6 May 2016
Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited
Results of Third Annual General Meeting
The Board of Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited announces that, at the Third Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Friday, 6 May 2016, the resolutions put to the meeting were approved by shareholders on a show of hands.
Details of the proxy votes lodged are set out below:
|
Ordinary Resolution |
For* |
Against |
Withheld** |
|
1. To receive the Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ended 31 December 2015. |
159,734,812 |
886,639 |
0 |
|
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the period ended 31 December 2015. |
149,561,455
|
200,392
|
10,859,604 |
|
3. To re-elect as a Director of the Company, Jonathan Bridel. |
160,567,451 |
0 |
54,000 |
|
4. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company. |
160,611,451 |
10,000 |
0 |
|
5. To authorise the Directors to agree the remuneration of the Auditors. |
160,621,451 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Special Resolution |
|
|
|
|
6. To authorise the Company to allot shares in the Company and grant rights to subscribe. |
150,876,004 |
9,745,447 |
0 |
|
7. To authorise that the Directors be empowered to allot new shares and disapply pre-emption rights. |
150,838,297 |
9,783,154 |
0 |
|
8. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own Shares. |
160,591,451 |
30,000 |
0 |
|
9. To authorise the Company to update its Investment Policy. |
160,621,451 |
0 |
0 |
|
10. To Authorise the Company to update its Articles of Incorporation. |
149,704,812 |
10,896,639 |
20,000 |
The full text of the resolutions may be found in the Notice of Third Annual General Meeting contained in the Shareholder Document dated 1 April 2016, copies of which are available on both the Company's website www.starwoodeuropeanfinance.com and on the National Storage Mechanism www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM***
* Includes discretionary votes received
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the proportion of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution
*** Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement
Enquiries:
Ipes (Guernsey) Limited
Nick Robilliard
01481 735827
Notes:
Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited is an investment company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange with an investment objective to provide Shareholders with regular dividends and an attractive total return while limiting downside risk, through the origination, execution, acquisition and servicing of a diversified portfolio of real estate debt investments in the UK and the wider European Union's internal market. www.starwoodeuropeanfinance.com.
The Group is the largest London-listed vehicle to provide investors with pure play exposure to real estate lending.
The Group's assets are managed by Starwood European Finance Partners Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Starwood Capital Group.