Result of General Meeting

2020-02-26 / @nasdaq

 

For immediate release
26 February 2020
Serabi Gold Plc
(“Serabi” or the “Company”)
Results of General Meeting

Serabi Gold plc (AIM:SRB, TSX:SBI), the Brazilian-focused gold mining and development company, announces that at the General Meeting of the Company held at 2:00 pm on 26 February 2020 (the “General Meeting”), Shareholders approved all the ordinary and special resolutions (the “Resolutions”) proposed in the notice of meeting dated 22 January 2020.

The voting was determined by a poll and the results in respect of each resolution were as follows:

RESOLUTIONVOTES
FOR
%VOTES
AGAINST
%VOTES
TOTAL
% of ISC* VOTEDVOTES
WITHHELD
1. That the waiver granted by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers is approved.

 
26,625,66299.4%173,3330.6%26,798,99545.5%Nil
2. That the Directors are authorised to allot shares, grant rights or convert any security up to a nominal value of £2,884,908.

 
41,512,78199.6%173,3470.4%41,686,12870.8%837
3. That the proposed Subscription Deed between Greenstone and the Company be approved

 
26,625,66299.4%173,3330.6%26,798,99545.5%Nil
4. That the Directors are empowered to allot equity securities for cash up to a nominal value of £2,884,908

 
41,513,61899.6%173,3470.4%41,686,96570.8%NIl

* ISC – Issued Share Capital

Resolution 1 was taken in accordance with the City Code on a poll of Independent Shareholders present and by proxy voting at the Meeting. Members of the Concert Party were not permitted to vote on Resolution 1 or Resolution 3.

Following the approval by Shareholders of the Resolutions, the Company intends to make a drawdown request to Greenstone for the full US$12 million under the Subscription Deed, following which, Greenstone shall have up to 13 business days in which to pay the funds due under the subscription request, upon receipt of which, the Convertible Loan Notes will be issued.

A further announcement will be in due course.

Enquiries:

Serabi Gold plc 
Michael HodgsonTel: +44 (0)20 7246 6830
Chief ExecutiveMobile: +44 (0)7799 473621
  
Clive LineTel: +44 (0)20 7246 6830
Finance DirectorMobile: +44 (0)7710 151692
  
Email: contact@serabigold.com 
Website:  www.serabigold.com 
  
Beaumont Cornish Limited
Nominated Adviser
 
Roland CornishTel: +44 (0)20 7628 3396
Michael CornishTel: +44 (0)20 7628 3396
  
Peel Hunt LLP
UK Broker
 
Ross AllisterTel: +44 (0)20 7418 9000
  

Copies of this release are available from the Company’s website at www.serabigold.com.

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange, nor any other securities regulatory authority, has approved or disapproved of the contents of this news release.

APPENDIX 1
DEFINITIONS
The following words and expressions shall have the following meanings in this Announcement unless the context otherwise requires:

Circularthe document setting out details of the Proposals and Notice of the General Meeting dated 22 January 2020 ;
City Code the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers;
Concert PartyGreenstone, its Connected Persons and other persons acting in concert with it, as described in Part III of the Circular;
Connected Personshas the meaning set out in section 252 and section 254 of the Act and includes a spouse, children under 18 and any company in which the relevant person is interested in shares comprising at least one-fifth of the share capital of that company;
Convertible Loan Notesthe convertible loan notes that may be issued to Greenstone pursuant to the Subscription Deed and the Convertible Loan Notes Instrument as described further in Part I of the Circular;
GreenstoneGreenstone Resources II LP;
Independent Shareholdersall Shareholders other than members of the Concert Party;
Proposalsthe Waiver and the entrance into the Subscription Deed and performance of the Convertible Loan Notes Instrument by the Company (including any drawdown and/or conversion of any Convertible Loan Notes);
Rule 9Rule 9 of the Takeover Code;
Shareholdera holder of Ordinary Shares;
Subscription Deedthe subscription agreement entered into by the Company and Greenstone in relation to the subscription for the Convertible Loan Notes, as described further in Part I of the Circular;
Takeover PanelPanel on Takeover and Mergers;
Waiver

 
the waiver granted by the Takeover Panel (subject to the passing of the Whitewash Resolution) in respect of the obligation of the Concert Party to make a mandatory offer for the entire issued share capital of the Company not already held by the Concert Party which might otherwise be imposed on the Concert Party under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code as a result of the issue of Ordinary Shares under the terms of the Convertible Loan, as more particularly described in Part 1 of the Circular;

ENDS

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