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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. Total For (i) Total Against Withheld (ii)
as noted on proxy
form)
No. of % of No. of votes % of No. of votes
votes vote vote
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Resolution 1:
Receive Annual
Report and Accounts 92,717,546 99.41 549,686 0.59 552,077
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Resolution 2:
Elect Alison Baker 93,350,133 99.62 356,630 0.38 112,173
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Resolution 3:
Re-elect Timothy
Bushell 76,252,750 81.34 17,496,621 18.66 69,917
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Resolution 4:
Re-elect Keith
Lough 92,857,003 99.07 867,616 0.93 94,690
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Resolution 5:
Re-elect Stewart
MacDonald 92,843,334 99.05 894,858 0.95 81,117
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Resolution 6:
Re-elect Samuel
Moody 92,862,800 99.07 874,159 0.93 82,340
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Resolution 7:
Re-elect John Summers 93,342,929 99.57 406,629 0.43 69,751
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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
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Resolution 9:
Authorise Directors
to allot shares 92,061,443 99.27 676,327 0.73 1,081,539
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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
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Resolution 11:
Authorise Company
to purchase its
own shares (iii) 93,576,027 99.87 125,861 0.13 117,026
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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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