Result of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 1494Z

Rockhopper Exploration plc

15 May 2019

 

15 May 2019

Rockhopper Exploration plc

("Rockhopper" or the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas exploration and production company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin and the Greater Mediterranean region, is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held today were duly passed on a show of hands.

A presentation given at the AGM is available for viewing on the Company's website:

http://www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk/rockhopper/investors/presentations.html.

As previously announced and as part of the Board's long-term succession planning, David McManus retired from the Board as Non-Executive Chairman at the AGM, having served for nearly nine years. David will be succeeded as Non-Executive Chairman by Keith Lough, who has been a Non-Executive Director of the Company since January 2014.

Alison Baker, currently Non-Executive Director, will replace Keith as Senior Independent Director, and as Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee.

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

Resolution (No. as noted on proxy form)	Total For (i)		Total Against		Withheld (ii)
	No. of votes	% of vote	No. of votes	% of vote	No. of votes
Resolution 1: Receive Annual Report and Accounts	92,717,546	99.41	549,686	0.59	552,077
Resolution 2: Elect Alison Baker	93,350,133	99.62	356,630	0.38	112,173
Resolution 3: Re-elect Timothy Bushell	76,252,750	81.34	17,496,621	18.66	69,917
Resolution 4: Re-elect Keith Lough	92,857,003	99.07	867,616	0.93	94,690
Resolution 5: Re-elect Stewart MacDonald	92,843,334	99.05	894,858	0.95	81,117
Resolution 6: Re-elect Samuel Moody	92,862,800	99.07	874,159	0.93	82,340
Resolution 7: Re-elect John Summers	93,342,929	99.57	406,629	0.43	69,751
Resolution 8: Appoint Pricewaterhouse Coopers as Auditor and authorise Board to approve Auditor  remuneration	92,408,007	98.63	1,284,869	1.37	126,433
Resolution 9: Authorise Directors to allot shares	92,061,443	99.27	676,327	0.73	1,081,539
Resolution 10: Authorise Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (up to 10% of issued share capital) (iii)	91,730,808	98.44	1,457,341	1.56	631,160
Resolution 11: Authorise Company to purchase its own shares (iii)	93,576,027	99.87	125,861	0.13	117,026

Notes:

(i)   The "For" proxy vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion

(ii)  A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not included in the proxy votes "For" or "Against" the resolution

(iii) Special resolution

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: https://rockhopperexploration.co.uk/investors/shareholder-documents/ 

Enquiries:

Rockhopper Exploration plc

Sam Moody - Chief Executive

Stewart MacDonald - Chief Financial Officer

Tel. [phone] (via Vigo Communications)

Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker)

Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor/James Asensio

Tel. [phone]

Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker)

Richard Crichton

Tel. [phone]

Vigo Communications

Patrick d'Ancona/Ben Simons

Tel. [phone]

 

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