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RNS Number : 4500D Harbour Energy PLC 07 May 2026
HARBOUR ENERGY PLC
(the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company was held today, 7 May 2026,
at 151 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SZ 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.
Poll Results
The total number of votes received on each resolution put to the AGM was as
follows:
No. Resolution Votes FOR (a) % Votes AGAINST % Votes WITHHELD (b)
1 Receive the 2025 Annual Report and Accounts 1,206,794,860 99.99 89,131 0.01 305,623
2 Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 1,179,494,237 97.72 27,575,217 2.28 120,160
3 Approve the final dividend 1,207,078,871 99.99 91,771 0.01 18,972
4 Re-elect R. Blair Thomas 1,166,344,737 96.62 40,764,420 3.38 80,457
5 Re-elect Linda Z. Cook 1,201,037,077 99.50 6,088,581 0.50 63,956
6 Re-elect Alexander Krane 1,198,504,950 99.29 8,600,424 0.71 84,240
7 Re-elect Belgacem Chariag (c) 1,201,078,082 99.50 6,020,248 0.50 91,284
8 Re-elect Louise Hough (c) 1,199,767,869 99.39 7,332,335 0.61 89,410
9 Re-elect Alan Ferguson (c) 1,203,941,684 99.74 3,157,944 0.26 89,986
10 Re-elect Margareth Øvrum (c) 1,203,758,199 99.74 3,132,721 0.26 298,694
11 Re-elect Anne L. Stevens (c) 1,190,364,980 98.61 16,741,713 1.39 82,921
12 Re-elect Dirk Elvermann (c) 1,192,848,872 98.82 14,259,380 1.18 81,362
13 Re-elect Hans Ulrich-Engel(c) 1,202,241,093 99.60 4,863,169 0.40 85,352
14 Elect Gregory Hill (c) 1,205,598,939 99.88 1,507,632 0.12 83,043
15 Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor 1,206,902,008 99.98 215,048 0.02 72,558
16 Authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to approve Auditor remuneration 1,206,990,408 99.99 121,609 0.01 77,597
17 Authorise the Company to make political donations 1,205,541,498 99.87 1,588,640 0.13 59,476
18 Authorise the Directors to allot shares 1,192,734,247 98.81 14,366,077 1.19 89,290
19 Approve the Rule 9 waiver granted by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers in 1,195,748,834 99.06 11,319,838 0.94 120,942
relation to Buyback authority (d)
20 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (e) 1,193,464,194 98.87 13,634,972 1.13 90,448
21 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with specific 1,180,453,033 97.79 26,647,601 2.21 88,980
acquisition/ investment (e)
22 Authorise the Company to make market purchases (e) 1,194,452,861 98.98 12,269,951 1.02 466,802
23 Authorise the Company to make off-market purchases of own shares from BASF (d) 1,206,721,918 99.96 428,886 0.04 38,810
(e)
24 Adopt amended Articles of Association (e) 1,041,471,938 88.27 138,382,302 11.73 27,335,374
25 Authority to call General Meetings by notice of not less than 14 days (e) 1,198,769,271 99.31 8,367,560 0.69 52,783
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 UK Listing Rule 6.2.8R, 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 ordinary shares in issue on 5 May 2026, the deadline for
casting votes by proxy in advance of the AGM, was 1,579,786,742 shares
(excluding non-voting ordinary shares). 76.41 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
(http://www.harbourenergy.com)
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R,
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
(https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism)
Enquiries
Rachel Benjamin, Company
Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)20 7730 1111
Elizabeth Brooks, SVP Investor Relations
Tel: +44 (0)20 7824 1116
Harbour Energy plc LEI: 213800YPC42DYBKVPF97
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