GCP Infrastructure Investments (LON: GCP), the only UK listed fund focused primarily on investments in UK infrastructure debt has made an application for 299,117 Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each fully paid in the Company to be admitted to the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange. It is expected that these New Shares will be admitted to trading on 22nd November 2019.
The application is being made pursuant to the scrip dividend alternative in lieu of cash for the interim dividend for the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 September 2019. Elections for a scrip dividend were received in respect of 2.33% of the Ordinary Shares in issue as at the record date of 25 October 2019. When issued, these New Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares.
Following admission of the New Shares, the Company’s issued share capital will consist of 878,066,256 Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each. With effect from 22 November 2019, the total number of issued shares with voting rights will be 878,066,256.
The above figure of 878,066,256 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or of a change to their interest in, GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited under the FCA’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
GCP Infrastructure is a closed-ended investment company and FTSE-250 constituent whose shares are traded on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Its objective is to provide shareholders with regular, sustained, long term distributions and to preserve capital over the long term by generating exposure to UK infrastructure debt and related and/or similar assets. The Company primarily targets investments in infrastructure projects with long term, public sector-backed, availability-based revenues. Where possible, investments are structured to benefit from partial inflation-protection. GCP Infra is advised by Gravis Capital Management Limited.
