Blackstone Loan Financing Limited (the
"Company")
19 December 2024
Results of Extraordinary General
Meeting
Blackstone Loan Financing Limited
announces that at the Extraordinary General Meeting (the "EGM")
held earlier today, the ordinary resolution in connection with the
proposed sale by the Company of 100% of the PPNs issued by BCF and
held by LuxCo was duly passed by shareholders.
The proxy votes received on the
resolution proposed at the EGM will shortly be available for
inspection on the Company's website
(http://blackstone.com/bglf).
The full text of the resolution can
be found in the Notice of Meeting published on 04 December 2024,
copies of which are available for viewing
on the Company's website (http://blackstone.com/bglf)
and at the National Storage Mechanism at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Timing & Conditions to Completion
Completion of the Proposed
Transaction is expected to occur on 31 December 2024, subject to
the Purchaser's right under the terms of the Sale and Purchase
Agreement to postpone the completion date for up to 20 Business
Days thereafter. Following the passing of the First EGM Resolution
at the First EGM held today, the sole remaining Condition to the
Proposed Transaction is no event of default under the LuxCo PPNIPA
having occurred and not having been waived or cured.
Second EGM
As a result of the First EGM
Resolution passing, the Second EGM will be held on 15 January 2025
at 11.00 a.m.
The Resolution to be considered at
the Second EGM Resolution is a Special Resolution and will, if
passed, approve the Summary Winding-up of the Company in accordance
with the provisions of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.
Expected Timetable of Events
Payment date of Second
Redemption
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19 December 2024
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Anticipated completion date of
Proposed Transaction
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31 December 2024
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Latest time and date for receipt of
Proxy Appointments for the Second EGM*
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11.00 a.m. on 13 January
2025
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Record date for participation and
voting at the Second EGM*
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5.00 p.m. on 13 January
2025
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Suspension of the listing of the
Shares on the Official List and of trading of the Shares on the
Main Market*
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7.00 a.m. on 15 January
2025
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Second EGM*
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11.00 a.m. on 15 January
2025
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Announcement of result of the Second
EGM*
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15 January 2025
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Commencement of the Summary
Winding-up (conditional on approval of the Second EGM
Resolution)*
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15 January 2025
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Record date for Third
Redemption*
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5.00 p.m. on 15 January
2025
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Cancellation of the listing of the
Shares on the Official List and cancellation of admission to
trading of the Shares on the Main Market*
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8.00 a.m. on 16 January
2025
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Payment date of Third Redemption*
**
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Expected to be by 4 February 2025 or
as soon as possible thereafter
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*
Events subject to postponement in the event of a delay in
completion of the Proposed Transaction and/or in the receipt by the
Company of any requisite regulatory consents.
**
The Company will make a Redemption Announcement through an RIS in
advance of the Third Redemption confirming exact details of the
timing and amount of the redemption payment to be made to
Shareholders.
Each of the times and dates in the
expected timetable of events may be extended or brought forward
without notice. If any of the above times and/or dates change, the
revised time(s) and/or date(s) will be notified to Shareholders by
an announcement through an RIS provider. All references are to
London time unless otherwise stated.
Publication of NAV
As referenced in the circular
published to shareholders on 04 December 2024 (the "Circular"), as
a result of the Proposed Transaction being approved by Shareholders
at the First EGM, the Company will cease to publish its monthly NAV
(including the 30 November 2024 NAV, which would ordinarily have
been published today).
Unless otherwise stated, capitalised
terms in this announcement have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Circular.
For further information, please
contact:
BGLF
Steven Wilderspin (Chair)
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Via Singer Capital Markets
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Singer Capital Markets (Financial Adviser & Joint
Corporate Broker to the Company)
James Maxwell / Alaina Wong / Oliver
Platts (Corporate Finance)
Alan Geeves / Sam Greatrex
(Sales)
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020 7496 3000
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BNP
Paribas (Company Secretary to the Company)
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01534 709189 / 709108
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