28 November 2023
Oakley Capital Investments Limited
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Board of Directors (the 'Board') of Oakley Capital Investments Limited1 ('OCI' or 'the Company') announces that at the 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, all the resolutions set out in the Notice of the Meeting were passed by the requisite majorities (except Special Resolution 8, pursuant to which the requisite majority of shareholders voted against the cessation of OCI, in line with the recommendation of the Company).
The results of the AGM resolutions are set out below:
| | For | Against | Withheld | ||
| Resolution | Votes | % Votes Cast | Votes | % Votes Cast | Votes |
| 1. Re-appoint KPMG as Auditor | 99,082,072 | 97.39 | 2,659,437 | 2.61 | 144,908 |
| 2. Re-elect Caroline Foulger | 101,546,597 | 99.80 | 198,509 | 0.20 | 141,311 |
| 3. Re-elect Richard Lightowler | 101,178,898 | 99.81 | 188,808 | 0.19 | 518,711 |
| 4. Re-elect Fiona Beck | 101,537,733 | 99.80 | 199,873 | 0.20 | 148,811 |
| 5. Re-elect Peter Dubens | 73,931,108 | 87.34 | 10,720,155 | 12.66 | 17,235,154 |
| 6. Directors can fill any vacancy | 101,525,528 | 99.80 | 201,706 | 0.20 | 159,183 |
| 7. Authority to issue shares without pre-emption rights up to ~5% of issued Share Capital* | 97,029,306 | 95.47 | 4,598,962 | 4.53 | 258,149 |
| 8. That the Company ceases to continue as constituted* | 2,777,012 | 2.74 | 98,444,721 | 97.26 | 664,684 |
*Special Resolution
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For further information please contact:
Oakley Capital Limited
+44 20 7766 6900
Steven Tredget
Greenbrook Communications Limited
+44 20 7952 2000
Rob White / Michael Russell
Liberum Capital Limited (Financial Adviser & Broker)
+44 20 3100 2000
Chris Clarke / Darren Vickers / Owen Matthews
Notes:
LEI Number: 213800KW6MZUK12CQ815
1 About Oakley Capital Investments Limited ("OCI")
OCI is a Specialist Fund Segment ("SFS") traded investment vehicle that aims to provide shareholders with consistent long-term capital growth in excess of the FTSE All-Share Index by providing liquid access to private equity returns through investment in the Oakley Funds.
A video introduction to OCI is available at https://oakleycapitalinvestments.com/videos/
The contents of the OCI website are not incorporated into, and do not form part of, this announcement.
Oakley Capital, the Investment Adviser
Founded in 2002, Oakley Capital Limited has demonstrated the repeated ability to source attractive growth assets at attractive prices. To do this it relies on its sector and regional expertise, its ability to tackle transaction complexity and its deal generating entrepreneur network.
The Oakley Funds
Oakley Capital Private Equity L.P. and its successor funds, Oakley Capital Private Equity II, Oakley Capital Private Equity III, Oakley Capital IV, Oakley Capital V, Oakley Capital Origin Fund and Oakley Capital Origin II, are unlisted lower-mid to mid-market private equity funds that aim to provide investors with significant long-term capital appreciation. The investment strategy of the Funds is to focus on buy-out opportunities in industries with the potential for growth, consolidation and performance improvement. The Oakley family of funds also includes Oakley PROfounders Fund III and Oakley Touring Venture Fund, which are venture capital funds focused on investments in entrepreneur-led, disruptive, technology led companies.
For more information on the Oakley Fund strategies in which OCI invests, please click here.
Important information
Specialist Fund Segment securities are not admitted to the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority. Therefore, the Company has not been required to satisfy the eligibility criteria for admission to listing on the Official List and is not required to comply with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules.
The Specialist Fund Segment is intended for institutional, professional, professionally advised and knowledgeable investors who understand, or who have been advised of, the potential risk from investing in companies admitted to the Specialist Fund Segment.
This announcement may include "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements are statements regarding the Company's objectives, intentions, beliefs or current expectations with respect to, amongst other things, the Company's financial position, business strategy, results of operations, liquidity, prospects and growth. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Accordingly the Company's actual future financial results, operational performance and achievements may differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the statements. Given these uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place any undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as at the date of this announcement. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect actual results or any change in the Company's expectations with regard to them or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based unless required to do so by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, the Listing Rules or Prospectus Regulation Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority or other applicable laws, regulations or rules.
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