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Tullow OilAnnouncement

15/07/2015 15:39

RNS Number : 9203L
Tullow Oil PLC
30 April 2015
Tullow Oil plc
30 April 2015 
TULLOW OIL PLC ("Tullow" or the "Company")
RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
HELD ON 30 APRIL 2015
Tullow announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting put to the Annual General Meeting were passed by the requisite majority. Each of the resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting was voted on by way of a poll and the results are set out below:

Resolution
For
(No. of shares)
For
(%)
Against
(No. of shares)
Against
(%)
Votes Withheld
(No. of shares)
Total issued share capital instructed
(%)
1. 
To receive and adopt the annual accounts and associated reports
659,477,093
>99.99
7,924
<0.01
992,170
72.39%
2. 
To approve the Annual Statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Report on Remuneration 
630,764,351
96.55
22,532,315
3.45
7,175,014
71.71%
3. 
To elect Mike Daly as a Director
659,193,411
99.86
956,913
0.14
326,863
72.46%
4. 
To re-elect Jeremy Wilson as a Director 
659,162,724
99.85
986,724
0.15
326,529
72.46%
5. 
To re-elect Tutu Agyare as a Director
659,162,257
99.85
988,524
0.15
326,406
72.46%
6. 
To re- elect Anne Drinkwater as a Director
659,217,378
99.86
938,383
0.14
321,426
72.46%
7. 
To re-elect Ann Grant as a Director
659,236,581
99.86
913,950
0.14
326,656
72.46%
8. 
To re-elect Aidan Heavey as a Director
658,872,939
99.81
1,281,646
0.19
320,602
72.46%
9. 
To re-elect Steve Lucas as a Director
658,393,020
99.73
1,761,592
0.27
322,575
72.46%
10. 
To re-elect Graham Martin as a Director
655,647,009
99.32
4,509,307
0.68
320,871
72.46%
11. 
To re-elect Angus McCoss as a Director
658,835,759
99.80
1,316,475
0.20
324,782
72.46%
12. 
To re-elect Paul McDade as a Director
658,836,584
99.80
1,316,416
0.20
324,137
72.46%
13. 
To re-elect Ian Springett as a Director
658,504,182
99.75
1,652,615
0.25
320,389
72.46%
14. 
To re-elect Simon Thompson as a Director
653,474,005
98.99
6,682,037
1.01
321,144
72.46%
15. 
To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company
650,447,828
98.53
9,693,400
1.47
324,959
72.46%
16. 
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of Deloitte LLP
658,325,684
99.98
137,836
0.02
2,013,667
72.28%
17. 
To amend clause 5.1 of the Company's Employee Share Award Plan
655,821,870
99.44
3,714,793
0.56
938,140
72.39%
18. 
To renew Directors' authority to allot shares
656,127,218
99.40
3,964,687
0.60
384,596
72.45%
19. 
To dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights*
650,479,822
98.55
9,581,420
1.45
332,868
72.45%
20. 
To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on no less than 14 clear days' notice*
606,794,687
91.92
53,336,007
8.08
346,493
72.46%
21. 
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares *
658,188,714
99.70
1,981,983
0.30
306,490
72.46%


Notes:
* Special resolution.
1. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting have been included in the "For" total of the appropriate resolution.
2. A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" any resolution nor in the calculation of the proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for any resolution.
3. Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.
4. The number of shares in issue at 6.00 p.m. on 28 April 2015 was 911,037,813 (the "Share Capital") and at that time, Tullow did not hold any shares in treasury. 
5. The proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for any resolution is the total of votes validly cast for that resolution (i.e. the total of votes "For" and "Against" that resolution) expressed as a percentage of the Share Capital.
The full text of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.morningstar.co.uk and also on the Company's website at http://www.tullowoil.com. A copy of the resolutions (other than resolutions concerning the ordinary business at the Annual General Meeting) passed at the Annual General Meeting will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will also be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
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