5 Jun 2014 14:36
Air Partner plc
("the Company")
RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 5 JUNE 2014
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 audited accounts of the Company, the directors' reports and the auditor's report for the period ended 31 January 2014 | 4,522,708 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2: To declare a final dividend for the 18 month period to 31 January 2014 of 14.0 pence per share | 4,522,708 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3: To approve the directors' remuneration policy | 4,504,767 | 99.71 | 13,175 | 0.29 | 4,766 |
4: To approve the directors' remuneration report for the 18 month period ended 31 January 2014 | 4,506,017 | 99.73 | 12,275 | 0.27 | 4,416 |
5: To elect Grahame Chilton as a director of the Company | 4,521,370 | 99.98 | 1,000 | 0.02 | 338 |
6: To elect Neil Morris as a director of the Company | 4,522,570 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 138 |
7: To re-elect Richard Everitt as a director of the Company | 4,522,208 | 99.99 | 500 | 0.01 | 0 |
8; To re-elect Mark Briffa as a director of the Company | 4,522,708 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9: To re-elect Andrew Wood as a director of the Company | 4,522,208 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 500 |
10: To re-elect Charles Pollard as a director of the Company | 4,522,208 | 99.99 | 500 | 0.01 | 0 |
11: To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor to the Company until the conclusion of the next AGM and to authorise the directors to set the auditor's remuneration | 4,518,920 | 99.96 | 1,696 | 0.04 | 2,092 |
12: To authorise the directors to allot shares | 4,516,612 | 99.87 | 6,096 | 0.13 | 0 |
13: To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights* | 4,503,763 | 99.68 | 14,277 | 0.32 | 4,668 |
14: To authorise the directors to make market purchases of shares* | 4,509,773 | 99.78 | 9,718 | 0.22 | 3,217 |
15: To allow certain general meetings to be called on not less than 14 days' notice* | 4,510,796 | 99.74 | 11,912 | 0.26 | 0 |
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 5 June 2014, there were 10,261,393 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 44.07% 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.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
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
5 June 2014
Enquiries:
Air Partner plc
Michael Anscombe +44 (0) 1293 844786
Company Secretary
Temple Bar Advisory +44 (0) 20 7002 1080
Tom Allison (M.07789 998020)
Joanna Crawford
About Air Partner plc
Air Partner plc (LSE: AIP) 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