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RNS Number : 5142G

Gresham House PLC

20 November 2015

20 November 2015

Gresham House plc (AIM: GHE)

Result of General Meeting to approve the acquisition of Aitchesse Limited, Admission of the Enlarged Share Capital and Re-Admission of Shareholder Warrants to trading on AIM and approval of Incentive Arrangements

Gresham House plc ("Gresham House" or "the Company"), the specialist asset manager focused on alternative investment strategies and illiquid asset classes, is pleased to announce that all resolutions set out in the notice of General Meeting circulated to shareholders on 4 November 2015 were passed at the General Meeting held earlier today on a poll. Following the passing of the resolutions, Admission and completion of the acquisition of Aitchesse Limited are expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on 23 November 2015.

The following table gives details of the poll votes cast on each of these resolutions:

 
      Resolution                          Total Votes For   Total Votes Against   Total Votes Withheld* 
      To approve the acquisition 
       of Aitchesse Limited in 
       accordance with the terms 
       of an acquisition agreement 
       dated 4 November 2015 and 
       made between the Company, 
       Gresham House Holdings Limited, 
       Digby Guy, Caroline Guy,           4,971,079         450 
       Graham Carter and Jon Strickland 
 1.    (the "Acquisition Agreement")       (99.99%)          (0.01%)              0 
     ----------------------------------  ----------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
      That the Directors be authorised 
       to issue new Ordinary Shares       4,971,079         450 
       pursuant to the Acquisition 
 2.    Agreement                           (99.99%)          (0.01%)              0 
     ----------------------------------  ----------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
      That the Directors be authorised 
       to consider and implement 
       a long-term incentive plan         4,868,016         103,513 
       and bonus share matching 
 3.    scheme                              (97.93%)          (2.07%)              0 
     ----------------------------------  ----------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
 

* A vote withheld is not treated as a vote in law and would not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes cast for or against a resolution.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the Enlarged Share Capital of the Company to be admitted and the Shareholder Warrants, to be re-admitted to trading on AIM, comprising:

   --     9,343,439 existing Ordinary Shares; 
   --     507,522 Initial Consideration Shares; and 
   --     1,073,855 Shareholder Warrants. 

Following admission of the Enlarged Share Capital and in accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTR"), the Company's issued share capital will comprise 9,850,961 Ordinary Shares. The above figure of 9,850,961 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the DTR.

All defined terms in this announcement have the same meaning as in the Company's admission document dated 4 November 2015.

Enquiries

 
 Gresham House plc 
  Tony Dalwood, Chief Executive Officer 
  Rupert Robinson, MD Gresham House 
  Asset Management                         0203 837 6278 
 Montfort Communications, PR Adviser       greshamhouse@montfort.london 
  Gay Collins                               07798 626282 
  Rory King                                 07917 086227 
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 Liberum Capital Limited, Nomad 
  and Broker 
  Neil Elliot 
  Jill Li                                  020 3100 2000 
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