Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6980F
Cairn Energy PLC
19 May 2017
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                          19 May 2017

 

CAIRN ENERGY PLC ("Cairn" or "the Company")

 

Voting Results of Annual General Meeting

 

1. Results of Annual General Meeting 2017

 

Cairn announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting put to the Annual General Meeting were passed by the requisite majority.

 

Each of the resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting was voted on by way of a poll and the results are set out in the table below. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.

 

RESOLUTION

FOR*

%

AGAINST

%

TOTAL

WITHHELD**

Resolution 1

Annual Report & Accounts

 

482,031,085

 

99.94

 

284,953

 

0.06

 

482,316,038

 

341,108

Resolution 2

Remuneration Report

 

462,856,515

 

96.46

 

17,004,082

 

3.54

 

479,860,597

 

2,796,549

Resolution 3

Remuneration Policy

 

 

465,933,235

 

97.96

 

9,688,508

 

2.04

 

475,621,743

 

7,035,403

Resolution 4

Re-appointment of auditor

 

477,614,991

 

99.78

 

1,034,231

 

0.22

 

478,649,222

 

4,007,924

Resolution 5

Auditor's remuneration

 

482,562,071

 

99.98

 

77,569

 

0.02

 

482,639,640

 

17,506

Resolution 6

Re-election of

Ian Tyler

 

469,749,352

 

98.53

 

7,027,472

 

1.47

 

476,776,824

 

5,880,322

Resolution 7

Re-election of

Todd Hunt

 

480,852,315

 

99.63

 

1,775,258

 

0.37

 

482,627,573

 

29,573

Resolution 8

Re-election of

Iain McLaren

 

454,976,608

 

96.70

 

15,533,353

 

3.30

 

470,509,961

 

12,147,185

Resolution 9

Re-election of Alexander Berger

 

482,591,213

 

99.99

 

48,178

 

0.01

 

482,639,391

 

17,755

Resolution 10

Re-election of

Jackie Sheppard

 

482,582,398

 

99.99

 

56,916

 

0.01

 

482,639,314

 

17,832

Resolution 11

Re-election of

Keith Lough

 

482,580,738

 

99.99

 

45,834

 

0.01

 

482,626,572

 

30,574

Resolution 12

Re-election of

Peter Kallos

 

482,591,267

 

99.99

 

47,610

 

0.01

 

482,638,877

 

18,269

Resolution 13

Re-election of Nicoletta Giadrossi

 

482,463,065

 

99.96

 

175,925

 

0.04

 

482,638,990

 

18,156



 

Resolution 14

Re-election of

Simon Thomson

 

481,388,058

 

99.86

 

688,833

 

0.14

 

482,076,891

 

580,255

Resolution 15

Re-election of

James Smith

 

482,454,717

 

99.96

 

172,845

 

0.04

 

482,627,562

 

29,584

Resolution 16

Authority to allot shares

 

474,150,695

 

98.46

 

7,396,820

 

1.54

 

481,547,515

 

1,109,631

Resolution 17***

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

 

479,727,194

 

99.40

 

2,899,396

 

0.60

 

482,626,590

 

30,556

Resolution 18***

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

 

469,021,919

 

 

97.18

 

13,604,093

 

2.82

 

482,626,012

 

31,134

Resolution 19***

Authority to purchase own shares

 

468,326,125

 

97.03

 

14,312,508

 

2.97

 

482,638,633

 

18,513

Resolution 20***

14 days' notice of general meetings

 

468,505,940

 

97.63

 

11,354,468

 

2.37

 

479,860,408

 

2,796,738

Resolution 21

Adopt Long Term Incentive Plan (2017)

 

465,664,322

 

97.04

 

14,189,734

 

2.96

 

479,854,056

 

2,803,090

Resolution 22

Disposal of shares in Cairn India / Vedanta

 

479,893,279

 

99.99

 

61,350

 

0.01

 

479,954,629

 

2,702,517

 

* Includes discretionary votes.

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted for the purposes of the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

*** Indicates a Special Resolution.

 

2. Resolutions Submitted to NSM

 

The Company has today submitted to the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) copies of Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting concerning items other than ordinary business. These documents will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 

The resolutions carried at the Annual General Meeting are set out in full in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which can be found on the Company's website at www.cairnenergy.com.


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