John Laing Environmental Assets Grp Result of EGM (5374G)

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RNS Number : 5374G

John Laing Environmental Assets Grp

02 March 2018

2 March 2018

JOHN LAING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS GROUP LIMITED

Result of EGM

John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited ("JLEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that at the Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") held at 10:30 a.m. today, 2 March 2018, the Special Resolution was duly passed without amendment.

This announcement is made in accordance with LR 9.6.18.

 
Resolution   Votes For (including  Votes Against  Votes Withheld* 
                   discretionary) 
Special               209,133,162      3,162,219           78,515 
 
 

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "for" or "against" the Resolution.

The full wording of the resolution can be found below:-

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

THAT pursuant to Article 7.7 of the Articles, and in addition to any subsisting or other disapplications, the provisions of Article 7.2 of the Articles shall not apply and shall be excluded in relation to the allotment and issue of up to 200 million New Ordinary Shares (being the maximum number of New Ordinary Shares that could be issued pursuant to the Issuance Programme) on a non-pre-emptive basis, provided that:

a) such disapplication and exclusion shall expire on the date that is twelve months after the date of publication of the Prospectus (unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company by special resolution); and

b) such disapplication and exclusion shall be limited to the allotment and issue of New Ordinary Shares under the Issuance Programme,

with capitalised terms in this resolution having the meaning given to them in the circular published by the Company on 12 February 2018.

For further information please contact:

 
 John Laing Capital Management 
  Limited 
  Chris Tanner 
  Chris Holmes                    [phone] 
 Winterflood Investment 
  Trusts 
  Neil Langford 
  Chris Mills                     [phone] 
 Praxis Fund Services Limited 
  Matt Falla                      [phone] 
 

About JLEN

JLEN's investment policy is to invest in environmental infrastructure projects that have the benefit of long-term, predictable, wholly or partially inflation-linked cash flows supported by long-term contracts or stable regulatory frameworks.

Environmental Infrastructure is defined by the Company as infrastructure projects that utilise natural or waste resources or support more environmentally-friendly approaches to economic activity. This could involve the generation of renewable energy (including solar, wind, hydropower and biomass technologies), the supply and treatment of water, the treatment and processing of waste, and projects that promote energy efficiency.

Further details of the Company can be found on its website www.jlen.com

LEI: 213800JWJN54TFBMBI68

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