Annual General Meeting Update

RNS Number : 3598J

Diversified Gas & Oil PLC

09 April 2020

 

9 April 2020

Diversified Gas & Oil PLC

("DGO" or the "Company")

Annual General Meeting Update

Diversified Gas & Oil PLC (AIM: DGOC), the U.S. based owner and operator of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil wells as well as midstream assets, announced on 23 March 2020 that it had posted its annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 and a notice of annual general meeting (the "Notice") convening the 2020 Annual General Meeting for 9.00 a.m. on 15 April 2020 at Buchanan Communications Limited, 107 Cheapside, London EC2V 6DN (the "AGM").

As set out in the announcement of 23 March 2020, in light of the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, the Board has been monitoring closely the rapidly changing situation. The health of our Shareholders, employees and stakeholders remains extremely important to us and accordingly, the Board has taken into consideration the compulsory 'Stay at Home' measures published by the UK Government.

These measures provide that public gatherings of more than two people are currently not permitted, unless the gathering is 'essential for work purposes'.  Attendance at a general meeting by a Shareholder, other than one specifically required to form the quorum for that meeting, is not 'essential for work purposes' under those measures. Regrettably therefore, following due consideration and the recent guidance from the Investment Association, Quoted Companies Alliance, GC100 and others relating to the holding of general meetings, Shareholders must not attend the AGM being held on 15 April 2020 in person and the Company will be unable to allow entry to anyone seeking to attend the AGM in person. As noted below, Shareholders should instead vote by proxy. Our advisers have been instructed not to attend. 

· DGO will convene the AGM with the minimum necessary quorum of two Shareholders (which the Company will facilitate).

· DGO will include all valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) in its polls at the AGM.

· DGO requests that Shareholders submit their votes in respect of the resolutions as set out in the Notice, electronically or by post in advance, in accordance with the instructions set out in the Notice.

The current situation is evolving and the Company will make any further announcements that may be required by way of a Regulatory News Service and on the Company's website.

Shareholders should submit their votes via proxy as early as possible, and Shareholders should appoint the Chair of the Meeting as their proxy. If a Shareholder appoints someone else as their proxy, that proxy will not be able to attend the AGM in person or cast the Shareholder's vote.

Shareholders are invited to submit any questions that they wish to raise with the Board by email to the Company at [e-mail] and should include the name in which their shares are registered and the number of shares held.  The Company will endeavour to respond to all questions received from Shareholders within seven days following the AGM.

Dealing with paper proxies requires physical interaction such as post sorting and delivery, evaluation and manual input. Given the current situation, any task that requires a physical presence may be subject to disruption and sending a paper proxy is no guarantee of having your vote counted.  The Board therefore strongly recommends CREST members voting electronically through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service as your vote will automatically be counted.  In addition, the Company has also decided thatForms of Proxy can also be submitted by Shareholders electronically (even outside CREST) by emailing a scanned copy of the signed personalised Form of Proxy to [e-mail].  Please contact the Computershare helpline on [phone] for any further guidance.

Diversified Gas & Oil PLC Rusty Hutson Jr., Chief Executive Officer Brad Gray, Chief Operating Officer Eric Williams, Chief Financial Officer Teresa Odom, Vice President Investor Relations www.dgoc.com [e-mail]	+ 1 [phone]
Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser) Russell Cook Katy Birkin Ben Jeynes	[phone]
Mirabaud Securities Limited (Joint Broker) Peter Krens Edward Haig-Thomas	[phone]
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Joint Broker) Callum Stewart Jason Grossman Ashton Clanfield	[phone]
Buchanan (Financial Public Relations) Ben Romney Chris Judd Kelsey Traynor James Husband [e-mail]	[phone]

 

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