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Ophir Energy Plc
20 May 2015
 



Ophir Energy plc

Result of Annual General Meeting

London 20 May 2015: Ophir Energy plc ("Ophir" or "the Company") held its Annual General Meeting today, 20 May 2015, at Linklaters LLP, 1 Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8HQ. All resolutions were put to the meeting on a poll, the full results of which are given below.

Resolutions 1 -13 and 17 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 - 16 were proposed as special resolutions.  A poll was conducted on all resolutions put to the meeting, the full results of which are set out below.

Resolutions

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes

Withheld

Number

%

Number

%

1

To receive the 2014 Annual Report & Accounts

552,968,854

100.00

12,034

0.00

254,927

2

To approve the Remuneration Report

500,136,655

92.35

41,408,470

7.65

11,690,690

3

To elect Dr William (Bill) Higgs as a Director of the Company

552,059,216

99.81

1,032,900

0.19

143,699

4

To elect Dr Carol Bell as a Director of the Company

552,833,362

99.95

259,435

0.05

143,018

5

To re-elect Nicholas Smith as a Director of the Company

550,004,806

99.44

3,087,991

0.56

143,018

6

To re-elect Dr Nicholas Cooper as a Director of the Company

526,815,216

95.25

26,276,900

4.75

143,699

7

To re-elect Ronald Blakely as a Director of the Company

551,328,705

99.68

1,763,411

0.32

143,699

8

To re-elect Alan Booth as a Director of the Company

551,741,929

99.76

1,350,187

0.24

143,699

9

To re-elect Vivien Gibney as a Director of the Company

552,014,350

99.82

1,020,543

0.18

143,018

10

To re-elect William (Bill) Schrader as a Director of the Company

551,917,864

99.79

1,174,933

0.21

143,018

11

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company

532,726,569

96.32

20,366,797

3.68

142,449

12

To authorise the Directors to set the auditor's remuneration

540,367,388

97.70

12,726,072

2.30

142,355

13

To give authority to allot securities

453,947,261

82.07

99,143,920

17.93

144,634

14

To give authority to allot securities for cash other than on a pre-emptive basis*

450,445,704

81.88

99,683,126

18.12

3,106,985

15

To authorise the purchase of its own shares by the Company*

553,053,625

100.00

14,342

0.00

167,848

16

To authorise the Company to call a general meeting of shareholders on not less than 14 clear days' notice*

520,327,388

94.08

32,766,721

5.92

141,706

17

To authorise political donations

552,658,061

99.93

381,709

0.07

196,045

* Special Resolution

As at the date of the AGM, the Company had 746,019,407 ordinary shares in issue. The Company holds shares in treasury and therefore the number of total voting rights as at the date of the AGM was 705,225,122. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, every member who is present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.  The scrutineer of the poll was Equiniti Registrars, the Company's Share Registrar.

Note that a "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and have not been included in the calculation of votes "for" and "against" each resolution.  Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions which constitute special business at the AGM (being resolutions 13-17) will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

Lyndon Powell did not stand for re-election as a Director, and retired from the Board with effect from the conclusion of the AGM. In accordance with section 430(2B) of the Companies Act 2006, the Company confirms that Lyndon Powell will receive payment of fees for service whilst a Director but no other remuneration payment or payment for loss of office will be made in connection with his departure.

 

 

Ends

 

For Further Information please contact:

Ophir Energy plc                                                                                           +44 (0)20 7811 2400

Chandrika Kher, Company Secretary

 

Notes to Editors

Ophir Energy (OPHR.LN) is an upstream oil and gas exploration company which is listed on the London Stock Exchange (FTSE 250). Ophir has a large portfolio of assets across Africa and Asia. The Group's headquarters are located in London (England), with operational offices in Perth (Australia), Dar es Salaam and Mtwara (Tanzania), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Libreville (Gabon), Nairobi (Kenya), Bangkok (Thailand), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Yangon (Myanmar) and Singapore. For further information on Ophir, please refer to www.ophir-energy.com

 


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