Result of AGM

SDCL Efficiency Income Trust PLC

15 September 2026

 

15 September 2026

SDCL Efficiency Income Trust plc

("SEIT" or the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board of SDCL Efficiency Income Trust plc is pleased to announce that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and were duly passed by the Shareholders. 

Resolutions 1 to 10 (inclusive) were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 11 and 12 were proposed as special resolutions.

The results of the poll were as follows:

Resolution		Votes For*		Votes Against		Votes Withheld**	Total Votes Cast as a % of Issued Share Capital
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
1	To receive the 2026 annual report and accounts of the Company	292,209,066	99.67%	963,037	0.33%	342,505	27.01%
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	283,567,247	96.79%	9,412,032	3.21%	535,329	26.99%
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	283,341,635	96.71%	9,632,643	3.29%	540,330	26.99%
4	To re-elect Tony Roper	276,887,220	94.54%	15,976,883	5.46%	650,505	26.98%
5	To re-elect Rosemary Boot	277,770,681	94.85%	15,093,422	5.15%	650,505	26.98%
6	To re-elect Helen Clarkson	277,353,930	94.70%	15,510,173	5.30%	650,505	26.98%
7	To re-elect Sarika Patel	277,018,534	94.57%	15,896,190	5.43%	599,884	26.99%
8	To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company	291,328,450	99.43%	1,661,742	0.57%	524,416	26.99%
9	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	291,453,675	99.46%	1,596,782	0.54%	464,151	27.00%
10	To authorise the Directors to declare and pay all dividends of the Company as interim dividends	292,491,546	99.71%	862,326	0.29%	160,736	27.03%
11	To approve the purchase of the Company's own shares	292,250,353	99.63%	1,086,476	0.37%	177,779	27.03%
12	To approve that general meetings may be called on 14 days' notice	257,804,129	87.95%	35,334,300	12.05%	376,179	27.01%

* Includes discretionary votes

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution

At 15 September 2026, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 1,085,419,558 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury.

Directorate Change

As previously announced, following the conclusion of the AGM held today, Christopher Knowles has stepped down as a Non-Executive Director of the Company. Rosemary Boot has succeeded Chris as Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

For Further Information

SDCL Efficiency Income Trust Tony Roper (Chair)	Via Cardew Group
Sustainable Development Capital LLP Jonathan Maxwell Eugene Kinghorn Ben Griffiths Tamsin Jordan	T: [phone]
Jefferies International Limited (Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker) Paul Bundred Gaudi Le Roux Harry Randall-Knowles	T: [phone]
Cardew Group Ed Orlebar Henry Crane	T: [phone] M: [phone] E: [e-mail]

LEI: 213800ZPSC7XUVD3NL94

About SEIT

SDCL Efficiency Income Trust plc is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index and is currently pursuing a realisation of its portfolio in accordance with the revised investment policy approved by shareholders in July 2026. The Company's updated objective is to realise all assets in the Company's portfolio in an orderly manner which seeks to achieve a balance between returning cash promptly to Shareholders and maximising value. 

SEIT was the first UK listed company of its kind to invest exclusively in the energy efficiency sector. Its projects are primarily located in North America, the UK and Europe and include, inter alia, a portfolio of cogeneration assets in Spain, a portfolio of commercial and industrial solar and storage projects in the United States, a regulated gas distribution network in Sweden, a portfolio of on-site energy recycling, cogeneration and process efficiency projects, servicing the largest steel blast furnace in the United States and a district energy system providing essential and efficient utility services on one of the largest business parks in the United States.

Past performance cannot be relied on as a guide to future performance.

Further information can be found on the Company's website at www.seitplc.com.

Investment Manager

SEIT's investment manager is Sustainable Development Capital LLP ("SDCL"), an investment firm established in 2007, with a proven track record of investment in energy efficiency and decentralised generation projects in the UK, Continental Europe, North America and Asia.

SDCL is headquartered in London and also operates worldwide from offices in New York, Dublin Hong Kong and Singapore. SDCL is authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Further information can be found on at www.sdclgroup.com.

 

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