Albion Dev VCT Agm Statement
May 29 2018 - 8:24AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMAADV
Albion Development VCT PLC
LEI code 213800FDDMBD9QLHLB38
At an Annual General Meeting of Albion Development VCT PLC, duly
convened and held at the City of London Club, 19 Old Broad Street,
London on 29 May 2018 the following resolutions were passed:
Ordinary resolutions numbers 1 to 7 were passed.
The following items of Special Business were passed of which resolution
8 and 9 were passed as ordinary resolutions and 10 to 13 were passed as
special resolutions.
Special Business
8. Change to the general investment policy
That the Company's investment policy be amended by replacing the wording
under the heading "Investment policy" in the current policy with the
following:
"The Company will invest in a broad portfolio of higher growth
businesses with a stronger focus on technology companies across a
variety of sectors of the UK economy; efforts will be made to ensure
that the portfolio is diversified in terms of sector and stage of
maturity of company."
9. Change to the investment policy - non-VCT qualifying investments
That the Company's investment policy be amended by the insertion of the
following paragraph:
Non-VCT qualifying investments
Funds held pending investment or for liquidity purposes will be held as
cash on deposit or up to 8 per cent. of its assets, at the time of
investment, in liquid open-ended equity funds providing income and
capital equity exposure (where it is considered economic to do so).
10. Authority to allot shares
That the Directors be generally and unconditionally authorised in
accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to
allot shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of
GBP164,078 for Ordinary shares provided that this authority shall expire
15 months from the date that this resolution is passed, or, if earlier,
the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company but so
that the Company may, before such expiry, make an offer or agreement
which would
or might require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or
convert securities into shares to be granted after such expiry and the
Directors may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert
securities into shares pursuant to such an offer or agreement as if this
authority had not expired.
11. Authority for the disapplication of pre-emptive rights
That the Directors be empowered, pursuant to section 570 of the Act, to
allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act)
for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by resolution number 10
and/or sell Ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for
cash as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment
or sale.
Under this power the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and
make any arrangements which they deem necessary or expedient to deal
with any treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal,
regulatory or practical problems in, or laws of, any territory or other
matter, arising under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognised
regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory or any other
matter.
This power shall expire 15 months from the date that this resolution is
passed or, if earlier, the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting
of the Company, save that the Company may, before such expiry, make an
offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be
allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities
in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if this power had not
expired.
12. Authority to purchase own shares
That, the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make
market purchases (within the meaning of Section 693(4) of the Act) of
Ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the capital of the Company, on such
terms as the Directors think fit, provided always that:
(a) the maximum number of shares hereby authorised to be purchased is
12,012,320 representing 14.99 per cent. of the issued Ordinary share
capital of the Company as at the date of this Notice;
(b) the minimum price, exclusive of any expenses, which may be paid for
an Ordinary share is 1 penny;
(c) the maximum price, exclusive of any expenses, which may be paid for
each Ordinary share is an amount equal to the higher of (a) 105 per
cent. of the average of the middle market quotations for an Ordinary
share, as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List,
for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the
Ordinary share is purchased; and (b) the amount stipulated by Article
5(1) of the Buy-back and Stabilisation Regulation 2003;
(d) the authority hereby conferred shall, unless previously revoked,
varied or renewed, expire 15 months from the date that this resolution
is passed or, if earlier, at the conclusion of the next Annual General
Meeting; and
(e) the Company may make a contract or contracts to purchase Ordinary
shares under this authority before the expiry of the authority which
will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of the
authority, and may make a purchase of shares in pursuance of any such
contract or contracts as if the authority conferred hereby had not
expired.
13. Authority to sell treasury shares
That the Directors be empowered to sell treasury shares at the higher of
the prevailing current share price and the price bought in at.
29 May 2018
For further information please contact:
Albion Capital Group LLP
Tel: 020 7601 1850
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The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information
contained therein.
Source: Albion Development VCT PLC - Ordinary Shares via Globenewswire
http://www.closeventures.co.uk
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