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27 April 2016
Genel Energy plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of Genel Energy plc held today, Wednesday 27 April 2016, all resolutions put to the meeting were passed by shareholders on a poll. The number of ordinary shares of £0.10p each in the Company in issue at the date of the meeting was 278,382,478 and each share attracted one vote.
The results were as follows:
Resolutions | For | % | Against | % | Withheld | Total lodged |
1. To receive the accounts and the reports of the directors and the auditors for the year ended 31 December 2015. | 179,410,590 | 100.00 | 435 | 0.00 | 1,000,000 | 179,411,025 |
2. To approve the annual report on remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2015. | 158,059,457 | 90.82 | 15,981,568 | 9.18 | 6,370,000 | 174,041,025 |
3. To re-elect Dr Tony Hayward as a non-executive director. | 171,372,170 | 98.76 | 2,150,352 | 1.24 | 6,888,503 | 173,522,522 |
4. To elect Mr Murat Özgül as an executive director. | 179,403,626 | 100.00 | 6,899 | 0.00 | 1,000,500 | 179,410,525 |
5. To elect Mr Simon Lockett as a non-executive director. | 179,406,341 | 100.00 | 4,684 | 0.00 | 1,000,000 | 179,411,025 |
6. To re-elect Mr Mehmet Öğütçü as a non-executive director. | 179,408,541 | 100.00 | 2,484 | 0.00 | 1,000,000 | 179,411,025 |
7. To re-elect Mr George Rose as a non-executive director. | 179,408,489 | 100.00 | 2,536 | 0.00 | 1,000,000 | 179,411,025 |
8. To re-elect Mr Nathaniel Rothschild as a non-executive director. | 179,350,623 | 99.99 | 10,402 | 0.01 | 1,050,000 | 179,361,025 |
9. To re-elect Mr Chakib Sbiti as a non-executive director | 179,408,541 | 100.00 | 2,484 | 0.00 | 1,000,000 | 179,411,025 |
10. To re-elect Mrs Gulsun Nazli Karamehmet Williams as a non-executive director. | 179,402,887 | 100.00 | 8,138 | 0.00 | 1,000,000 | 179,411,025 |
11. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's auditors. | 178,863,167 | 99.69 | 547,858 | 0.31 | 1,000,000 | 179,411,025 |
12. To authorise the board of directors to set the auditors' fees. | 179,410,518 | 100.00 | 487 | 0.00 | 1,000,000 | 179,411,005 |
13. To give the Company limited authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure. | 159,574,015 | 89.21 | 19,291,489 | 10.79 | 1,545,521 | 178,865,504 |
14. To authorise the Company to purchase its ordinary shares. | 178,863,942 | 99.70 | 547,063 | 0.30 | 1,000,020 | 179,411,005 |
15. To permit the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 178,626,741 | 99.56 | 784,264 | 0.44 | 1,000,020 | 179,411,005 |
The full text of the resolutions may be found in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available on both the Company's website www.genelenergy.com and on the National Storage Mechanism www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
A copy of the special resolutions (resolutions 14 and 15) passed at the Annual General Meeting, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
For further information please contact:
Genel Energy Sarah Robertson, Company Secretary Phil Corbett, Head of Investor Relations | +44 20 7659 5100 |