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RNS Number : 1607C

Tullow Oil PLC

16 June 2021

Wednesday 16 June 2021

Tullow Oil plc ("Tullow" or the "Company")

RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

HELD ON WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE 2021

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          %        VOTES        % OF      VOTES 
                                                               AGAINST                  TOTAL        ISC      WITHELD 
                                                                                                    VOTES 
 1. To receive and adopt the 
  Company's annual accounts 
  for the financial year ended 
  31 December 2019                   858,877,588   99.99%    52,836        0.01%     858,930,424   60.15%    609,121 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 2. To approve the Annual 
  Statement 
  by the Chair of 
  the Remuneration Committee 
  and the Remuneration Report        700,791,473   81.55%    158,497,388   18.45%    859,288,861   60.17%    250,684 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 3. To re-elect Mike Daly as 
  a Director.                        858,945,739   99.95%    466,506       0.05%     859,412,245   60.18%    127,300 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 4. To re-elect Martin Greenslade 
  as a Director.                     850,676,717   98.99%    8,714,385     1.01%     859,391,102   60.18%    148,443 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 5. To re-elect Sheila Khama 
  as a Director.                     840,074,944   97.77%    19,174,563    2.23%     859,249,507   60.17%    289,157 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 6. To re- elect Genevieve 
  Sangudi as a Director.             840,060,574   97.77%    19,190,684    2.23%     859,251,258   60.17%    288,287 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 7. To re-elect Dorothy Thompson 
  as a Director.                     640,318,611   74.70%    216,813,827   25.30%    857,132,438   60.02%    2,407,107 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 8. To re-elect Jeremy Wilson 
  as a Director.                     783,760,426   91.84%    69,624,545    8.16%     853,384,971   59.76%    6,154,574 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 9. To re-elect Les Wood as 
  a Director.                        840,140,373   97.76%    19,261,386    2.24%     859,401,759   60.18%    137,786 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 10. To elect Rahul Dhir as 
  a Director.                        859,285,596   99.99%    92,868        0.01%     859,378,464   60.18%    161,081 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 11. To elect Mitchell Ingram 
  as a Director.                     859,243,583   99.98%    136,430       0.02%     859,380,013   60.18%    159,532 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 12. To appoint Ernst & Young 
  LLP as auditor of the Company      859,033,340   99.96%    348,649       0.04%     859,381,989   60.18%    157,556 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 13. To authorise the Audit 
  Committee to determine the 
  remuneration of Ernst & Young 
  LLP.                               858,876,663   99.94%    477,888       0.06%     859,354,551   60.18%    184,994 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 14. That the Board of Directors 
  of the Company 
  be authorised to allot shares 
  in the Company and to grant 
  rights to subscribe for or 
  to convert any securities 
  into 
  shares in the Company.             815,438,916   94.88%    44,011,792    5.12%     859,450,708   60.18%    88,837 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 15. To approve the Tullow 
  Oil plc 2021 Save As You Earn 
  employee share scheme.             859,284,958   99.98%    146,338       0.02%     859,431,296   60.18%    107,957 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 *16. That, if Resolution 14 
  is passed, the Board of 
  Directors 
  of the Company be empowered 
  to allot equity securities 
  for cash and/or to sell 
  ordinary 
  shares held by the Company 
  as treasury shares for cash.       696,356,008   81.03%    162,977,866   18.97%    859,333,874   60.18%    205,671 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 *17. That the Company be 
  authorised 
  to hold general meetings on 
  no less than 14 clear days' 
  notice.                            812,993,324   94.60%    46,443,582    5.40%     859,436,906   60.18%    102,639 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 *18. That the Company be 
  authorised 
  pursuant to section 701 of 
  the Companies Act 2006 ('the 
  Act') to make market purchases 
  of ordinary shares of GBP0.10 
  each in the capital of the 
  Company ('Ordinary Shares') 
  on such terms and in such 
  manner as the Board of 
  Directors 
  of the Company may from time 
  to time determine.                 858,666,209   99.94%    482,436       0.06%     859,148,645   60.16%    390,900 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 19. To approve new articles 
  of association to authorise 
  the Company to hold hybrid 
  general meetings.                  859,067,610   99.96%    344,377       0.04%     859,411,987   60.18%    127,558 
                                   -------------  -------  -------------  -------  -------------  -------  ----------- 
 

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 Board notes that Resolution 7 had a significant number (25.30%) of votes cast against it but, being an Ordinary Resolution, was passed. The Board will continue its ongoing dialogue with Shareholders and consult as appropriate to fully understand any concerns in relation to this resolution. In accordance with the provisions of the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code, the Board shall provide an update on this engagement within six months of the AGM.

(6) The number of shares in issue at 6.00 p.m. on .14 June 2021 was 1,428,016,222 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 this note (6).

(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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. 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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