Last checked at 24 May 2019 15:10
24 May 2019
Global Ports Holding PLC
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Company's AGM was held today 11.00.
Resolutions 1 to 12 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 13 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.
As at the close of business on 23 May 2019, the Company had 62,826,963 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in issue (with no shares held in treasury).
The final votes received in respect of each resolution put to the meeting were as set out below.
Votes for(includingdiscretionaryvotes) | %Votesfor | Votesagainst | %Votesagainst | Total numberof votesvalidly cast | % of theCompany'sissued sharecapitalrepresented byvotes validly cast | Voteswithheld* | ||
Ordinary Resolutions | ||||||||
1. | To receive the annual report and accounts | 51,100,309 | 100.00 | 391 | 0.00 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
2. | To approve the Directors' remuneration report | 49,384,872 | 99.97 | 13,916 | 0.03 | 49,398,788 | 78.63% | 1,701,912 |
3. | To declare a final dividend | 51,100,444 | 100.00 | 256 | 0.00 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
4. | To re-elect Mehmet Kutman as a Director | 50,819,163 | 99.45 | 281,537 | 0.55 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
5. | To re-elect Ayşegül Bensel as a Director | 42,932,332 | 84.02 | 8,168,368 | 15.98 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
6. | To re-elect Lord Mandelson as a Director | 51,097,781 | 99.99 | 2,919 | 0.01 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
7. | To re-elect Thierry Edmond Déau as a Director | 49,961,624 | 98.09 | 972,896 | 1.91 | 50,934,520 | 81.07% | 166,180 |
8. | To re-elect Jérôme Bernard Jean Auguste Bayle as a Director | 51,099,563 | 100.00 | 1,137 | 0.00 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
9. | To re-elect Thomas Josef Maier as a Director | 51,099,563 | 100.00 | 1,137 | 0.00 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
10. | To re-elect Ercan Nuri Ergül as a Director | 42,880,753 | 83.91 | 8,219,947 | 16.09 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
11. | To reappoint KPMG LLP of 15 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5GL, United Kingdom as the Company's auditors | 51,086,990 | 99.97 | 13,710 | 0.03 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
12. | To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board to fix the remuneration of the auditors | 51,099,563 | 100.00 | 1,137 | 0.00 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
Special Resolutions | ||||||||
13. | To give authority to allot securities up to a specified amount | 48,321,020 | 94.56 | 2,779,680 | 5.44 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
14. | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights for an allotment of equity securities for cash, up to a nominal amount not exceeding 5% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital | 50,919,887 | 99.97 | 14,359 | 0.03 | 50,934,246 | 81.07% | 166,454 |
15. | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights for an allotment of equity securities for cash used only for the purposes of financing an acquisition or capital investment, up to a nominal amount not exceeding 5% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital | 50,931,019 | 99.99 | 3,501 | 0.01 | 50,934,520 | 81.07% | 166,180 |
16. | To give authority to make market purchases of the Company's shares | 51,099,684 | 100.00 | 1,016 | 0.00 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
17. | To permit General Meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 48,498,619 | 94.91 | 2,602,081 | 5.09 | 51,100,700 | 81.34% | 0 |
*A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law. Votes "withheld" were not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against each of the resolutions.
In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Full details of the poll results will also be available on the Company's website: www.globalportsholding.com
Enquiries:
Global Ports Holding, Company Secretary
Alison Chilcott, Company Secretary
Telephone: +44 (0) 7752 169 354
Email: alisonc@globalportsholding.com