Cobham PLC General Meeting - Voting Result (5953C)

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RNS Number : 5953C

Cobham PLC

18 April 2017

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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTUS OR PROSPECTUS EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT. NOTHING IN IT SHALL CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING OF ANY SECURITIES. ANY DECISION TO PURCHASE, SUBSCRIBE FOR, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE, SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF ANY PROVISIONAL ALLOTMENT LETTER, NIL PAID RIGHTS, FULLY PAID RIGHTS, AND/OR NEW ORDINARY SHARES MUST BE MADE ONLY ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN AND INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROSPECTUS PUBLISHED BY COBHAM PLC ON 28 MARCH 2017.

18 April 2017

Cobham plc

General Meeting - Voting Result

Cobham plc (the Company or Cobham) announces that a General Meeting was held today to consider resolutions relating to the proposed rights issue (the Rights Issue), details of which were set out in the Notice of General Meeting included in each of the prospectus (the Prospectus) and the circular that were distributed to shareholders on 28 March 2017.

The resolutions summarised below were considered by means of a poll vote and duly adopted.

Resolution 1:

The Board is authorised to allot 683,145,540 new ordinary shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP17,078,638.50 in connection with the Rights Issue.

Resolution 2:

The Board is authorised to allot new ordinary shares pursuant to the Rights Issue as if statutory pre-emption rights did not apply.

The votes cast were as follows:

 
 Resolution      Total         % of    Total       % of     Total        % of       Votes 
  number          Votes       Votes     Votes     Votes      Votes      issued     WITHHELD 
                   FOR         cast    AGAINST     cast      Cast        share 
                                                                        capital 
                                                                        Voting 
-----------  -------------  -------  ---------  -------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 1            35,152,532     99.94    20,837     0.06     35,173,369    82.38     145,142 
-----------  -------------  -------  ---------  -------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 2            34,453,054     97.95    720,234    2.05     35,173,288    82.38     145,213 
-----------  -------------  -------  ---------  -------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 
                             Notes: 
                             (1) Where shareholders appointed the chairman 
                             of the meeting as their proxy with discretion 
                             as to voting, these votes have been cast 
                             in favour of all resolutions. 
                             (2) A vote 'WITHHELD' is not a vote in law 
                             and is not counted in the calculation of 
                             the proportion of votes 'FOR' or 'AGAINST' 
                             a resolution. 
                             (3) Resolution 2 is a Special Resolution 
                             requiring a 75% majority. 
 
 

The Voting results will be placed on our website (www.cobhaminvestors.com).

As at close of business on 13 April 2017, the total number of Existing Ordinary Shares eligible to be voted at the General Meeting was 1,707,863,851 and the total number of Preference Shares eligible to be voted at the General Meeting was 19,700. On a poll, there is one vote for every GBP1 in nominal value of shares. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at 13 April 2017 was 42,716,296.

The passing of the resolutions will enable Cobham to proceed with the Rights Issue as described in the Circular and the Prospectus.

Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the meanings set out in the Prospectus and available on www.cobhaminvestors.com.

Mrs Lyn Colloff

Company Secretary

Cobham plc

18 April 2017

Enquiries

 
                                      [phone] 
 Cobham plc                                       998 
 Julian Wais, Director of Investor 
  Relations 
 
                                       [phone] 
 MHP Communications                              8100 
 Reg Hoare/Tim Rowntree/Jamie 
  Ricketts 
 
 

Cautionary Statements

This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus and not an offer of Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights or New Ordinary Shares for sale in any jurisdiction, including in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, Dubai International Financial Centre, Guernsey, Japan, Jersey, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, South Africa or any jurisdiction where the availability of the Rights Issue (and any other transactions contemplated in relation to it) would breach any applicable laws or regulations (each an Excluded Territory).

Neither this announcement nor anything contained in it shall form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any offer or commitment whatsoever in any jurisdiction. Investors should not acquire any Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights or New Ordinary Shares referred to in this announcement except on the basis of the information contained in the Prospectus.

Copies of the Prospectus are available from Cobham plc, Brook Road, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2BJ and on Cobham's website at www.cobhaminvestors.com. Neither the content of the Company's website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement.

The distribution of this announcement, the Prospectus, the Provisional Allotment Letter, and the offering or transfer of Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights or New Ordinary Shares into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law, and, therefore, persons into whose possession this announcement, the Prospectus, the Provisional Allotment Letter and/or any accompanying documents comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of such jurisdiction. In particular, subject to certain exceptions, this announcement, the Prospectus and the Provisional Allotment Letters should not be distributed, forwarded to or transmitted in or into the United States or any other Excluded Territory.

Recipients of this announcement and/or the Prospectus should conduct their own investigation, evaluation and analysis of the business, data and property described in this announcement and/or the Prospectus. This announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning any investor's options with respect to the Rights Issue. The price and value of securities can go down as well as up. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. The contents of this announcement are not to be construed as legal, business, financial or tax advice. Each Shareholder or prospective investor should consult his, her or its own legal adviser, business adviser, financial adviser or tax adviser for legal, financial, business or tax advice.

This announcement is not and does not contain an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States or any other Excluded Territory, or any other state or jurisdiction in which such release, publication or distribution would be unlawful. The securities to which this announcement relates (the Securities) have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, registration under the Securities Act. There will be no public offer of the Securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction. Subject to certain exceptions, the Securities may not be offered or sold in any other Excluded Territory or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of such countries.

Accordingly, subject to certain exceptions, the Rights Issue is not being made in the United States and neither this announcement, the Prospectus nor the Provisional Allotment Letters constitute or will constitute an offer, or an invitation to apply for, or an offer or an invitation to subscribe for or acquire any Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights or New Ordinary Shares in the United States. Subject to certain limited exceptions, Provisional Allotment Letters have not been, and will not be, sent to, and Nil Paid Rights have not been, and will not be, credited to the CREST account of, any Qualifying Shareholder with a registered address in or that is located in the United States.

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