Last checked at 19 Jul 2021 10:55
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 July 2021
CAIRN ENERGY PLC ("Cairn" or "the Company")
Voting Result of General Meeting
1. Result of General Meeting held on 19 July 2021 - proposed acquisition of Western Desert interests, Arab Republic of Egypt
Cairn announces that at the General Meeting held earlier today, the resolution set out in the Notice of General Meeting put to the General Meeting was passed by the requisite majority.
The resolution put to the General Meeting was voted on by way of a poll and the result is set out in the table below. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.
FOR* | % | AGAINST | % | TOTAL VOTES CAST | % ISC VOTED** | WITHHELD*** |
364,465,225 | 99.88% | 436,355 | 0.12% | 364,901,580 | 73.09 | 14,369,656 |
* Includes discretionary votes.
** ISC means issued share capital. Total voting rights of the shares in issue: 499,267,656.
*** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted for the purposes of the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
2. Resolution Submitted to NSM
The Company has today submitted to the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) a copy of the resolution passed at the General Meeting. The NSM can be accessed at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
The resolution carried at the General Meeting is set out in full in the Notice of General Meeting which can be found on the Company's website at www.cairnenergy.com