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Riverstone Credit Opps. Inc PLC
18 May 2022
18 May 2022
RIVERSTONE CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES INCOME PLC
("RCOI" or the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Company is pleased to announce that, at the Third AGM held
at 2.00 pm. (BST) on 18 May 2022, each of the Resolutions were duly
passed by a poll vote without amendment. Resolutions 12, 13, 14 and
15 were proposed as special resolutions and all other resolutions
were proposed as ordinary resolutions.
The details of the results of the poll vote on each resolution
are as follows:
Resolution 1
IT WAS RESOLVED to receive and adopt the Report of the Directors
and the audited accounts of the Company for the financial period
ended 31 December 2021 together with the Independent Auditor's
Report on those audited accounts (the "Annual Report and
Accounts").
For (including discretionary) 41,054,197 votes (100 % of votes
cast)
Against 0 votes (0 % of votes cast)
Withheld* 4,000 votes
Votes cast in total 41,054,197 votes (44.85 % of
issued share capital)
Resolution 2
IT WAS RESOLVED to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
contained within the Annual Report and Accounts.
For (including discretionary) 41,051,584 votes (99.99 % of
votes cast)
Against 2,379 votes (0.01 % of votes
cast)
Withheld* 4,234 votes
Votes cast in total 41,053,963 votes (44.85 % of
issued share capital)
Resolution 3
IT WAS RESOLVED to approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy
set out on page 33 of the Directors' Remuneration Report contained
within the Annual Report and Accounts.
For (including discretionary) 37,051,584 votes (90.25 % of
votes cast)
Against 4,002,379 votes (9.75 % of votes
cast)
Withheld* 4,234 votes
Votes cast in total 41,053,963 votes (44.85 % of
issued share capital)
Resolution 4
IT WAS RESOLVED to appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of
the Company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual
general meeting at which the Annual Report and Accounts are laid
before the meeting.
For (including discretionary) 41,052,197 votes (99.99 % of
votes cast)
Against 2,000 votes (0.01 % of votes
cast)
Withheld* 4,000 votes
Votes cast in total 41,054,197 votes (44.85 % of
issued share capital)
Resolution 5
IT WAS RESOLVED to authorise the Board of Directors to determine
the remuneration of Ernst & Young LLP.
For (including discretionary) 41,052,197 votes (99.99 % of
votes cast)
Against 2,000 votes (0.01 % of votes
cast)
Withheld* 4,000 votes
Votes cast in total 41,054,197 votes (44.85 % of
issued share capital)
Resolution 6
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Reuben Jeffery, III as a Director of
the Company.
For (including discretionary) 41,052,197 votes (99.99 % of
votes cast)
Against 2,000 votes (0.01 % of votes
cast)
Withheld* 4,000 votes
Votes cast in total 41,054,197 votes (44.85 % of
issued share capital)
Resolution 7
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Emma Davies as a Director of the
Company.
For (including discretionary) 41,052,197 votes (99.99 % of
votes cast)
Against 2,000 votes (0.01 % of votes
cast)
Withheld* 4,000 votes
Votes cast in total 41,054,197 votes (44.85 % of
issued share capital)
Resolution 8
IT WAS RESOLVED to re-elect Edward Cumming-Bruce as a Director
of the Company.
For (including discretionary) 41,052,197 votes (99.99 % of
votes cast)
Against 2,000 votes (0.01 % of votes
cast)
Withheld* 4,000 votes
Votes cast in total 41,054,197 votes (44.85 % of
issued share capital)
Resolution 9
IT WAS RESOLVED that, the Directors of the Company are generally
and unconditionally authorised to exercise the powers conferred
upon them by Article 136 of the Articles of Association to offer
Shareholders in the Company who have elected to receive them, an
allotment of ordinary shares, credited as fully paid, instead of
the whole or any part of any cash dividends paid by the Directors
or declared by the Company in a general meeting (as the case may
be) from the date of the passing of this Resolution until the
conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, and
the Directors are permitted to do all acts and things required or
permitted to be done in Article 136 of the Articles of Association
of the Company.
For (including discretionary) 41,052,197 votes (99.99 % of
votes cast)
Against 2,000 votes (0.01% of votes
cast)
Withheld* 4,000 votes
Votes cast in total 41,054,197 votes (44.85 % of
issued share capital)
Resolution 10
IT WAS RESOLVED that, in substitution for all subsisting
authorities to the extent unused, the Directors be and they are
hereby generally and unconditionally authorised, in accordance with
section 551 Companies Act 2006, to exercise all the powers of the
Company to allot equity securities in the capital of the Company
and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security
into, equity securities in the Company up to an aggregate nominal
amount equal to $305,151.28.
The authority hereby conferred on the Directors shall expire at
the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company
after the date of the passing of this Resolution, or the date which
falls 15 months after the date on which this Resolution is passed,
whichever is the earlier, save that under this authority the
Company may, before such expiry, make offers or enter into
agreements which would or might require shares to be allotted or
rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares to
be granted after such expiry and the Directors may allot shares or
grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into,
shares (as the case may be) in pursuance of such an offer or
agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
For (including discretionary) 36,848,614 votes (89.76 % of
votes cast)
Against 4,205,583 votes (10.24 % of
votes cast)
Withheld* 4,000 votes
Votes cast in total 41,054,197 votes (44.85 % of
issued share capital)
In accordance with LR 9.6.18, details of those resolutions
passed, which were not ordinary business of the AGM, follow :-
Resolution Votes For (including Votes Against Votes Withheld* Total votes Total votes
discretionary) cast cast as a % of
issued share
capital
41,052,197 votes (99.99 % 2,000 votes (0.01 41,054,197
11 - Ordinary of votes cast) % of votes cast) 4,000 votes votes 44.85 %
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4,205,583 votes
36,848,614 votes (89.76 % (10.24 % of votes 41,054,197
12 -Special of votes cast) cast) 4,000 votes votes 44.85 %
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4,205,583 votes
36,848,614 votes (89.76 % (10.24 % of votes 41,054,197
13 - Special of votes cast) cast) 4,000 votes votes 44.85 %
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41,052,197 votes (99.99 % 2,000 votes (0.01 41,054,197
14 - Special of votes cast) % of votes cast) 4,000 votes votes 44.85 %
--------------------------- ------------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------
41,052,197 votes (99.99 % 2,000 votes (0.01 41,054,197
15 - Special of votes cast) % of votes cast) 4,000 votes votes 44.85 %
--------------------------- ------------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not
counted towards the proportion of votes "for" or "against" the
Resolution.
