Result of Extraordinary General Meeting

RNS Number : 3991X
EJF Investments Ltd
18 December 2019
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (OTHER THAN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE Republic of Ireland), AUSTRALIA, CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DO SO.

 

18 December 2019

 

EJF Investments Ltd (the "Company")

Result of Extraordinary General Meeting

 

 

The Company announces that at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 18 December 2019, all resolutions proposed were duly passed via a poll (which incorporated proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting), the results of which are as follows:

 

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

FOR

AGAINST

WITHHELD

Resolution 1

THAT subject to receipt of any required approval from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the Company shall be authorised to change its tax status from a partnership to "an association taxable as a corporation" for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

37,492,004

 

100.00%

-

 

0.00%

0

Resolution 2

THAT, the Articles of Association of the Company be amended to reflect the changes set out in Schedule 2 to the Letter from the Chair dated 22 November 2019.

37,492,005

 

100.00%

-

 

0.00%

0

 

 

Notes:

1.  Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.

2. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the % of shares voted "For" or "Against" a resolution.

 

The full text and details of the resolutions passed, together with the explanatory notes, are set out in the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting dated 22 November 2019, which is available at https://www.ejfi.com/.

 

These results will also be made available on the Company's website and a copy of resolutions passed as special business will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

 

 

ENQUIRIES

 

For the Investment Manager

EJF Investments Manager LLC

Peter Stage / Hammad Khan / Matt Gill

pstage@ejfcap.com / hkhan@ejfcap.com / mgill@ejfcap.com

+44 203 752 6775 / +44 203 752 6771 / +44 203 752 6774

 

For the Company Secretary and Administrator

BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A Jersey Branch

jersey.bp2s.ejf.cosec@bnpparibas.com

+44 1534 709 181/ +44 1534 813 996

 

For the Broker

Numis Securities Limited

David Luck

d.luck@numis.com

+44 20 7260 1301

 

About EJF Investments Ltd

EJFI is a registered closed-ended limited liability company incorporated in Jersey under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended, on 20 October 2016 with registered number 122353. The Company is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the "JFSC"). The JFSC is protected by both the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey) Law 1988 and the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998, as amended, against liability arising from the discharge of its functions under such laws.

 

The JFSC has not reviewed or approved this announcement.

 

LEI: 549300XZYEQCLA1ZAT25

 

Investor information & warnings

The latest available information on the Company can be accessed via its website at https://www.ejfi.com/.

 

This communication has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, the Company and is for information purposes only. It is not, and is not intended to be an invitation, inducement, offer or solicitation to deal in the shares of the Company. The price and value of shares in the Company and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested on disposal of shares in the Company. An investment in the Company should be considered only as part of a balanced portfolio of which it should not form a disproportionate part. Prospective investors are advised to seek expert legal, financial, tax and other professional advice before making any investment decision.

 


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