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LONDON FINANCE & INVESTMENT GROUP PLC - Results of General Meeting

Release Date: 28/03/2025 16:00
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Results of General Meeting

LONDON FINANCE & INVESTMENT GROUP PLC
(Incorporated in England with registered number 00201151)
LSE code: LFI
JSE code: LNF
ISIN: GB0002994001
("Lonfin" or the "Company")


Result of General Meeting

Lonfin announces that, at a General Meeting held earlier today, Resolutions to approve the
withdrawal of the admission of its Ordinary Shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange
and to the Official List and, subject to High Court approval, the approval of Capital Reduction
and Return of Capital to simultaneously return capital to shareholders and reduce the number
of Ordinary Shares in issue, were duly passed.

The total number of the Company's ordinary shares in issue is 31,287,479. Proxy
appointments were received from holders of 10,306,214 ordinary shares amounting to 32.94%
of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.

On a poll vote taken at the General Meeting, the poll votes, including proxy votes
(10,306,214) and votes from shareholders in attendance at the meeting (0), were as follows:

Resolution                  For                      Against          Withheld        Abstained
              Number              % of votes cast    Number            Number           Number
1             10,293,667          99.88              1,225             0                 11,322
2             10,304,989          99.99              1,225             0                 0

High Court Approval of the Capital Reduction

The Company will now apply to the High Court for approval of the Capital Reduction and the
Return of Capital and it expects to be able to satisfy the High Court that the interests of the
Company's creditors will not be adversely affected.

If the High Court gives its approval and makes an order in this respect, The Capital Reduction
and Return of Capital will take effect once the High Court order has been registered with the
Registrar of Companies. The High Court order is expected to be submitted to the Registrar of
Companies on Friday, 2 May 2025 and for the Capital Reduction and Return of Capital to
be effective from that date.

Withdrawal of admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange

The Company's withdrawal of admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange and from
the Official List will occur at 8.00 a.m. on Friday, 2 May 2025, with the last day of dealings in
the Company's Ordinary Shares on the London Stock Exchange being Wednesday, 30 April
2025.

Termination of JSE Listing

Following implementation of the Capital Reduction and Return of Capital, the Company will
no longer be in compliance with the JSE's public shareholder spread requirements as set out
in the JSE Listing Requirements and will no longer be eligible for listing on the JSE.
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Accordingly, steps will be taken to terminate the JSE Listing. It is expected that the earliest
date for the termination of the Listing will be Friday, 9 May 2025 with the last day of trade in
the Company's Ordinary Shares on the JSE being Friday, 2 May 2025.

Capitalised terms used in this Announcement shall, unless otherwise defined, have the same
meanings as set out in the Company's Announcement of the Proposals on 26/27 February
2025.

The salient dates for implementation of the Withdrawal, Return of Capital and Termination of
JSE listing are as follows:

 Directions hearing at High Court                                                          Wednesday, 16 April

 Advertisement of Capital Reduction posted in                                                Tuesday, 22 April
 newspaper, as directed by the High Court
 
 Open court hearing at High Court                                                            Tuesday, 29 April

 Announce Finalisation information, Capital                                                  Tuesday, 29 April
 Reduction Payment amount and currency
 conversion rate on SENS
 
 Last day to trade in the Company's Ordinary Shares                                        Wednesday, 30 April
 on the London Stock Exchange
 
 Suspension of trading of the Company's Ordinary                                             Thursday, 1 May
 Shares on the London Stock Exchange
 
 Cancellation of trading of the Company's Ordinary                                             Friday, 2 May
 Shares on the London Stock Exchange at 8.00 am
 UK time
 
 Last day to trade in the Company's Ordinary                                                   Friday, 2 May
 Shares on the JSE Limited
 
 Register the Capital Reduction at Companies                                                   Friday 2 May
 House UK
 
 Capital Reduction Record Date at 6.00 pm UK time                                              Friday, 2 May

 Effective Date for the Capital Reduction                                                      Friday 2 May

 Suspension of trading of the Company's Ordinary
 Shares on the JSE Limited at 9.00 am SA time on                                               Monday, 5 May
 
 Capital Reduction Record Date at 6.00 pm SA time
                                                                                            Wednesday, 7 May
 Distributions made to relevant Shareholders under
 the Return of Capital from the Effective Date with                                          Thursday, 8 May
 the last date for payment being
 
 Earliest date for Termination of listing of the                                               Friday, 9 May
 Company's Ordinary Shares on the JSE Limited


 Notes:

 (1)   All of the above timings refer to London time unless otherwise stated.
 (2)   The dates and timing of the events in the above timetable may be subject to change.
 (3)   If any of the above times or dates should change, the revised times and/or dates will be notified by
       an announcement through an RIS and an announcement on SENS.


Ordinary Share certificates on the South African register may not be Dematerialised or re-materialised
between Monday, 5 May 2025 and Wednesday, 7 May 2025, both days inclusive and Ordinary Shares
may not be transferred between the registers in London and South Africa from Tuesday, 29 April 2025
to Friday, 2 May 2025
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The Independent Directors accept responsibility for the contents of this announcement.

United Kingdom
28 March 2025

JSE Sponsor to London Finance
Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited




Enquiries:

 London Finance & Investment Group PLC                         Tel: +44 (0) 20 3709 8740


 Beaumont Cornish Limited                                      Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
 Roland Cornish/Felicity Geidt

 Questco Corporate Advisory PTY Ltd                            Tel: +27 (0) 82 786 3537




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Date: 28-03-2025 04:00:00
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