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Honeycomb Investment Trust PLC
01 June 2022
 

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1 June 2022

Honeycomb Investment Trust plc ("Honeycomb")

Results of General Meeting

Further to the circular published by Honeycomb on 10 May 2022 (the "Circular") and made available on Honeycomb's website at www.honeycombplc.com, Honeycomb is pleased to announce that, at the General Meeting held today to approve the proposed combination with Pollen Street Capital Holdings Limited ("Pollen Street") (the "Combination"), all resolutions proposed and set out in the Notice of General Meeting in connection with the approval and resultant implementation of the Combination were voted on by a poll and duly approved by a strong majority of Shareholders.

The total number of votes received on each resolution put to the General Meeting was as follows:

No.

Resolution

For

Against

Votes Withheld

Votes

%

Votes

%

1.  

To approve the Combination on the terms set out in the Share Purchase Agreement and to grant the Honeycomb Directors the authority to take such steps as are necessary or appropriate to implement the Combination.

26,463,342

85.31

4,557,297

 

14.69

63,355

 

2.  

To permit the Board to issue the Consideration Shares to the Pollen Street Shareholders in connection with the Combination.

26,463,092

85.31

4,557,547

14.69

 

63,355

 

3.  

To approve the Combined Group Investment Policy, the New Remuneration Policy, the LTIP and the DBP.

23,374,180

 

82.41

 

4,987,730

17.59

 

2,722,084

4.  

To approve the increase to the Directors' Fee Cap

21,548,920

 

82.87

 

4,452,824

 

17.13

 

5,082,250

 

5.  

To approve the waiver of any requirement under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code for the Concert Parties to make a general offer to Shareholders for the Honeycomb Shares as a result of: (a) the issue of Consideration Shares to the Concert Parties; and (b) the carrying out of any share buyback by Honeycomb pursuant to the Existing Buyback Authority.

20,760,626

 

80.10

 

5,158,250

 

19.90

 

4,340,980

 

6.  

To approve the Related Party Transactions.

21,361,404

 

82.42

 

4,557,472

 

17.58

 

4,340,980

 

 

The number of Honeycomb Shares in issue as at the Voting Record Time of 6.30 p.m. (London time) on 30 May 2022 was 39,449,919. Honeycomb holds 4,487,485 shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Honeycomb at the Voting Record Time was 34,962,434.

In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, the full text of the resolutions passed at the General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection in due course at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to them in the Circular.

Enquiries:

Cenkos - Financial Adviser, Sponsor and Joint Broker to Honeycomb                        

Tunga Chigovanyika

Daniel Balabanoff
Justin Zawoda Martin

+44 20 7397 8900         

 

BofA Securities - Financial Adviser to Honeycomb                                                      
Arif Vohra
Geoff Iles

Oliver Elias
+44 20 7628 1000                                                                     

Liberum - Joint Broker

Chris Clarke

+44 20 3100 2000

 

Finsbury Glover Hering - Communications Adviser

Michael Turner

Chris Sibbald

+44 20 7251 3801

 

About Honeycomb

Honeycomb is a UK-listed closed ended investment trust dedicated to providing investors with access to asset backed lending opportunities, with potential to generate high income returns, together with strong capital preservation.

About Pollen Street

Pollen Street was founded in 2013 and is an independent, alternative investment management company dedicated to investing in the financial and business services sectors. Pollen Street has extensive experience investing in both credit and private equity strategies and has a strong and consistent track record of delivering top tier returns. A wholly owned subsidiary of Pollen Street serves as Honeycomb's investment manager.

Additional information

Cenkos Securities plc ("Cenkos"), which is authorised and regulated by the FCA in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively as sponsor for Honeycomb and for no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than Honeycomb for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the matters referred to in this announcement. Neither Cenkos, nor any of its affiliates, owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Cenkos in connection with this announcement, the Circular, or any statement contained herein or otherwise.

Merrill Lynch International ("BofA Securities"), which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") and regulated by the FCA and the PRA in the United Kingdom, is acting as financial adviser exclusively for Honeycomb and for no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than Honeycomb for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the matters referred to in this announcement. Neither BofA Securities, nor any of its affiliates, owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of BofA Securities in connection with this announcement, the Circular, or any statement contained herein or otherwise.

Liberum Capital Limited ("Liberum") is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA and is acting exclusively for Honeycomb and no-one else in connection with the proposed Combination and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Honeycomb for providing the protections afforded to the clients of Liberum, as applicable, or for affording advice in relation to the contents of the announcement, the Circular, or any matters referred to therein. Nothing in this paragraph shall serve to exclude or limit any responsibilities Liberum may have under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or the regulatory regime established thereunder.

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