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RNS Number : 4792R EJF Investments Ltd 06 June 2024
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06 June 2024
EJF Investments Ltd (the "Company")
Results of AGM
The Company announces that at the Annual General Meeting held on 06 June 2024
the below resolutions were duly passed via a poll (which incorporated proxy
votes lodged in advance of the meeting), the results of which are as follows:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS FOR AGAINST WITHHELD
Resolution 1 32,945,581 20,000 2,120
THAT the report of the directors of the Company and the annual report and
audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 be received
and adopted. 99.94% 0.06%
Resolution 2 32,944,041 21,540 2,120
THAT the Directors' remuneration report (which is set out in the annual report
and audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December
2023) be approved. 99.93% 0.07%
Resolution 3 32,866,145 99,436 2,120
THAT Alan Dunphy be re-elected as a director of the Company.
99.70% 0.30%
Resolution 4 32,867,685 97,896 2,120
THAT Nick Watkins be re-elected as a director of the Company.
99.70% 0.30%
Resolution 5 32,866,130 101,556 0
THAT the aggregate cap per annum for the Directors' remuneration be increased
from £150,000 to £200,000.
99.69% 0.31%
Resolution 6 32,947,701 20,000 0
THAT the Company's dividend policy to continue to pay quarterly interim
dividends per financial year (which, in the financial year ending 31 December
2023, have totalled 10.7 pence per Ordinary Share) be approved. 99.94% 0.06%
Resolution 7 32,945,581 20,000 2,120
THAT KPMG LLP be appointed as auditor of the Company to hold office from the
conclusion of the AGM to the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of
the Company. 99.94% 0.06%
Resolution 8 32,945,581 20,000 2,120
THAT, conditional on Resolution 7 above being passed, the Audit and Risk
Committee be authorised for and on behalf of the Board to determine
remuneration of KPMG LLP as the Company's auditor. 99.94% 0.06%
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS FOR AGAINST WITHHELD
Resolution 9 32,947,701 20,000 0
THAT the Company be authorised to purchase up to 9,165,665 of its own Ordinary
Shares, representing approximately 14.99 per cent of the Company's total
issued ordinary share capital (exclusive of Ordinary Shares held in treasury) 99.94% 0.06%
and to either cancel or hold in treasury any Ordinary Shares so purchased.
Resolution 10 31,829,242 138,459 1,000,000
THAT the Directors be authorised to allot and issue (or sell Ordinary Shares
from treasury) up to 7,695,370 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 10
per cent of the Company's total issued ordinary share capital (inclusive of 99.57% 0.43%
Ordinary Shares held in treasury) as if the pre-emption rights in the Articles
did not apply.
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 Annual General Meeting dated
17 May 2024, which is available at https://www.ejfi.com/
(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
https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism
(https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism)
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ENQUIRIES
For the Investment Manager
EJF Investments Manager LLC
Peter Stage / Jay Ghatalia
pstage@ejfcap.com / jghatalia@ejfcap.com
+44 203 752 6775 / +44 203 752 6776
For the Company Secretary and Administrator
BNP Paribas S.A., Jersey Branch
jersey.bp2s.ejf.cosec@bnpparibas.com
(mailto:jersey.bp2s.ejf.cosec@bnpparibas.com)
+44 1534 709 189/ +44 1534 709 108
For the Brokers
Barclays Bank PLC
Dion Di Miceli
Stuart Muress
James Atkinson
BarclaysInvestmentCompanies@barclays.com
+44 207 623 2323
Liberum Capital Limited
Darren Vickers / Owen Matthews
ejfinvestments@liberum.com (mailto:ejfinvestments@liberum.com)
+44 203 100 2222
About EJF Investments Ltd
EJFI's objective is to provide shareholders with attractive risk adjusted
returns through regular dividends and capital growth over the long term. EJFI
generates exposure primarily to a diversified portfolio of loans issued by
financial institutions and related or similar assets in the U.S., U.K. and
Europe.
EJFI currently invests primarily in CDO Equity Tranches structured by an
affiliate of EJF Capital LLC, providing levered exposure to a highly
diversified portfolio of securities issued by U.S. financial institutions
(banks and insurance companies), these being Risk Retention Investments.
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.
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Investor information & warnings
The latest available information on the Company can be accessed via its
website at www.ejfi.com (http://www.ejfi.com) .
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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
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