Resolution 11
IT WAS RESOLVED that the Company adopts the proposed changes
to its investment policy, as set out in the circular to Shareholders
dated 4 April 2022.
Resolution 12
THAT , subject to the passing of Resolution 10 above, in
substitution for all subsisting authorities to the extent
unused, the Directors be and they are hereby authorised, pursuant
to section 570 and section 573 Companies Act 2006, to allot
equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 Companies
Act 2006) for cash either pursuant to the authority conferred
by Resolution 10 or by way of a sale of treasury shares, as
if section 561(1) Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any
such allotment, provided that this authority shall be limited
to the allotment of equity securities in connection with an
offer of equity securities:
(a) to holders of ordinary shareholders in proportion (as
nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings;
and
(b) to holders of other equity securities as required by the
rights of those securities or as the Directors otherwise consider
necessary,
and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions
and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or
appropriate to deal with any treasury shares, fractional entitlements
or securities represented by depositary receipts, record dates,
legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws
of, any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body
or stock exchange or any other matter.
The authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion
of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the
passing of this Resolution, or the date which falls 15 months
after the date on which this Resolution is passed, whichever
is the earlier, save that the Company may, before such expiry,
make offers and enter into agreements which would or might
require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry
and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance
of such offers or agreements as if the authority conferred
hereby had not expired.
Resolution 13
That, subject to the passing of Resolution 10 above, in addition
to the authority granted by Resolution 11, but in substitution
for all other subsisting authorities to the extent unused,
the Directors be and they are hereby authorised, pursuant
to section 570 and section 573 Companies Act 2006, to allot
equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 Companies
Act 2006) for cash either pursuant to the authority conferred
by Resolution 10 or by way of a sale of treasury shares, as
if section 561(1) Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any
such allotment, provided that this authority shall be limited
to the allotment of equity securities in connection with an
offer of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount
of US$91,545.
The authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion
of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the
passing of this Resolution, or the date which falls 15 months
after the date on which this Resolution is passed, whichever
is the earlier, save that the Company may, before such expiry,
make offers and enter into agreements which would or might
require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry
and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance
of such offers or agreements as if the authority conferred
hereby had not expired.
Resolution 14
That the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally
authorised for the purposes of section 701 Companies Act 2006,
to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4)
Companies Act 2006) of ordinary shares of one penny each in
the capital of the Company on such terms and in such manner
as the Directors shall from time to time determine, provided
that:-
a. the maximum number of ordinary shares hereby authorised
to be purchased is 13,722,652;
b. the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be
paid for an ordinary share is one cent;
c. the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be
paid for an ordinary share shall be not more than the higher
of: (i) an amount equal to 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 date on which
that Ordinary Share is contracted to be purchased; and (ii)
an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent
trade of an ordinary share and the highest current independent
bid on the trading venues where the purchase is carried out;
d. the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion
of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the
passing of this Resolution, or the date which falls 15 months
after the date on which this Resolution 13 is passed, whichever
is the earlier (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed
by the Company in general meeting prior to such time); and
e. the Company may at any time prior to the expiry of such
authority enter into such a contract or contracts under which
a purchase of ordinary shares under such authority will or
may be completed or executed wholly or partly after the expiration
of such authority and the Company may purchase ordinary shares
in pursuance of any such contract or contracts as if the authority
conferred hereby had not expired.
Resolution 15
THAT, a general meeting of the Company (other than an annual
general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 days' notice.
As at 16 May 2022, the Company's issued share capital was
91,545,383 ordinary shares of US$0.01 each. Each ordinary
share carries the right to one vote in relation to all circumstances
at general meetings of the Company, and the Company does not
hold any ordinary shares in treasury. Accordingly, the total
voting rights in the Company at the time of the AGM were 91,545,383.
In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.3, a copy of all resolutions
passed at the AGM have today been submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
-ENDS-
About Riverstone Credit Opportunities Income Plc :
RCOI lends to companies that build and operate the
infrastructure used to generate, transport, store and distribute
both renewable and conventional sources of energy, and companies
that provide services to that infrastructure. RCOI also lends to
companies seeking to facilitate the energy transition by
decarbonizing the energy, industrial and agricultural sectors,
building sustainable infrastructure and reducing or sequestering
carbon emissions. The Company seeks to ensure that its investments
are having a positive impact on climate change by structuring each
deal as either a green loan or a sustainability-linked loan,
documented using industry best practices.
For further details, see https://www.riverstonecoi.com/ .
Neither the contents of RCOI's website nor the contents of any
website accessible from hyperlinks on the websites (or any other
website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this
announcement.
Media Contacts
For Riverstone Credit Opportunities Income Plc:
Adam Weiss
+1 212-271-2953
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