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18 June 2021
Ceres Power Holdings plc
("Ceres Power" or the "Company")
Result of the Annual General Meeting
Ceres Power Holdings plc (AIM: CWR) is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held yesterday at Roffey Park Institute, Forest Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 4TB, all resolutions were duly passed.
The results of the proxy vote on the resolutions put at the Annual General Meeting were as follows:
For and discretionary Number (%) | Against Number (%) | Votes withheld Number | Total votes cast exc. withheld Number | % of issuedshare capital represented by the votes cast | |
Ordinary Resolutions | |||||
1. To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the financial period ended 31 December 2020, together with the reports of the Directors of the Company (the "Board") and the auditor of the Company on those accounts. | 124,749,198 (100.00%) | 4,388 (0.00%) | 1,858,828 | 124,753,586 | 65.52% |
2. To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor of the Company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting and to authorise the Board, through the Audit Committee, to fix its remuneration. | 122,160,279 (96.49%) | 4,445,662 (3.51%) | 6,473 | 126,605,941 | 66.49% |
3. To elect Mr William Tudor Brown who will stand for election as a Director of the Company. | 121,082,266 (96.37%) | 4,559,163 (3.63%) | 970,985 | 125,641,429 | 65.98% |
4. To re-elect Mr Philip Caldwell, who is retiring by rotation, as a Director of the Company. | 122,096,160 (96.44%) | 4,512,713 (3.56%) | 3,541 | 126,608,873 | 66.49% |
5. To re-elect Mr Stephen Callaghan, who is retiring by rotation, as a Director of the Company. | 120,355,764 (95.06%) | 6,252,709 (4.94%) | 3,941 | 126,608,473 | 66.49% |
6. To re-elect Mr Aidan Hughes, who is retiring by rotation, as a Director of the Company. | 120,934,000 (95.52%) | 5,674,473 (4.48%) | 3,941 | 126,608,473 | 66.49% |
7. To authorise the Directors to allot certain shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006. | 111,733,437 (88.93%) | 13,909,409 (11.07%) | 969,568 | 125,642,846 | 65.98% |
8. To authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash without the application of statutory pre-emption rights in certain instances, as if section 561 of the Act 2006 did not apply. | 123,211,819 (99.87%) | 155,343 (0.13%) | 3,245,252 | 123,367,162 | 64.79% |
9. To further authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash without the application of statutory pre-emption rights in certain instances, as if section 561 of the Act 2006 did not apply, for the purposes of financing transactions. | 120,557,839 (97.72%) | 2,808,917 (2.28%) | 3,245,658 | 123,366,756 | 64.79% |
For further information visit ceres.tech or contact:
Ceres Power Holdings plc Elizabeth Skerritt | Tel: +44 (0)7932 023 283 | |
Investec Bank PLC (NOMAD & Joint Broker) Jeremy Ellis / Patrick Robb/ Ben Griffiths |
Tel: +44 (0)207 597 5970 | |
Berenberg (Joint Broker) Ben Wright / Mark Whitmore |
Tel: +44 (0)203 207 7800 | |
Madano Harry Spencer/ Lewis Popplewell |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7250 1446 |
About Ceres Power
Ceres is a world-leading developer of next generation solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and electrochemical technology. Its asset-light, licensing model has seen it establish partnerships with some of the world's largest engineering and technology companies, such as Weichai in China, Bosch in Germany, Miura in Japan, and Doosan in South Korea, to develop systems and products that address climate change and air quality challenges for transportation, industry, data centres and everyday living. Ceres is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") (AIM: CWR) and is classified by the LSE Green Economy Mark, which recognises listed companies that derive more than 50% of their activity from the green economy.