RCS - Impax Environ Mkts - Open Letter to Boaz Weinstein, Saba Capital

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27 February 2026

 

Impax Environmental Markets PLC

Open Letter to Boaz Weinstein, Saba Capital

Impax Environmental Markets plc ("IEM" or the "Company") today publishes a
letter sent yesterday by Glen Suarez, Chair of IEM, to Boaz Weinstein, Founder
and Chief Investment Officer of Saba Capital Management, L.P. ("Saba"),
outlining his concerns regarding the detrimental implications for wider
shareholders of Saba's rejection of the Company's Continuation Tender Offer,
and reminding Mr Weinstein of his responsibilities to the wider market.

The full text of the letter can be found below.

BY EMAIL

FAO: Boaz Weinstein

cc: Paul Kazarian

25 February 2026

 

Dear Boaz,

I was surprised to hear from Paul Kazarian that you do not intend to make an
election for the Continuation Tender Offer and I wanted to ask you to consider
whether in all the circumstances, this is wise.

Of course, you have the right to reject the tender proposal we have made and
if you do, the tender will fail.  But I just wanted to make sure that you
fully understand the Board's point of view and thinking, before you finally
decide on what to do, and have considered the full implications of your
decision for other shareholders.

As a Board, we are balancing the varied desires of all of our different
shareholders and are working hard to find a way through responsibly for all
those involved, including the London Investment Trust market itself.

As you know from the Company's 2025 continuation vote, the vast majority of
shareholders were supportive of the Company's continuation.

It is clear Saba does not share the same objectives as its fellow Shareholders
and as a result, we presented a tender offer proposal to you in January. This
was an attempt to reconcile the different views and interests of Saba and the
rest of the Shareholder base, as well as ensure that the Company did not
become enmeshed in an ongoing, destabilizing and expensive dispute that the
Board has seen elsewhere. I was disappointed this was rejected outright.

Instead, you presented a "strategic" option suggesting we combine with another
investment company in which you have a large holding and which has an entirely
different investment focus.  The Board failed to see how this proposal could
ever be in the interests of any of its Shareholders aside from Saba.

We therefore put forward another proposal for you to exit at NAV less costs in
the form of the Continuation Tender Offer, in an attempt to reconcile Saba's
motivations with the wishes of shareholders who may wish to remain invested.
We even managed to negotiate a substantial financial contribution from the
Company's investment manager, Impax Asset Management such that you and others
who wished to, could exit at an even more attractive price, a near identical
proposal to one you accepted as recently as last week.  Your insistence that
Impax Asset Management cover all the costs of the transaction including stamp
duty is unreasonable, not workable and has never been done before.

You have the right to pursue your interests, however, I would urge you to be
'reasonable' in your next steps as unless you accept the Continuation Tender
Offer, the outcome now is the Exit Tender Offer (which will give other
shareholders an ability to exit at NAV less costs and not end up in a Saba
controlled and likely Saba managed trust). You could tender in the Exit Tender
Offer, which would in effect destroy a UK listed company, or you could decide
not to tender and take control.  Both outcomes carry significant reputational
risk for Saba - imposing an outcome the majority of your fellow shareholders
do not wish to see.

Having been an activist investor for many years, I understand the importance
of bringing other shareholders with you on your activist journey.  I believe
Saba's pursuit of its own goals at the expense of all others, will in the long
run ultimately lead to policy changes in the UK which will close investment
strategy avenues for Saba.

As market participants, we all have wider responsibilities if we want to
operate sustainably.

I am available to speak.

Yours sincerely,

Glen Suarez

Chairman

Impax Environmental Markets plc

 

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