Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Ltd Results of EGM (1044T)

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RNS Number : 1044T

Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Ltd

29 June 2018

29 June 2018

Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Limited

Results of Extraordinary General Meeting and Cancellation of Listing

The Board of Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Limited announces that, at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held today, 29 June 2018, all resolutions were duly passed. Accordingly the Company will now be placed into voluntary liquidation.

The Cancellation of the listing of the Company's shares will become effective at 8.00 am on 2 July 2018.

Following conclusion of the Extraordinary General Meeting Howard Myles, David Copperwaite and Philip Hebson resigned from their positions as Directors with immediate effect.

Details of the proxy votes lodged are set out below:

 
              Special Resolution                   For*      Against   Withheld** 
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 1. That that the Company be 
  and is hereby wound up voluntarily 
  pursuant to Section 391(1)(b) 
  of The Companies (Guernsey) 
  Law, 2008, as amended.                         5,762,281    3,375        0 
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             Ordinary Resolutions 
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 2. That James Toynton and Benjamin 
  Rhodes of Grant Thornton be 
  and are hereby appointed as 
  joint liquidators for the purpose 
  of the winding up of the Company.              5,761,782    3,375       499 
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 3. That the remuneration of 
  the Liquidators be determined 
  on the basis of time properly 
  spent by them and members of 
  their staff in attending to 
  matters arising prior to and 
  during the winding up of the 
  Company.                                       5,759,493    5,664       499 
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     4. That the Liquidators shall 
      be empowered to: 
      i. make such distributions 
      to Shareholders as they think 
      fit; and 
      ii. following all the payments 
      made in accordance with the 
      above, pay the balance of distributable 
      amounts to the Royal National 
      Lifeboat Institution.                      5,751,906    5,144      8,606 
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 5. That the Company's books 
  and records be held by the 
  secretary of the Company to 
  the order of the Liquidators 
  until the expiry of six years 
  after the date of dissolution 
  of the Company.                                5,762,281    3,375        0 
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Notes:

The full text of the Extraordinary General Meeting resolutions may be found in the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting contained in the Circular dated 1 February 2018, copies of which are available on both the Company's website www.aberdeenprivateequity.co.uk and on the National Storage Mechanism www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM***

A copy of the Special Resolutions passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM***

* Includes discretionary votes received.

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

*** Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement

Enquiries:

Company Secretary and Administrator

Ipes (Guernsey) Limited

Nicholas Robilliard

01481 713843

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