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Digital 9 Infrastructure PLC
17 October 2023
17 October 2023
DIGITAL 9 INFRASTRUCTURE PLC
("D9", the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the
"Group")
Update on Shareholder Consultation
The Board of Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (ticker: DGI9), a
leading investor in the infrastructure of the internet, today
provides an update on its recent shareholder consultation.
Further to the announcement of 28 September 2023, the Company's
Board of Directors confirms it has engaged with shareholders,
representing approximately 74% of the issued share capital, in
conjunction with the Investment Manager and the Company's Joint
Corporate Brokers, J.P. Morgan Cazenove and Peel Hunt, and in
addition to hosting a retail shareholder-only webinar on 10 October
2023.
The Board has received feedback from its shareholders on a
number of areas including D9's dividend policy and the future
direction of the Company.
Having considered the shareholder feedback, the Board is
developing a set of actions focused on maximising shareholder
value. To support the Board's assessment, it has retained Goldman
Sachs International as lead financial adviser.
A further announcement will be made in due course.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:
Triple Point Investment Management LLP contact@triplepoint.co.uk
(Investment Manager) +44 (0)20 7201 8989
Diego Massidda
Ben Beaton
FTI Consulting (Communications Adviser) dgi9@fticonsulting.com
Ed Berry +44 (0)7703 330 199
Mitch Barltrop +44 (0)7807 296 032
Maxime Lopes +44 (0)7890 896 777
About Digital 9 Infrastructure plc:
Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (DGI9) is an investment trust
listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE
250, with ticker DGI9. The Company invests in the infrastructure of
the internet that underpins the world's digital economy: digital
infrastructure.
The Investment Manager is Triple Point Investment Management LLP
("Triple Point") which is authorised and regulated by the Financial
Conduct Authority, with extensive experience in infrastructure,
real estate and private credit, while keeping ESG principles
central to its business mission. Triple Point's Digital
Infrastructure team has over $300 billion in digital infrastructure
transaction experience and in-depth relationships across global
tech and global telecoms companies.
The number 9 in Digital 9 Infrastructure comes from the UN
Sustainable Development Goal 9, which focuses the fund on
investments that increase connectivity globally and improve the
sustainability of digital infrastructure. The assets DGI9 invests
in typically comprise scalable platforms and technologies including
(but not limited to) subsea fibre, data centres, terrestrial fibre
and wireless networks.
From its IPO in March 2021 and subsequent capital raises, DGI9
has raised total equity of GBP905 million and a revolving credit
facility of GBP375 million, invested into the following data
centres, subsea fibre, terrestrial fibre and wireless networks:
-- Aqua Comms , a leading owner and operator of 20,000km of the
most modern subsea fibre systems - the backbone of the internet -
with a customer base comprising global tech and global
telecommunications carriers (April 2021);
-- Verne Global Iceland , the leading Icelandic data centre
platform, with 40MW of high intensity computing solutions in
operation or development, powered by 100% baseload renewable power
(September 2021);
-- EMIC-1 , a partnership with Meta on a 10,000km fibre system
from Europe to India (July 2021);
-- SeaEdge UK1 , a data centre and landing station for the North
Sea Connect subsea cable, part of the North Atlantic Loop subsea
network, improving connectivity between the UK, Ireland,
Scandinavia and North America (December 2021);
-- Elio Networks (previously Host Ireland) a leading enterprise
broadband provider that owns and operates Fixed Wireless Access
networks (April 2022);
-- Verne Global London (previously Volta), a premier data centre
based in central London, providing 6MW retail co-location services
(April 2022);
-- Verne Global Finland (previously Ficolo), a leading Finnish
data centre and cloud infrastructure platform, with c.23MW of data
centre capacity, powered by 100% renewable power and distributing
surplus heat to district heating networks (July 2022); and
-- Arqiva , the only UK national terrestrial television and
radio broadcasting network in the United Kingdom - providing data,
network and communications services, as well as a national IoT
connectivity platform (October 2022).
The Company's Ordinary Shares were admitted to trading on the
Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock
Exchange on 31 March 2021. The Company's Ordinary Shares were
admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the
Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the premium segment
of the Main Market on 30 August 2022.
For more information on the Investment Manager please visit
www.triplepoint.co.uk . For more information, please visit
www.d9infrastructure.com .
Important Notices
Goldman Sachs International, which is authorised by the PRA and
regulated by the FCA and the PRA in the United Kingdom, is acting
exclusively for D9 and no one else in connection with the matters
referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to
anyone other than D9 for providing the protections afforded to
clients of Goldman Sachs International, or for providing advice in
relation to the matters referred to in this announcement.
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