Globaltrans announces the results of its Board of Directors’ meeting
13.09.2024
Globaltrans Investment PLC (the “Company” and together with its consolidated subsidiaries “Globaltrans” or the “Group”) today announces that at a meeting duly convened and held on 13 September 2024, having regard to the suspension of trading of the Company’s global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) on the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”) since 3 March 2022 and the continuing foreign restrictions on Russian financial infrastructure resulting in limitations on the ability of holders of GDRs admitted to trading on the Moscow Exchange (“MOEX”) and PJSC “SPB Exchange” (“SPB Exchange”) and held in the National Settlement Depository (“NSD”) and the Public Joint Stock Company “SPB Bank” (“SPB Bank”) to exercise their shareholder rights, the Company’s Board of Directors passed the following resolutions (“Directors’ Resolutions”):
1. that the cancellation of listing and trading of the GDRs on the LSE, MOEX and SPB Exchange be authorised and approved;
2. that the admission of the GDRs to the Official List of Securities maintained by the Astana International Exchange Ltd. (“AIX”) and to trading on AIX be authorised and approved;
3. to approve the notice of an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Company (the “EGM”) and voluntarily convene the EGM to be held on 30 September 2024 at 1:00 p.m. (UAE time) at Office Unit 3, Floor 6, Al Sila Tower, Abu Dhabi Global Market Square, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following ordinary resolutions:
- A. Resolution 1: to generally and unconditionally approve (and, to the extent required, authorise) the acquisition by direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, or such other person as the Company may nominate, of GDRs held in NSD and SPB Bank up to the total number of such GDRs then in issue, provided that such acquisition would be made with the price of RUB 520 per GDR (“Acquisition”);
- B. Resolution 2: to instruct and authorise the Company's directors to determine and approve such other details and parameters of the Acquisition as the directors may think fit; and
- C. Resolution 3: that the Company's directors, acting individually or jointly, be authorised to do all acts and things necessary to implement (or procure implementation of) the Acquisition, including but not limited to appearing before any relevant governmental authority, stock exchange, completing and filing the relevant documents, declarations, applications and statutory forms, as well as to make any and all assurances, declarations and publications necessary or desirable for the implementation of the aforementioned resolutions.
4. to (A) recommend the Company’s shareholders to approve the Acquisition, including the Acquisition Price and certain other matters relating thereto, at the EGM and (B) issue the directors’ recommendation by way of a statement by directors to be made available to the Company’s shareholders and during the EGM to be held on 30 September 2024.
Further details relating to the background and rationale behind the Directors’ Resolutions will be available in the form of an additional announcement through the RNS and on the Company’s website (www.globaltrans.com) shortly after this announcement.
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