Result of AGM and Directorate Change

RNS Number : 8933A

Bens Creek Group PLC

27 September 2022

 

27 September 2022

Bens Creek Group plc

("Bens Creek" or the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting and Directorate Change

Bens Creek Group plc (AIM:BEN), the owner of a metallurgical coal mine in North America supplying the steel industry, is pleased to announce that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed on a poll.

The Company also announces that, further to the announcements released by the Company on 6 May 2022 and 12 July 2022, Raju Haldankar has ceased to be an executive director of Bens Creek with immediate effect following conclusion of the Annual General Meeting today. This also follows the completion of the orderly transition of his prior responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer to Murat Erden (the current Chief Financial Officer). Murat Erden continues to be a member of Bens Creek's senior management team and, in addition to his role as Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for the development and implementation of the Company's ESG and sustainability strategy.

The proxy votes received from shareholders on each resolution are set out below:

Resolution	Description	Votes For	% of Votes Cast	Votes Against	% of Votes Cast	Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld	Votes Withheld
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 1	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts	38,468,526	100	0	0	38,468,526	9,098
Resolution 2	Re-Appointment of Robin Fryer as a Director	38,467,526	99.99	1,000	0.01	38,468,526	9,098
Resolution 3	Re-Appointment of David Harris as a Director	38,467,526	99.99	1,000	0.01	38,468,526	9,098
Resolution 4	Re-Appointment of Adam Wilson as a Director	38,476,624	99.99	1,000	0.01	38,477,624	0
Resolution 5	Re-appointment of PKF Littlejohn LLP as Auditors	38,358,526	100	0	0	38,358,526	119,098
Resolution 6	Allotment of share capital	38,293,546	99.55	174,980	0.45	38,468,526	9,098
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 7	Disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights	38,203,450	99.48	199,980	0.52	38,403,430	74,194

For further information please contact:

Bens Creek Group plc Adam Wilson, CEO Murat Erden, CFO	[phone]
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Nick Athanas / Nick Naylor / George Payne (Corporate Finance) Kelly Gardiner (Sales and Corporate Broking)	[phone]
Optiva Securities Limited (Joint Broker) Christian Dennis / Mariela Jaho / Daniel Ingram	[phone]

 

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