This announcement contains inside
information for the purposes of Article 7 of Market Abuse
Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by
virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 as amended
("MAR"), and is disclosed in
accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.
The person responsible for arranging for the release of this
announcement on behalf of Aurora Investment Trust plc is Frostrow
Capital LLP, the Company Secretary.
Aurora Investment Trust
plc
LEI:
2138007OUWIZFMAGO575
Results of General
Meeting
22 November
2024
The Board of Aurora Investment Trust plc (the
"Company") is pleased to
announce that the ordinary resolution (the "Resolution") relating to the issue of
New Shares in connection with the proposed combination of the
assets of the Company with the assets of Artemis Alpha Trust plc
("Artemis Alpha") was
approved by Shareholders at the General Meeting of the Company held
today.
The implementation of the proposals remains
conditional, amongst other things, upon the passing of the
resolution to be proposed at the Second Artemis Alpha General
Meeting to be held on Friday, 29 November 2024.
Details of the number of votes cast for,
against and withheld in respect of the Resolution, which was voted
on by way of a poll, are set out below and will also be published
on the Company's website: https://www.aurorainvestmenttrust.com.
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Resolution
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Votes For
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%
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Votes
Against
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%
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Total Votes Validly
Cast
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% Issued Share
Capital
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Votes
Withheld
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Authority to allot New Shares in
connection with the Issue.
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29,690,536
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99.97
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9,783
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0.03
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29,700,319
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38.93
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24,217
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For the purposes of section 341 of the
Companies Act 2006, the total votes validly cast are expressed in
the table above as a percentage of the Company's total voting
rights as at 6.00 p.m. on 20 November 2024 (76,292,724), being the
time at which a Shareholder had to be registered in the Company's
register of members in order to vote at the General Meeting. A vote
"withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote
"for" or "against" the Resolution.
The number of Shares in issue at the date of
this announcement is 76,292,724. The Company holds no Shares in
treasury. On a poll the voting rights are one vote for every one
Share held. Therefore, as at the date of this announcement, the
number of voting rights is 76,292,724.
The full text of the Resolution can be found in
the notice of General Meeting contained in the Company's circular
to shareholders dated 24 October 2024 (the "Circular"). The Circular is available
for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
and on the Company's website at https://www.aurorainvestmenttrust.com.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, a
copy of the resolution will be submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Defined terms used in this announcement have
the meanings given to them in the Circular unless the context
otherwise requires.
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For further information
please contact:
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Aurora
Investment Trust plc
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via
Quill PR
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Lucy Walker, Chair
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Dickson Minto
Advisers LLP (joint financial adviser)
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Douglas Armstrong
Andrew Manson
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+44 (0)20
7649 6823
+44 (0)131
200 1605
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Panmure
Liberum Limited (joint financial adviser and corporate
broker)
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Chris Clarke
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+44 (0)20 3100
2000
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Frostrow
Capital LLP (company secretary)
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Paul Griggs
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+44 (0)20
3709 8733
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Quill PR
(media enquiries)
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Sarah Gibbons-Cook
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Tel:
+44(0) 7702 412680
Email: Sarah@quillpr.com
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