19
March 2024
Scirocco Energy
plc
("Scirocco Energy" or "the
Company")
Result of General
Meeting
Scirocco Energy (AIM:
SCIR), the AIM investing company
targeting attractive assets within the European sustainable energy
and circular economy markets, announces that the resolution
required to be put forward to Shareholders today, following the
general meeting requisition request as announced on 6 February
2024, and as further detailed in the circular published by the
Company on 23 February 2024 (the "Circular"), was
passed.
The resolution stated "that the
directors of the Company put in place a strategy to return the
Company's cash to shareholders and to sell the Company's material
assets and return any cash proceeds from such disposals to
shareholders (subject to the requirements of the Act and the AIM
rules)".
The results of the Shareholder vote
shown in the table below have been confirmed by a poll of votes
cast carried out by the Company's independent registrar present at
the meeting.
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Total Votes
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|
|
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Resolution
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For
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%
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Against
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%
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Withheld
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Total Cast
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1
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291,308,465
|
80.19
|
71,982,983
|
19.81
|
441,240
|
363,291,448
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Next steps
Following the resolution passing,
the directors will clarify the detailed steps required to return
the Company's cash to Shareholders and will update the market in
due course. As set out in the Circular, this process is highly
likely to be implemented via a members' voluntary liquidation
("MVL"), which will involve a further general meeting being called
by the Company in 2-3 months' time to seek approval from
Shareholders to appoint liquidators. As part of the MVL process,
the Company will also be required to seek approval from
Shareholders to cancel the Company's admission to trading on AIM
("Cancellation"), which will either be sought at the same time as
the MVL approval is sought from Shareholders, or ahead of time in a
separate general meeting. Existing and prospective investors
are encouraged to read the Circular for more information on the MVL
process.
AIM
Rule 15 cash shell classification
As the Company no longer has a
mandate to pursue its investing policy, the Company is now deemed
an AIM Rule 15 cash shell. Pursuant to Rule 40 of the AIM Rules for
Companies, the Company's Ordinary Shares will be suspended from
trading on AIM if the abovementioned Cancellation has not been
concluded within six months of today's date. Should a further
six months then elapse without the Cancellation taking effect,
pursuant to Rule 41 of the AIM Rules for Companies, the Company's
admission to trading on AIM will be cancelled.
For further information:
Scirocco Energy plc
Tom Reynolds, CEO
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+44 (0)20 7466 5000
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Strand Hanson Limited, Nominated Adviser and
Broker
Ritchie Balmer / James Spinney /
Robert Collins
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+44 (0) 20 7409 3494
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Buchanan, Financial PR
Ben Romney / Barry Archer / George
Pope
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+44 (0)20 7466 5000
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Inside Information
The information contained within
this announcement is deemed by Scirocco to constitute inside
information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU)
no. 596/2014 ("MAR"). On the publication of this announcement via
a Regulatory Information Service ("RIS"), this inside
information is now considered to be in the public
domain.