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27 May 2015
EnQuest PLC ("EnQuest" or the "Company")
Voting results of the Annual General Meeting held on 27 May 2015
EnQuest announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting and put to the meeting were passed by the requisite majority.
Set out below are the voting proxies in respect of the resolutions received by the Company at the close of register on 25 May 2015. The number of ordinary shares in issue was 802,660,757.
Resolution | For * | % | Against | % | Votes Total | Withheld ** |
Resolution 1 Annual Report & Accounts | 439,613,079
| 98.545%
| 6,488,883
| 1.455%
| 446,101,962
| 3,634,578
|
Resolution 2 Re-election of James Buckee | 440,801,647
| 98.251%
| 7,847,557
| 1.749%
| 448,649,204
| 1,087,336
|
Resolution 3 Re-election of Amjad Bseisu | 431,019,782
| 96.071%
| 17,628,518
| 3.929%
| 448,648,300
| 1,088,240
|
Resolution 4 Re-election of Jonathan Swinney | 446,969,948
| 99.626%
| 1,678,764
| 0.374%
| 448,648,712
| 1,087,828
|
Resolution 5 Re-election of Helmut Langanger | 440,054,676
| 98.085%
| 8,590,214
| 1.915%
| 448,644,890
| 1,091,650
|
Resolution 6 Re-election of Jock Lennox | 444,712,283
| 99.226%
| 3,469,842
| 0.774%
| 448,182,125
| 1,554,415
|
Resolution 7 Re-election of Phil Nolan | 447,480,088
| 99.740%
| 1,168,646
| 0.260%
| 448,648,734
| 1,087,972
|
Resolution 8 Re-election of Clare Spottiswoode | 443,512,525
| 98.856%
| 5,133,256
| 1.144%
| 448,645,781
| 1,090,759
|
Resolution 9 Re-appointment of auditor | 441,150,629
| 98.430%
| 7,036,369
| 1.570%
| 448,186,998
| 1,549,542
|
Resolution | For* | % | Against | % | Votes Total | Withheld** |
Resolution 10 Authority to set auditor remuneration | 445,082,647
| 99.205%
| 3,564,887
| 0.795%
| 448,647,534
| 1,089,006
|
Resolution 11 Directors' Remuneration Report | 364,068,292
| 90.732%
| 37,188,981
| 9.268%
| 401,257,273
| 48,479,267
|
Resolution 12 Political Donations | 444,088,566
| 99.552%
| 1,996,616
| 0.448%
| 446,085,182
| 3,651,358
|
Resolution 13 Authority to allot shares | 448,490,154
| 99.972%
| 126,931
| 0.028%
| 448,617,085
| 1,119,455
|
Resolution 14*** Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 448,519,024
| 99.975%
| 110,075
| 0.025%
| 448,629,099
| 1,107,441
|
Resolution 15*** Authority to purchase own shares | 448,285,072
| 99.922%
| 348,419
| 0.078%
| 448,633,491
| 1,103,049
|
* Includes discretionary votes
** 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' or 'Against' a resolution.
*** Indicates a Special Resolution,
The full text of each resolution, along with details of the proxy votes received by the Company before the AGM in respect of each resolution, will be available on the Company's website, www.enquest.com
The Company has today submitted to the National Storage Mechanism copies of the Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting and these will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
ENDS
For further information please contact:
EnQuest PLC Tel: +44 (0)20 7925 4900
Stefan Ricketts (Company Secretary)