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Result of General Meeting and AGM
Result of General Meeting and AGM.
About this update from Jupiter Fund Management Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 6652N\n Jupiter Fund Management PLC\n 21 May 2020\n \n \n \n \n 21 May 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n Jupiter Fund Management plc (the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n Results of the General Meeting and the Annual General Meeting\n \n \n The Board is pleased to announce the results of both the General Meeting, to approve the acquisition of Merian Global Investors Limited (\"Merian\"), and the Annual General Meeting (\"AGM\") of the Company held today, 21 May 2020, at The Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6SQ. \n \n \n All resolutions proposed at both the General Meeting and Annual General Meeting were passed by the requisite majorities.\n \n \n Andrew Formica, Chief Executive, commented: \n \n \n \"We are delighted by the support from our shareholders for the acquisition of Merian, which reflects the strong strategic and financial rationale for the transaction. Whilst completion of the acquisition remains conditional on a small number of provisions, including the receipt of customary regulatory approvals, this is an important milestone. We remain on track to complete the acquisition on, or as soon as possible after, 1 July 2020 and have been working closely with colleagues at Merian on the integration, which is progressing smoothly despite the lockdown.\"\n \n \n Results of the General Meeting\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Resolution\n \n \n \n \n For\n \n \n \n \n % of total votes cast\n \n \n \n \n Against\n \n \n \n \n % of total votes cast\n \n \n \n \n Total votes cast\n \n \n \n \n Votes withheld*\n \n \n \n \n \n \n To approve the acquisition of Merian Global Investors Limited and authorise the Directors to allot the consideration shares\n \n \n \n \n 348,500,180\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 95.04\n \n \n \n \n 18,199,862\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 4.96\n \n \n \n \n 366,700,042\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 18,694,296\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The results of the resolution proposed at the General Meeting, decided by way of poll, is set out below.\n \n \n *Please note that 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution, or in the 'percentage of total votes cast'.\n \n \n A total of \n 385,394,338\n shares, representing 84.2% of the issued share capital, was voted at the General Meeting.\n \n \n...