moscow, St Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Novosibirsk and Nizhny Novgorod and 49,000 square metres of commercial office space in St Petersburg. For further information visit the Company's website: www.theravenpropertygroup.com
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