4 Jun 2015 16:15
4 June 2015
London, Gatwick
Air Partner plc
("the Company")
RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 4 JUNE 2015
Air Partner plc confirms that all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting held at 11.00am today 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 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 2015 | 4,139,208 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 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 2015 | 4,125,067 | 99.85 | 6,368 | 0.15 | 7,773 |
3. To approve the Directors' remuneration policy in the form set out in the Company's Annual report for the year ended 31 January 2015 | 4,122,817 | 99.78 | 9,118 | 0.22 | 7,273 |
4. To declare a dividend for the year ended 31 January 2015 of 15.4 pence per share | 4,139,208 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5. To elect Peter Saunders as a director of the Company | 4,134,858 | 99.92 | 3,269 | 0.08 | 1,081 |
6. To re-elect Richard Everitt as a director of the Company | 4,136,792 | 99.96 | 1,673 | 0.04 | 743 |
7. To re-elect Mark Briffa as a director of the Company | 4,137,565 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.02 | 743 |
8. To re-elect Andrew Wood as a director of the Company | 4,137,565 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.02 | 743 |
9. To re-elect Neil Morris as a director of the Company | 4,136,865 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.02 | 1,443 |
10. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor to the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the 2016 AGM | 4,135,150 | 99.91 | 3,558 | 0.09 | 500 |
11. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor | 4,130,481 | 99.81 | 7,727 | 0.19 | 1,000 |
12: To authorise the directors to allot shares | 4,135,349 | 99.92 | 3,359 | 0.08 | 500 |
13: To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights* | 4,127,316 | 99.74 | 10,882 | 0.26 | 1,010 |
14: To authorise the directors to make market purchases of shares* | 4,122,557 | 99.6 | 16,641 | 0.4 | 10 |
15: To allow certain general meetings to be called on not less than 14 days' notice* | 4,133,602 | 99.88 | 4,853 | 0.12 | 753 |
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 4 June 2015, 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 39.6% 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/
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Enquiries:
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Air Partner | 01293 844570 |
Justin Scarborough, Director of Corporate Development and IR | |
Sally Chandler, Company Secretary | |
Temple Bar Advisory | 020 7002 1080 |
Tom Allison (07789 998020) | |
Alycia MacAskill |
About Air Partner:
Air Partner has been trading for over 50 years and is a world leading provider of aviation charter services to industry, commerce, governments and individuals worldwide. The Group is globally recognised as a leading charter broker and organises ad hoc aircraft charters of every type for any reason. Its three main divisions comprise Air Partner Private Jets, Air Partner Commercial Jets and Air Partner Freight. The Commercial Jets division charters large airliners to move groups of any size. Private Jets offers the company's pre-paid JetCard scheme and on-demand charter. With its headquarters alongside Gatwick airport in the UK, Air Partner operates 24/7 year-round and has 20 offices globally. Air Partner is also the only air charter broker in the UK certified ISO 9001:2008 compliant for commercial airline and private jet solutions worldwide. www.airpartner.com