Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1305L

Harbour Energy PLC

11 May 2022

 

HARBOUR ENERGY PLC

(the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company was held today, 11 May 2022, at No. 11 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0AN at 10.00am. Each of the resolutions contained in the Notice of Meeting were put to the AGM, voted on by way of a poll and duly approved.

The total number of votes received on each resolution put to the AGM was as follows:

Poll Results

No.	Resolution	Votes FOR (a)	%	Votes AGAINST	%	Votes WITHHELD (b)
1	Approve the Annual Report and Accounts	659,317,601	100.00	8,736	0.00	277,844
2	Approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	641,276,648	97.24	18,228,881	2.76	98,652
3	Approve the Dividend	658,968,071	99.91	562,653	0.09	73,457
4	Re-elect R. Blair Thomas	647,592,263	98.19	11,904,930	1.81	106,988
5	Re-elect Linda Z. Cook	658,136,561	99.79	1,381,672	0.21	85,948
6	Re-elect Alexander Krane	657,416,830	99.68	2,090,143	0.32	97,208
7	Re-elect  Simon Henry (c)	658,262,440	99.81	1,242,471	0.19	99,270
8	Re-elect Anne Marie Cannon (c)	658,157,341	99.80	1,350,070	0.20	96,770
9	Re-elect G. Steven Farris	657,907,344	99.76	1,599,879	0.24	96,798
10	Re-elect Alan Ferguson (c)	657,858,589	99.75	1,646,065	0.25	99,367
11	Re-elect Andy Hopwood (c)	656,642,324	99.57	2,865,059	0.43	96,798
12	Re-elect Margareth Øvrum (c)	657,368,446	99.68	2,136,240	0.32	99,495
13	Re-elect Anne Stevens (c)	648,596,355	98.35	10,910,940	1.65	96,886
14	Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor	659,401,710	99.98	103,156	0.02	99,315
15	Authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to approve Auditor remuneration	659,469,848	99.99	43,628	0.01	90,545
16	Authorise the Company to make political donations	657,586,955	99.71	1,938,653	0.29	78,573
17	Authorise Directors to allot shares	657,078,481	99.63	2,436,678	0.37	89,022
18	Approve the waiver granted by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers in relation to Buyback authority (d)	269,217,390	85.90	44,195,515	14.10	4,979,410
19	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (up to 5% of issued share capital) (e)	659,434,984	99.99	63,435	0.01	105,602
20	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with specific acquisition/ investment (further 5% of issued share capital) (e)	659,233,534	99.96	283,745	0.04	86,902
21	Authorise the Company to make market purchases (d)	650,543,776	98.68	8,721,400	1.32	339,005
22	Authority to call General Meetings by notice of not less than 14 days (e)	653,942,206	99.15	5,588,270	0.85	73,705

NOTES:

(a)  The "For" proxy vote includes those giving the Chair discretion.

(b)  A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proxy votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.

(c)  In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2ER, these resolutions were also passed on a poll of Independent Shareholders (as defined in the Notice of Meeting).

(d)  As required under the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, this resolution had to be passed by the Independent Shareholders, therefore none of the members of the Concert Party (as defined in the Notice of Meeting) voted on it.

(e)  Special resolution.

The total number of shares in issue on 9 May 2022, the deadline for casting votes by proxy in advance of the AGM, was 925,523,639 shares. 71.2 per cent of voting capital, including votes withheld, was instructed in respect of the resolutions put to the AGM.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website at www.harbourenergy.com  

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed by the Company's shareholders, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism

Enquiries
Rachel Rickard, Company Secretary  Tel: [phone]
Elizabeth Brooks, Head of Investor Relations                      Tel:  [phone]

 

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