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On 18 July 2024, Mobeus Income & Growth VCT plc, Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT plc, Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT plc, and The Income & Growth VCT plc announced the results of their General Meetings held on the same day. All resolutions related to proposals for merging the four companies into two and conditional offers for subscription were duly passed by shareholders. Proxy voting for these resolutions registered "For" percentages ranging from 92.46% to 97.21% across the companies, based on 8.16% to 9.50% of their issued share capital as at 16 July 2024.
| Date | 18 Jul 2024 |
| Time | 13:31:00 |
| Category | Miscellaneous |
| ID | 9810W |
MERGER UPDATE AND GENERAL MEETINGS
Mobeus Income & Growth VCT plc (LEI: 213800HKOSEVWS7YPH79) (MIG)
Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT plc (LEI: 213800LY62XLI1B4VX35) (MIG 2)
Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT plc (LEI: 213800IFNJ65R8AQW943) (MIG 4)
The Income & Growth VCT plc (LEI: 213800FPC15FNM74YD92) (I&G)
(together the Companies and each a Company)
18 July 2024
On 18 June 2024, the Companies issued a joint circular (Circular) setting out proposals for, amongst other things, merging the four Companies into two (Merger), offers for subscription by MIG and I&G (as the proposed surviving Companies, such offers being conditional on the Merger becoming effective) and notices for general meetings of the Companies to be convened on 18 July 2024 and 26 July 2024 in connection therewith (General Meetings and each a General Meeting). Set out below are the results of the General Meetings of the Companies held today (18 July 2024).
MIG
MIG is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at its General Meeting were duly passed.
Proxy results were received in respect of 14,100,948 ordinary shares representing 8.70% of the issued share capital as at 16 July 2024.
The following table shows the proxy votes cast for each resolution:
|
Resolution |
For |
Against |
Withheld |
||
|
Number |
Percentage |
Number |
Percentage |
||
|
1 |
13,378,166 |
94.96% |
709,330 |
5.04% |
13,452 |
|
2 |
13,279,469 |
94.65% |
751,052 |
5.35% |
70,427 |
|
3 |
13,273,520 |
94.90% |
713,124 |
5.10% |
114,304 |
|
4 |
13,383,800 |
95.37% |
649,972 |
4.63% |
67,176 |
1. A withheld vote is not a vote in law and, accordingly, is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" the resolution concerned.
2. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the vote "For" total.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the MIG General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection on both MIG's website (www.migvct.co.uk) as well as at the National Storage Mechanism (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism).
MIG 2
MIG 2 is pleased to announce that the resolution proposed at its General Meeting was duly passed.
Proxy results were received in respect of 8,242,594 ordinary shares representing 8.53% of the issued share capital as at 16 July 2024.
The following table shows the proxy votes cast for the resolution:
|
For |
Against |
Withheld |
||
|
Number |
Percentage |
Number |
Percentage |
|
|
7,851,767 |
97.21% |
225,374 |
2.79% |
165,093 |
1. A withheld vote is not a vote in law and, accordingly, is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" the resolution.
2. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the vote "For" total.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the MIG 2 General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection on both MIG 2's website (www.mig2vct.co.uk) as well as at the National Storage Mechanism (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism).
I&G
I&G is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at its General Meeting were duly passed.
Proxy results were received in respect of 12,713,830 ordinary shares representing 8.16% of the issued share capital as at 16 July 2024.
The following table shows the proxy votes cast for each resolution:
|
Resolution |
For |
Against |
Withheld |
||
|
Number |
Percentage |
Number |
Percentage |
||
|
1 |
12,128,574 |
96.80% |
400,571 |
3.20% |
184,685 |
|
2 |
12,035,077 |
96.47% |
440,680 |
3.53% |
238,073 |
|
3 |
11,917,175 |
96.02% |
493,935 |
3.98% |
302,720 |
|
4 |
12,040,665 |
97.11% |
358,027 |
2.89% |
315,138 |
1. A withheld vote is not a vote in law and, accordingly, is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" the resolution concerned.
2. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the vote "For" total.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the I&G General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection on both I&G's website (www.incomeandgrowthvct.co.uk) as well as at the National Storage Mechanism (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism).
MIG 4
MIG 4 is pleased to announce that the resolution proposed at its General Meeting was duly passed.
Proxy results were received in respect of 10,477,985 ordinary shares representing 9.50% of the issued share capital as at 16 July 2024.
The following table shows the proxy votes cast for the resolution:
|
For |
Against |
Withheld |
||
|
Number |
Percentage |
Number |
Percentage |
|
|
9,675,362 |
92.46% |
789,364 |
7.54% |
13,259 |
1. A withheld vote is not a vote in law and, accordingly, is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" the resolution.
2. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the vote "For" total.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the MIG 4 General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection on both MIG 4's website (www.mig4vct.co.uk) as well as at the National Storage Mechanism (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism).
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information, please contact:
Gresham House Asset Management Limited
Company Secretary
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7382 0999