29 Jun 2016 16:58
Air Partner plc
("the Company")
RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 29 JUNE 2016
Air Partner plc confirms that all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting held at 11.00am today at the offices of Liberum Capital Limited, Ropemaker Place, Level 12, 25 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9LY 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 votes cast | Against | % of votes cast | Withheld 2 |
1.To receive the Directors' report, the financial statements and the auditor's report on the financial statements and the auditable part of the Director's remuneration report in the form set out in the Company's Annual report for the year ended 31 January 2016. | 4,056,720 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
2. To receive and approve the Directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the Directors' remuneration policy, in the form set out in the Company's Annual report for the year ended 31 January 2016. | 4,037,578 | 99.84 | 6,614 | 0.16 | 12,528 |
3. To approve the Directors' remuneration policy in the form set out in the Company's Annual report for the year ended 31 January 2016. | 4,037,578 | 99.84 | 6,614 | 0.16 | 12,528 |
4. To declare a dividend for the year ended 31 January 2016 of 16.9 pence per share. | 4,056,720 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
5. To elect Amanda Wills as a director of the Company. | 4,047,496 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.02 | 8,324 |
6. To elect Shaun Smith as a director of the Company. | 4,047,496 | 99.97 | 1,100 | 0.03 | 8,124 |
7. To re-elect Richard Everitt as a director of the Company. | 4,052,282 | 99.98 | 852 | 0.02 | 3,586 |
8. To re-elect Mark Briffa as a director of the Company. | 4,052,634 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4,086 |
9. To re-elect Neil Morris as a director of the Company. | 4,052,634 | 99.99 | 500 | 0.01 | 3,586 |
10. To re-elect Peter Saunders as a director of the Company. | 4,051,582 | 99.96 | 1,552 | 0.04 | 3,586 |
11. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor to the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the 2017 AGM. | 4,047,458 | 99.94 | 2,415 | 0.06 | 6,847 |
12. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor. | 4,047,808 | 99.96 | 1,565 | 0.04 | 7,347 |
13. To authorise the directors to amend the rules of The Air Partner Long Term Share Incentive Plan 2012. | 4,039,760 | 99.75 | 10,274 | 0.25 | 6,686 |
14. To authorise the directors to allot shares. | 4,047,882 | 99.78 | 8,838 | 0.22 | 0 |
15. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights* | 4,032,499 | 99.63 | 15,021 | 0.37 | 9,200 |
16. To authorise the directors to make market purchases of shares* | 4,037,886 | 99.62 | 15,356 | 0.38 | 3,478 |
17. To allow certain general meetings to be called on not less than 14 days' notice* | 4,048,367 | 99.92 | 3,353 | 0.08 | 5,000 |
Notes:
* Special resolution
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman 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.
On 29 June 2016, there were 10,443,513 Air Partner plc ordinary shares of 5 pence each in issue. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.
The proxy votes received, including votes withheld, amount to 38.84% of the issued share capital.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will also be available on the Air Partner plc website at http://www.airpartner.com/investors/ 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 http://www.airpartner.com/investors/
Ends
29 June 2016
Enquiries | |
Air Partner | |
Mark Briffa, CEO | 01293 844788 |
Neil Morris, CFO | 01293 844822 |
Sally Chandler, Company Secretary | 01293 844786
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Temple Bar Advisory (Financial PR advisor) | 020 7002 1080 |
Tom Allison | 07789 998 020 |
Ed Orlebar | |
Alycia MacAskill |
About Air Partner:
Founded in 1961, Air Partner is a global aviation services group that provides worldwide solutions to industry, commerce, governments and private individuals. The Group is structured into four reporting divisions: Commercial Jets, Private Jets, Freight and Baines Simmons. The Commercial Jet division charters large airliners to move groups of any size. Cabot Aviation, which is formed within the Commercial Jet division, provides comprehensive remarketing programmes for all types of commercial and corporate aircraft to a wide range of international clients. Private Jets offers the company's unique pre-paid JetCard scheme and on-demand charter. Air Partner Freight charters aircraft of every size to fly almost any cargo anywhere, at any time. Baines Simmons is a world leader in Aviation Safety Consulting which specialises in aviation regulation, compliance and safety management. Air Partner is headquartered alongside Gatwick airport in the UK. Air Partner operates 24/7 year-round and has 20 offices globally. Air Partner is listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIR) and is also ISO 9001:2008 compliant for commercial airline and private jet solutions worldwide. www.airpartner.com