FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
23 May 2008
CAIRN ENERGY PLC
Voting Results of Annual General Meeting
The Company's Annual General Meeting was held today in the Castle Suite of the Caledonian Hilton, Princes Street, Edinburgh EH1 2AB. All resolutions put to the Meeting were passed unanimously on a show of hands.
The proxy votes received prior to the Meeting in respect of each of the resolutions are detailed in the table below:-
|
For |
Discretionary |
Against |
Abstention/ Vote Withheld |
Total |
1 |
83,499,513 |
38,896 |
559,046 |
102 |
84,097,557 |
2 |
78,818,338 |
40,078 |
3,435,223 |
1,803,918 |
84,097,557 |
3 |
83,307,156 |
40,078 |
749,444 |
879 |
84,097,557 |
4 |
79,230,607 |
39,534 |
3,419,647 |
1,407,769 |
84,097,557 |
5 |
80,867,895 |
39,058 |
3,189,567 |
1,037 |
84,097,557 |
6 |
46,737,739 |
39,058 |
19,622,790 |
17,697,970 |
84,097,557 |
7 |
46,356,162 |
39,534 |
20,044,122 |
17,657,739 |
84,097,557 |
8 |
81,493,451 |
39,294 |
2,564,331 |
481 |
84,097,557 |
9 |
80,464,344 |
40,569 |
2,368,198 |
1,224,446 |
84,097,557 |
10 |
83,631,559 |
40,569 |
425,147 |
282 |
84,097,557 |
11 |
82,031,287 |
41,678 |
730,382 |
1,294,210 |
84,097,557 |
A vote withheld is not a vote in law, and has not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against each resolution.
There were 131,101,717 ordinary shares of 6 2/13 pence in issue on 23 May 2008, each with one vote per share.
27 shareholders or persons representing shareholders attended the Annual General Meeting and 567 proxy cards were submitted.