REG - Rockhopper Exp plc - Result of Annual General Meeting

Rockhopper ExplorationAnnouncement

15/05/2019 14:30

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. +44 (0) 20 7390 0234 (via Vigo Communications)
 
Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker)
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor/James Asensio
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7523 8000
 
Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker)
Richard Crichton
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
 
Vigo Communications
Patrick d'Ancona/Ben Simons
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7390 0234
 
 




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