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Tullow OilAnnouncement

25/04/2018 16:45

RNS Number : 1350M
Tullow Oil PLC
25 April 2018
 

Wednesday 25 April, 2018
 
Tullow Oil plc ("Tullow" or the "Company")
RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
 HELD ON WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL 2018
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:








VOTES FOR


%


VOTES AGAINST


%


VOTES TOTAL


 % OF ISC VOTES


VOTES WITHHELD






1. To receive and adopt the Company's annual accounts and associated reports for the financial year ended 31 December 2017


932,222,533


99.58


3,962,901


0.42


936,185,434


67.32%


1,360,373




2. To approve the Annual Statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Report on Remuneration


839,529,339


93.56


57,745,658


6.44


897,274,997


64.52%


40,262,649




3. To re-elect Tutu Agyare as a Director


883,163,227


95.18


44,731,090


4.82


927,894,317


66.72%


9,650,969




4. To re-elect Mike Daly as a Director


925,883,708


99.78


2,005,737


0.22


927,889,445


66.72%


9,655,842




5. To re-elect Aidan Heavey as a Director


856,658,249


93.69


57,696,477


6.31


914,354,726


65.75%


23,189,380




6. To re-elect Steve Lucas as a Director


866,239,365


93.36


61,646,580


6.64


927,885,945


66.72%


9,659,862




7. To re-elect Angus McCoss as a Director


924,107,334


99.60


3,727,510


0.40


927,834,844


66.72%


9,710,963




8. To re-elect Paul McDade as a Director


920,144,230


99.16


7,749,382


0.84


927,893,612


66.72%


9,652,120




9. To re-elect Jeremy Wilson as a Director


859,953,080


93.91


55,744,599


6.09


915,697,679


65.85%


21,848,128




10. To elect Les Wood as a Director


897,631,475


97.37


24,255,302


2.63


921,886,777


66.29%


15,659,030




11. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company


899,935,587


95.99


37,586,542


4.01


937,522,129


67.42%


22,923




12. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of Deloitte LLP


919,535,596


98.08


17,987,438


1.92


937,523,034


67.42%


22,773




13. To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares


924,868,682


98.65


12,648,356


1.35


937,517,038


67.42%


28,133




14. To dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights*


889,473,607


94.89


47,933,555


5.11


937,407,162


67.41%


137,135




15. To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on no less than 14 clear days' notice*


897,716,768


96.36


33,902,536


3.64


931,619,304


66.99%


5,926,503




16. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*


921,305,270


98.27


16,227,552


1.73


937,532,822


67.42%


12,985




 
Notes:
(1)  * denotes a special resolution.
(2)  Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting have been included in the "For" total of the appropriate resolution.
(3)  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 "Percentage of ISC voted" for any resolution.
(4)  The percentage of votes "For" and "Against" any resolution is expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.
(5)  The number of shares in issue at 6.00 p.m. on 24 April 2018 was 1,390,656,809 ordinary shares of 10 pence each (the "Ordinary Shares") and at that time, Tullow did not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. The proportion of "Percentage of ISC voted" for any resolution is the total of votes "For" and "Against" in respect of that resolution expressed as a percentage of the ISC as described in note (5).
(6)  As announced on 7 February 2018, Anne Drinkwater did not stand for re-election as a Director, and stepped down from the Board with effect from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting. 
(7)  In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the relevant ordinary and special resolutions passed at the meeting have been submitted to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 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 and also on the Company's website at http://www.tullowoil.com. 
 
 
 
 



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