13 May 2010
Petrofac Limited (the "Company")
AGM resolutions poll results
All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Thursday, 13 May 2010 were passed by shareholders on a poll. The number of shares in issue at the date of the meeting was 345,629,656 ordinary shares of US$0.02 each in the Company (the "Shares") and each Share attracted one vote.
The results are as follows:
|
|
For |
Against |
Withheld |
Total lodged |
1 |
Report and Accounts |
241,085,455 |
27,279 |
2,764,376 |
243,877,110 |
2 |
Final dividend |
243,350,596 |
424,276 |
102,238 |
243,877,110 |
3 |
Remuneration Report |
238,669,696 |
5,098,366 |
109,048 |
243,877,110 |
4 |
Appoint Thomas Thune Andersen as a Non-executive Director |
240,710,158 |
646,397 |
2,520,555 |
243,877,110 |
5 |
Appoint Stefano Cao as a Non-executive Director |
240,633,277 |
722,107 |
2,521,726 |
243,877,110 |
6 |
Re-appoint Rijnhard van Tets as a Non-executive Director |
239,171,555 |
1,639,866 |
3,065,689 |
243,877,110 |
7 |
Re-appoint Ernst & Young as auditors |
243,181,444 |
590,563 |
105,103 |
243,877,110 |
8 |
Authorise Directors to fix the Auditors' remuneration |
243,484,096 |
247,014 |
146,000 |
243,877,110 |
9 |
Directors' Authority to allot shares |
240,671,185 |
3,082,047 |
123,878 |
243,877,110 |
10 |
Pre-emption rights |
230,472,268 |
13,272,748 |
132,094 |
243,877,110 |
11 |
Purchase own shares |
243,719,564 |
53,997 |
103,549 |
243,877,110 |
12 |
Short notice period for general meetings |
237,042,635 |
6,367,013 |
467,462 |
243,877,110 |
13 |
Amend the Articles of Association |
240,737,182 |
3,028,842 |
111,086 |
243,877,110 |
14 |
Amend the PSP rules |
237,641,059 |
5,989,788 |
246,263 |
243,877,110 |
Following the approval of resolutions 4 and 5, we confirm in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6, the appointments of Thomas Thune Andersen and Stefano Cao to the Board of Petrofac Limited. Bernard de Combret and Michael Press both retired as Directors at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.
Thomas Thune Andersen has an interest in 2,000 Shares in the Company which he acquired prior to his appointment. He acquired 1,000 Shares at a price of of 1209p per Share on 13 April 2010 and another 1,000 Shares at a price of 1229.653p per Share on 19 April 2010.
Following the appointments of Thomas Thune Andersen and Stefano Cao, the Company confirms that the Board's Committees will be comprised as follows:
Nominations Committee: Rodney Chase (Chairman), Ayman Asfari, Kjell Almskog, Thomas Thune Andersen, Stefano Cao and Rijnhard van Tets
Audit Committee: Rijnhard van Tets (Chairman), Kjell Almskog and Thomas Thune Andersen
Remuneration Committee: Thomas Thune Andersen (Chairman), Kjell Almskog and Stefano Cao
Risk Committee: Stefano Cao (Chairman), Kjell Almskog and Rijnhard van Tets
Kjell Almskog will become Senior Independent Director.
Resolutions 9 to 14 were passed as special business resolutions and two copies of each resolution have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection in the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel: 020 7676 1000
Enquiries to:
Sofia Bernsand
Petrofac Limited
020 7811 4900