FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 May 2021
CAIRN ENERGY PLC ("Cairn" or "the Company")
Voting Results of Annual General Meeting
1. Results of Annual General Meeting 2021
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** |
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Resolution 1 Annual Report & Accounts |
377,981,760 |
99.89% |
399,422 |
0.11% |
378,381,182 |
582,883 |
|||
Resolution 2 Remuneration report |
246,776,576 |
65.13% |
132,138,647 |
34.87% |
378,915,223 |
48,842 |
|||
Resolution 3 Re-appointment of auditor |
373,238,968 |
98.49% |
5,714,045 |
1.51% |
378,953,013 |
11,052 |
|||
Resolution 4 Auditor's remuneration |
378,107,367 |
99.78% |
826,379 |
0.22% |
378,933,746 |
30,319 |
|||
Resolution 5 Re-election of Nicoletta Giadrossi |
302,609,531 |
81.34% |
69,409,099 |
18.66% |
372,018,630 |
6,945,435 |
|||
Resolution 6 Re-election of Keith Lough |
375,681,404 |
99.44% |
2,133,852 |
0.56% |
377,815,256 |
1,148,809 |
|||
Resolution 7 Re-election of Peter Kallos |
332,161,645 |
87.91% |
45,663,601 |
12.09% |
377,825,246 |
1,138,819 |
|||
Resolution 8 Re-election of Alison Wood |
374,043,313 |
99.00% |
3,782,141 |
1.00% |
377,825,454 |
1,138,611 |
|||
Resolution 9 Re-election of Catherine Krajicek |
377,339,655 |
99.87% |
485,558 |
0.13% |
377,825,213 |
1,138,852 |
|||
Resolution 10 Re-election of Erik Daugbjerg |
377,573,257 |
99.94% |
237,727 |
0.06% |
377,810,984 |
1,153,081 |
|||
Resolution 11 Re-election of Simon Thomson |
363,258,168 |
96.15% |
14,552,858 |
3.85% |
377,811,026 |
1,153,039 |
|||
Resolution 12 Re-election of James Smith |
377,141,514 |
99.82% |
669,512 |
0.18% |
377,811,026 |
1,153,039 |
|||
Resolution 13 Authority to allot shares |
373,549,688 |
98.58% |
5,387,220 |
1.42% |
378,936,908 |
27,157 |
|||
Resolution 14*** Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
377,469,638 |
99.62% |
1,456,651 |
0.38% |
378,926,289 |
37,776 |
|||
Resolution 15*** Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
359,173,693 |
94.79% |
19,755,343 |
5.21% |
378,929,036 |
35,029 |
|||
Resolution 16*** Authority to purchase own shares |
372,450,032 |
98.34% |
6,291,552 |
1.66% |
378,741,584 |
222,481 |
|||
Resolution 17*** 14 days' notice of general meetings |
370,433,946 |
97.75% |
8,507,406 |
2.25% |
378,941,352 |
22,713 |
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* 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. Resolution 2
The Board notes that, while all of the resolutions at today's Annual General Meeting were passed with the requisite majority, Resolution 2 (Approval of the Remuneration Report) passed with 65.13% of votes in favour.
Following the Annual General Meeting, Cairn will continue to engage with its shareholders and carefully consider all feedback. We will publish an update on that engagement within six months of the Annual General Meeting, in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code
3. 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. The NSM can be accessed at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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