8 Jul 2021 16:23
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 | For1 | % of votes cast | Against | % of votes cast | Withheld2 |
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 |
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Mark Briffa, CEO |
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Joanne Estell, CFO |
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TB Cardew (Financial PR advisor) |
020 7930 0777 | |
Tom Allison | 07789 998 020 | |
Joe McGregor | 07766 231 520 | |
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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).