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RNS Number : 8378U  Keystone Positive Change I.T. PLC  27 January 2025

Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust plc (KPC)

 

Adjournment of Scheme Meetings

 

Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust plc (the "Company") announces that
the Ordinary Shareholders' Class Meeting and the First General Meeting
(together the "January Meetings"), scheduled to be held today in connection
with the proposed scheme of reconstruction of the Company (the "Scheme"), were
formally adjourned.

 

This follows the Board's announcement, on 13 January 2025, of its intention to
adjourn the Scheme meetings given the significant uncertainty brought about by
the Saba proposals to be considered by shareholders at the requisitioned
general meeting on 3 February 2025 (the "Requisitioned General Meeting").

 

The January Meetings now stand adjourned to such day, time and place (and/or
electronic platform) as the Board of the Company may determine.

 

Scheme timetable

 

The Board reminds shareholders of its recommendation to VOTE AGAINST Saba's
requisitioned resolutions at the Requisitioned General Meeting.

 

If Saba's proposals are rejected by shareholders, the Board will immediately
refocus its efforts on delivering a full cash exit for shareholders and will
seek to schedule adjourned meetings for shareholders to vote on the Scheme as
soon as practicable.

 

Should this be the case, a revised timetable will be announced by the Company
setting out (among other things) dates for the adjourned meetings and extended
deadlines for shareholders to submit proxy votes on, and make elections under,
the Scheme. Shareholders will be notified at least seven clear days prior to
any adjourned meetings.

 

The Board re-emphasises its confidence in the postponed Scheme, which offers
shareholders an uncapped cash exit and/or the option of a rollover into a more
liquid fund with a similar global impact strategy. The Board believes that the
Scheme is in the best interest of shareholders as a whole and again encourages
all shareholders to VOTE AGAINST ALL of the requisitioned resolutions to be
proposed at the Requisitioned General Meeting.

 

How to vote at the Requisitioned General Meeting

 

The Requisitioned General Meeting to vote on the requisitioned resolutions
will be held at the offices of Deutsche Numis, 45 Gresham Street, London EC2V
7BF on 3 February 2025 at 12 noon.

 

Investors who hold their ordinary shares through an investment platform
provider or nominee are encouraged to contact their investment platform
provider or nominee as soon as possible to arrange for VOTES AGAINST each of
the requisitioned resolutions to be lodged on their behalf. Further
information on how to vote through platforms can be found at the following
link: https://www.theaic.co.uk/how-to-vote-your-shares
(https://www.theaic.co.uk/how-to-vote-your-shares) .

 

If shareholders have any questions as to how they can arrange for their
investment platform provider or nominee to VOTE AGAINST each of the
requisitioned resolutions or would like guidance on this process, they should
email the Company's proxy solicitation agent at keystone@georgeson.com
(mailto:keystone@georgeson.com) .

 

For further information please contact:

 

Deutsche Numis (Financial Advisor and Corporate Broker)

Nathan Brown

Tel: 020 7260 1426

 

Baillie Gifford & Co (Investment Manager)

Naomi Cherry

Tel: 0131 275 2000

 

Greenbrook Advisory (PR Advisor)

Rob White, Peter Hewer and Ksenia Galouchko

Tel: 020 7952 2000

Email: KeystonePositiveChange@greenbrookadvisory.com
(mailto:KeystonePositiveChange@greenbrookadvisory.com)

 

 

Important information

 

Capitalised terms used throughout this announcement shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Scheme circular published by the Company on 6 December
2024, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

Neither the content of the websites referred to in this announcement, nor the
content of any other website accessible from hyperlinks on such websites, is
incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

 

Legal Entity Identifier: 5493002H3JXLXLIGC563

 

 

 

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Company Secretaries

27 January 2025

 

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