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Results of Court Meeting and General Meeting
Results of Court Meeting and General Meeting.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nNOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION\n \nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n \n4 September 2024\n \nRECOMMENDED CASH OFFER\n \nfor\n \nAscential plc (\"Ascential\")\n \nby\n \nInforma PLC (\"Informa\")\n \nto be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement under\nPart 26 of the UK Companies Act 2006\n \nRESULTS OF VOTING AT COURT MEETING AND GENERAL MEETING\n \nOn 24 July 2024, the boards of directors of Ascential and Informa announced that they had reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer to be made by Informa for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Ascential (the \"Acquisition\"), to be implemented by way of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act (the \"Scheme\").\n \nOn 12 August 2024, Ascential published a circular in relation to the Scheme (the \"Scheme Document\"). Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall, unless otherwise defined, have the meanings as set out in the Scheme Document.\n \nResults of Court Meeting and General Meeting\nAscential is pleased to announce that, at the Court Meeting and General Meeting held earlier today in connection with the Acquisition:\n(A) the requisite majorities of Scheme Shareholders voted in favour of the resolution to approve the Scheme at the Court Meeting; and\n(B) the requisite majority of Ascential Shareholders voted in favour of the Special Resolutions to implement the Scheme, including the amendments to Ascential's articles of association, at the General Meeting.\nDetails of the resolutions proposed and passed are set out in the notices of the Court Meeting and the General Meeting contained in the Scheme Document.\nVoting results of the Court Meeting\n \nThe table below sets out the results of the poll conducted at the Court Meeting. Each Scheme Shareholder present (including by proxy) was entitled to one vote per Scheme Share held at the Voting Record Time.\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\nResults of Court Meeting\n\n\nScheme Shares voted\n\n\nScheme Shareholders who voted**\n\n\nNo. of Scheme Shar...