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31 December 2012
Ceres Power Holdings plc
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Ceres Power Holdings Plc ("Ceres" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all of the Resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting sent to Shareholders on 8 December 2012 were duly passed.
The results of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting are reported below:
Ordinary Resolutions | Votes in favour | Votes against | Votes withheld | Total proxies cast |
1 - To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2012, together with the reports of the Directors of the Company and auditors of the Company on those accounts. |
260,267,926 |
8,870 |
2,592 |
260,276,796 |
2 i) To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company, and ii) To authorise the Board, through the Audit Committee, to fix their remuneration |
242,675,800 |
17,596,294 |
7,294 |
260,272,094 |
3 - To elect Mike Lloyd as a Director of the Company |
260,263,736 |
8,870 |
6,782 |
260,272,606 |
4 - To elect Alan Aubrey as a Director of the Company |
242,720,675 |
17,551,931 |
6,782 |
260,272,606 |
5 - To elect Michael Bretherton as a Director of the Company |
242,720,675 |
17,551,931 |
6,782 |
260,272,606 |
6 - To elect Steve Callaghan as a Director of the Company |
259,163,933 |
1,108,673 |
6,782 |
260,272,606 |
7 - To elect Robert Trezona as a Director of the Company |
241,620,872 |
18,651,734 |
6,782 |
260,272,606 |
8 - That the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the Company to allot relevant securities, in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006. |
260,263,001 |
9,978 |
6,409 |
260,272,979 |
Special Resolution |
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9 - That the Directors be and are hereby given power to allot equity securities for cash, in accordance with sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 |
260,268,001 |
9,978 |
1,409 |
260,277,979 |
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For further information please contact:
Ceres Power Holdings plc Rex Vevers, Finance Director |
Tel. +44 (0) 1403 273 463
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Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Chris Sim / James Ireland |
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7597 4000
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Kreab Gavin Anderson & Company Ken Cronin
| Tel. +44 (0)20 7074 1800 |
Notes to editors:
Ceres Power is a leading developer of clean, efficient, cost‐effective fuel cell technology for use in decentralised energy products that reduce operating costs, lower CO2 emissions and improve energy security. The Company's mass manufacturable technology platform, the Fuel Cell Module, is based on the Company's unique patented intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell technology operating on mains natural gas or in the future a range of other fuels including packaged fuels, such as LPG. The Company is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, and has facilities in Horsham and Crawley, UK, including a pilot-scale fuel cell manufacturing facility.