Acorn Income Fund Annual General Meeting Statement
September 26 2016 - 8:16AM
UK Regulatory
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Acorn Income Fund Limited (the "Company")
(a closed-ended investment company incorporated with limited liability under
the laws of Guernsey with registered number 34778)
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING STATEMENT
26 September 2016
Further to the Annual General Meeting Notice dated 06 April 2016 (the "Notice")
and sent to shareholders of the Company on 14 April 2016, the Annual General
Meeting was held today and shareholders voted in favour of Resolutions 1 to 9
and against Resolution 10, as recommended by the Directors, thereby supporting
the continuation of the Company in its present form.
Helen Green, Chairman, commented: "The Board is very pleased that Ordinary
shareholders have voted overwhelmingly to continue Acorn in its present form.
We will now begin our consideration of a refinancing of the Zero Dividend
Preference shares, which fall due for repayment on 31 January 2017. We
anticipate that the ZDP refinancing can be effected at an attractive interest
rate and therefore that the Company will be able to continue to provide
Ordinary shareholders with a high level of income, underpinned by the Company's
material revenue reserve, as well as the opportunity for further capital growth
driven principally by the Smaller Companies portfolio. Subject to stockmarket
conditions, we will also be considering the potential to issue further Ordinary
shares at the time of the refinancing."
Details of the proxy voting results, which should be read alongside the Notice
sent to shareholders, are noted below.
Ordinary Resolution For Against Abstain
1 1,933,424 212,189 179,222
2 1,905,561 222,152 197,122
3 1,896,293 249,320 179,222
4 1,921,124 220,489 183,222
Special Business by For Against Abstain
Ordinary Resolution
5 1,919,524 217,689 187,622
6 1,896,193 241,020 187,622
Special Business by For Against Abstain
Special Resolution
7 1,925,024 212,189 187,622
8 1,925,024 212,189 187,622
9 1,896,193 212,189 216,453
10 5,800 2,310,684 8,351
Note - A vote withheld is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the
votes for and against a resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3, a copy of the special business and
special resolutions have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and
will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM .
Enquiries: Company website: https://www.premierfunds.co.uk/investors/
investments/investment-trusts/acorn-income-fund
Cara De La Mare
Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited
Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0) 1481 745498
Email: cd109@ntrs.com
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