AIR Air Partner Plc

TIDMAIR

RNS Number : 6720E

Air Partner PLC

08 July 2021

LEI: 213800JLR6YIRMSCUS98

8 July 2021

Air Partner plc

("Air Partner", "Company" or Group)

Results of voting at the Annual General Meeting held on 8 July 2021

Air Partner, the global aviation services group, announces that all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting, held at 12.30pm today at the Company's registered office at 2 City Place, Beehive Ring Road, Gatwick, West Sussex RH6 0PA, were duly passed. All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and the results of the poll for each resolution are shown below:

 
 Resolution                               For(1)       % of     Against   % of     Withheld(2) 
                                                        votes              votes 
                                                        cast               cast 
 Ordinary resolutions 
 1.To receive the Company's 
  audited financial statements 
  and the Auditors' and Directors' 
  Reports for the year ended 
  31 January 2021                         17,045,829    100        0        0         3,987 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 2.To approve the Directors' 
  Remuneration Report in the 
  form set out in the Company's 
  Annual Report and Accounts 
  for the year ended 31 January 
  2021 (see Notice of Annual 
  General Meeting)                        16,912,556   99.35    109,937    0.65      27,323 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 3.To declare a final dividend 
  of 1.6 pence per ordinary 
  share payable on 15 July 
  2021 to shareholders registered 
  on 11 June 2021                         17,048,281    100        0        0         1,535 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 4.To re-elect Mark Briffa 
  as a Director of the Company            16,954,223   99.61    66,000     0.39      29,593 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 5.To re-elect Joanne Estell 
  as a Director of the Company            16,954,223   99.61    66,000     0.39      29,593 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 6.To re-elect Ed Warner as 
  a Director of the Company               16,950,223   99.59    70,000     0.41      29,593 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 7.To re-elect Amanda Wills 
  as a Director of the Company            16,954,223   99.61    66,000     0.39      29,593 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 8.To re-elect Paul Dollman 
  as a Director of the Company            16,954,223   99.61    66,000     0.39      29,593 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 9.To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers 
  LLP as the Company's auditors 
  to hold office from the conclusion 
  of this AGM until the conclusion 
  of the next AGM (see Notice 
  of Annual General Meeting)              16,943,324   99.94     9,694     0.06      96,798 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 10.To authorise the Audit 
  and Risk Committee of the 
  Board of Directors of the 
  Company to determine the 
  remuneration of the Company's 
  auditors                                16,952,511   99.89    18,770     0.11      78,535 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 11.To authorise the Board 
  to exercise all the powers 
  of the Company to allot shares 
  in the Company and to convert 
  any security into shares 
  (see Notice of Annual General 
  Meeting)                                16,885,582   99.05    162,699    0.95       1,535 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 Special resolutions 
 12.That the Board be authorised 
  to allot equity securities 
  for cash under the authority 
  given by resolution 11 and 
  to sell ordinary shares held 
  by the Company (see Notice 
  of Annual General Meeting)              16,812,916   98.62    235,365    1.38       1,535 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 13.That the Board be authorised 
  to allot equity securities 
  for cash or to sell ordinary 
  shares held by the Company 
  as treasury shares for cash 
  (see Notice of Annual General 
  Meeting)                                16,833,376   98.91    184,816    1.09      31,624 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 14.That the Company be authorised 
  to make market purchases 
  of ordinary shares of 1p 
  each in the capital of the 
  Company (see Notice of Annual 
  General Meeting)                        16,961,486   99.87    21,795     0.13      66,535 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 15.That a general meeting 
  of the Company other than 
  an AGM may be called on not 
  less than 14 clear days' 
  notice (see Notice of Annual 
  General Meeting)                        16,976,934   99.58    71,250     0.42       1,632 
                                         -----------  -------  --------  -------  ------------ 
 

Notes:

(1.) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair of the Meeting have been included in the "For" total.

(2.) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

As at 6 July 2021, there were 63,562,601 Air Partner plc ordinary shares of 1 pence each in issue. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.

The proxy votes received, including votes withheld, amount to 26.8% of the issued share capital.

Resolutions 1 to 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 15 were passed as special resolutions.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed (other than resolutions concerning ordinary business) have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will also be available on the Air Partner plc website

at   https://www.airpartnergroup.com/investors/shareholder-meetings/  shortly. 

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Air Partner plc website at https://www.airpartnergroup.com/investors/shareholder-meetings/.

As detailed in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, shareholders were invited to submit to the Company Secretary any questions they would otherwise have asked at the AGM. Following the AGM and subject to any regulatory restrictions, the Board will publish a summary of responses to relevant questions received on the Air

Partner plc website at    http://www.airpartnergroup.com/investors/shareholder-meetings . 

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Enquiries:

 
 Air Partner                           01293 844788 
 Mark Briffa, CEO 
 Joanne Estell, CFO 
 
 
   TB Cardew (Financial PR advisor)      020 7930 0777 
 Tom Allison                           07789 998 020 
 Joe McGregor                          07766 231 520 
 
 

About Air Partner:

Founded in 1961, Air Partner is a global aviation services group providing aircraft charter and aviation safety & security solutions to industry, commerce, governments and private individuals, across civil and military organisations. The Group has two divisions: Air Partner Charter, comprising Group Charter, Private Jets, Freight and Specialist Services; and Air Partner Safety & Security (formerly Consulting & Training), which comprises Baines Simmons, Redline Assured Security and Managed Services.

Group Charter charters large airliners to move groups of any size. Private Jets offers the Company's unique pre-paid JetCard scheme and on-demand charter for up to 19 people. Freight charters aircraft of every size to fly almost any cargo anywhere, at any time. Specialist Services comprises Air Partner's other aviation services that complement its Charter business: Remarketing, ACMI, scheduled group travel, tour operations, air evacuation and flight operations.

Baines Simmons offers aviation safety management and fatigue risk management. Redline Assured Security delivers government-standard security training, consultancy and solutions to regulated, high value and high threat environments. Managed Services offers wildlife hazard management, aircraft registry services, consultancy services for airports and logistics operations, remote condition monitoring and baggage system testing.

Air Partner has 16 locations across three continents, with its headquarters located alongside Gatwick airport in the UK. The group employs around 420 aviation professionals globally and operates 24/7. Air Partner is listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIR) and is the only publicly listed air charter broker and aviation safety & security consultancy. It is ISO 9001:2015 compliant for commercial airline and private jet solutions worldwide. More information is available on the company's website ( www.airpartnergroup.com ).

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