LEI: 213800OTQ44T555I8S71
8 July
2021
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DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED
STATES, CANADA,
AUSTRALIA, THE REPUBLIC OF
SOUTH AFRICA, SINGAPORE, JAPAN OR ANY EEA STATE (OTHER THAN ANY MEMBER
STATE OF THE EEA WHERE THE COMPANY'S SECURITIES MAY BE LEGALLY
MARKETED) OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE
A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH
JURISDICTION.
Augmentum Fintech plc
(the “Company”)
Result of General
Meeting
At the Company’s General Meeting held on 8 July 2021 all of the resolutions were decided
by poll and all were passed. The results of the poll are set out
below.
|
Resolutions |
Votes
For |
% |
Votes
Against |
% |
Total
Votes Cast |
Votes
Withheld |
| 1. (Ordinary
Resolution) To grant the Directors authority to allot up to 150
million New Shares in the period to 31 December 2022. |
57,064,301 |
99.2% |
438,167 |
0.8% |
57,502,468 |
36,194 |
| 2. (Special
Resolution) To disapply the pre-emption rights in respect of the
New Shares. |
56,939,136 |
99.0% |
556,093 |
1.0% |
57,495,229 |
43,433 |
| 3. (Ordinary
Resolution) To amend the Company’s investment policy as set out in
the circular. |
57,421,370 |
99.9% |
80,207 |
0.1% |
57,501,577 |
37,085 |
Notes:
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes “For” and “Against” a
resolution.
At the date of the General Meeting the total number of Ordinary
shares of 1p each in issue and the total number of voting rights
was 140,423,291.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Circular to
Shareholders dated 14 June 2021,
which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism
and can be located at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the
Company’s website, www.augmentum.vc.
In accordance with LR9.6.2R and LR9.6.3R, copies of the
resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism
website and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information, please
contact:
Frostrow Capital LLP
Paul Griggs, Company Secretary |
+44 (0)20
3170 8733
info@frostrow.com |
About Augmentum Fintech
Augmentum invests in fast growing fintech businesses that are
disrupting the financial services sector. Augmentum is the UK’s
only publicly listed investment company focusing on the fintech
sector in the UK and wider Europe,
having launched on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in
2018, giving businesses access to patient capital and support,
unrestricted by conventional fund timelines and giving public
markets investors access to a largely privately held investment
sector during its main period of growth.
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