22 April 2014
Genel Energy plc
Results of Annual General Meeting 22 April 2014
At the Annual General Meeting of Genel Energy plc held today, Tuesday, 22 April 2014, all resolutions put to the meeting were passed by the shareholders on a poll. The number of voting ordinary shares of £0.10p each in the Company in issue at the date of the meeting was 240,824,182 and each share attracted one vote.
Resolution 20 was put to the meeting as a resolution of the Independent Shareholders of the Company. As a result 168,576,928 of the voting ordinary shares in issue were eligible to vote on this resolution, these shares not being held by Focus Investments Limited, Elysion Energy Holdings BV and other concert parties (the "Significant Shareholders").
The appendix to this announcement sets out the Significant Shareholders' maximum current and potential interests in the Company's voting ordinary shares following the passing of Resolution 20.
The results are as follows:
Resolutions |
For |
% |
Against |
% |
Withheld |
Total lodged |
1. To receive the accounts and the reports of the directors and the auditors for the year ended 31 December 2013. |
174,199,650 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
174,199,650 |
2. To approve the remuneration policy for directors. |
173,122,499 |
99.38 |
1,076,213 |
0.62 |
938 |
174,198,712 |
3. To approve the annual report on remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2013. |
174,197,737 |
100.00 |
1,213 |
0.00 |
700 |
174,198,950 |
4. To re-elect Mr Rodney Chase as a Director. |
173,974,276 |
99.87 |
225,136 |
0.13 |
238 |
174,199,412 |
5. To re-elect Dr Tony Hayward as a Director. |
174,176,546 |
99.99 |
23,104 |
0.01 |
0 |
174,199,650 |
6. To re-elect Mr Julian Metherell as a Director. |
174,172,650 |
99.98 |
27,000 |
0.02 |
0 |
174,199,650 |
7. To re-elect Sir Graham Hearne as a Director. |
174,175,946 |
99.99 |
23,704 |
0.01 |
0 |
174,199,650 |
8. To re-elect Mr Jim Leng as a Director. |
170,193,832 |
97.70 |
4,005,818 |
2.30 |
0 |
174,199,650 |
9. To re-elect Mr Mehmet Öğütçü as a Director. |
174,174,146 |
99.99 |
25,504 |
0.01 |
0 |
174,199,650 |
10. To re-elect Mr Mark Parris as a Director. |
170,194,329 |
97.70 |
4,005,321 |
2.30 |
0 |
174,199,650 |
11. To re-elect Mr George Rose as a Director. |
170,193,491 |
97.70 |
4,005,921 |
2.30 |
238 |
174,199,412 |
12. To re-elect Mr Nathaniel Rothschild as a Director. |
165,773,043 |
95.17 |
8,406,287 |
4.83 |
20,320 |
174,179,330 |
13. To re-elect Mr Chakib Sbiti as a Director. |
174,176,146 |
99.99 |
23,504 |
0.01 |
0 |
174,199,650 |
14. To re-elect Mrs Gulsun Nazli Karamehmet Williams as a Director. |
174,123,708 |
99.96 |
75,504 |
0.04 |
438 |
174,199,212 |
15. To re-elect Mr Murat Yazici as a Director. |
174,126,146 |
99.96 |
73,504 |
0.04 |
0 |
174,199,650 |
16. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's auditors. |
161,565,834 |
92.75 |
12,633,616 |
7.25 |
200 |
174,199,450 |
17. To authorise the board of directors to set the auditor's remuneration. |
167,959,658 |
96.42 |
6,239,792 |
3.58 |
200 |
174,199,450 |
18. To give the Company limited authority to make political donations and expenditure. |
170,525,787 |
98.47 |
2,648,425 |
1.53 |
1,025,438 |
173,174,212 |
19. To approve the Restricted Share Plan and authorise the directors to adopt further plans based in the Restricted Share Plan. |
172,399,824 |
98.97 |
1,797,126 |
1.03 |
2,700 |
174,196,950 |
20. To approve the waiver of obligations by the Takeover Panel under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code |
76,277,673 |
71.94 |
29,749,790 |
28.06 |
44,933 |
106,027,463 |
21. To authorise the Company to purchase its voting ordinary shares. |
174,156,937 |
100.00 |
493 |
0.00 |
42,220 |
174,157,430 |
22. To permit the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
167,298,138 |
97.00 |
5,169,216 |
3.00 |
1,731,296 |
172,467,354 |
23. To approve that articles 80 and 81 (directors Interest) be deleted in their entirety and replaced with the new Articles 80 and 81 as set out in Schedule 1 to the Notice of Meeting to take effect from the end of the AGM. |
174,193,717 |
100.00 |
1,895 |
0.00 |
3,038 |
174,195,612 |
24. To approve that articles 78(1), 82(2), 88(2) and 89 (location of meetings) be deleted in their entirety and replaced with the new Articles 78(1), 82(2), 88(2) and 89 as set out in Schedule 1 of the Notice of Meeting to take effect from the end of the AGM. |
174,194,755 |
100.00 |
1,895 |
0.00 |
2,000 |
174,196,650 |
The full text of the resolutions may be found in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available on both the Company's website www.genelenergy.comand on the National Storage Mechanism www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
A copy of the special resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
For further information please contact:
Genel Energy Sarah Robertson, Company Secretary Phil Corbett, Head of Investor Relations |
+44 20 7659 5100 |
Appendix
Pursuant to the Takeover Code it is necessary to set out the current and potential respective interests of the Significant Shareholders of voting ordinary share capital following the passing of Resolution 20.
The table below shows the respective interests of the Significant Shareholders of ordinary shares, and how that holding is split between voting ordinary shares and suspended voting ordinary shares, as at today's date:
|
Ordinary |
|
Voting Ordinary |
|
Suspended Voting Ordinary |
|
|
|
Shares |
(%) |
Shares |
(%) |
Shares |
(%) |
|
Elysion Energy Holding BV |
36,074,007 |
12.87 |
30,762,179 |
12.77 |
5,311,828 |
13.47 |
|
Focus Investments Limited |
68,709,351 |
24.52 |
41,485,075 |
17.23 |
27,224,276 |
69.06 |
|
Other concert parties |
6,887,912 |
2.46 |
- |
- |
6,887,912 |
17.47 |
|
Other Genel Energy shareholders |
168,576,928 |
60.15 |
168,576,928 |
70.00 |
- |
- |
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280,248,198 |
240,824,182 |
39,424,016 |
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The maximum potential interest of the Significant Shareholders in the voting ordinary share capital of the Company, following the full use by the Company of its existing buyback authority and assuming no Significant Shareholder participates in the buyback, is as set out in the following table:
Percentage of
Voting Ordinary Percentage of
Share capital Ordinary Share
Number of after the Number of capital after
Voting Ordinary maximum Ordinary the maximum
Shares buy-back Shares buy-back
Elysion Energy Holding BV |
30,762,179 |
14.19% |
36,074,007 |
14.08% |
Focus Investments Limited |
41,485,075 |
19.14% |
68,709,351 |
26.82% |
Other concert parties |
- |
- |
6,887,912 |
2.69% |
Total |
72,247,254 |
33.33% |
111,671,270 |
43.59% |
The Company does not currently hold any shares in treasury.