Result of General Meeting

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SDCL Efficiency Income Trust plc announced that all resolutions were passed at its General Meeting, with strong shareholder support. Resolution 1, to adopt a revised Wind-Down Investment Objective and Policy, passed with 98.12% of votes for, representing 31.79% of issued share capital. Resolution 2, to cancel the share premium account to create distributable reserves, received 98.36% of votes for, and Resolution 3, to adopt revised articles of association removing Continuation Vote provisions, passed with 97.94% of votes for. These approvals facilitate the company's wind-down process.

Disclaimer*

SDCL Efficiency Income Trust PLC
10 July 2026
 

10 July 2026

SDCL Efficiency Income Trust plc


("SEIT" or the "Company")

 

Result of General Meeting

 

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

 

Resolution 1 was proposed as ordinary resolution and resolutions 2 and 3 were proposed as special resolutions.

 

The result of the poll was as follows:

Resolution

Votes For*

Votes Against

Total votes validly cast

Total votes cast as % of issued share capital

Votes Withheld**

No.

%

No.

%

No.

1

To adopt the proposed revised Wind-Down Investment Objective and Policy to facilitate the wind-down of the Company

 

338,612,963

98.12%

6,476,366

1.88%

 345,089,329

31.79%

423,495

2

To cancel the amount standing to the credit of the share premium account of the Company to create further distributable reserves

 

339,154,516

98.36%

5,646,669

1.64%

 344,801,185

31.77%

711,639

3

To adopt the proposed revised articles of association to remove the Continuation Vote provisions

 

337,774,766

97.94%

7,100,076

2.06%

 344,874,842

31.77%

637,982

 

* 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 10 July 2026, the issued share capital of the Company consisted of 1,085,419,558 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. This excludes shares held in Treasury.

 

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: +44 (0) 20 7287 7700

Jefferies International Limited (Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker)

Paul Bundred

Gaudi Le Roux

Harry Randall-Knowles

 

T: +44 (0) 20 7029 8000

 

Cardew Group

Ed Orlebar

Henry Crane

T: +44 (0) 20 7930 0777

M: +44 (0) 7738 724 630

E: SEIT@cardewgroup.com

 

LEI: 213800ZPSC7XUVD3NL94

About SEIT

SDCL Efficiency Income Trust plc is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. It 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.

The Company aims to deliver shareholders value through its investment in a diversified portfolio of energy efficiency projects which are driven by the opportunity to deliver lower cost, cleaner and more reliable energy solutions to end users of energy.

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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