11 Jan 2023 13:42
11 January 2023
Hurricane Energy plc
("Hurricane" or the "Company")
Result of Voting at General Meeting
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company, announces the result of its General Meeting ("GM"), in connection with the Company's proposed capital reduction, held on 11 January 2023. The GM was held at The Library Suite, Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA. The resolution contained in the Notice of Meeting was put to the GM, voted on by way of a poll, and duly approved.
The total number of votes received on the resolution put to the GM, (as more fully disclosed in the Notice of Meeting available on the Company's website), was as follows:
# | Resolution | VotesFOR | % | Votes AGAINST | % | Votes TOTAL | % ISC Voted | Votes WITHELD |
1. | That, the share premium account of the Company be cancelled.
|
591,727,998 |
99.56% |
2,618,451 |
0.44% |
594,346,449 |
29.84% |
1,173,278 |
Notes:
Computershare Investor Services PLC acted as scrutineer of the poll on the resolution.
· A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes cast "For" or "Against" the resolution, nor in the calculation of the "% ISC Voted" for any resolution.
· Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution at the GM, excluding any "Withheld" votes.
· "% ISC Voted" denotes the votes validly cast for each resolution as a percentage of the issued share capital of 1,991,871,556 shares as at 9 January 2023, being the last date for submission of votes by proxy in advance of the GM.
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Contacts:
Hurricane Energy plc Antony Maris, Chief Executive Officer communications@Hurricaneenergy.com
| +44 (0)1483 862820 |
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited Financial Adviser, Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker Callum Stewart / Jason Grossman
| +44 (0)20 7710 7600 |
Investec Bank plc Joint Corporate Broker Chris Sim / Charles Craven / Jarrett Silver
| +44 (0)20 7597 5970 |
Vigo Consulting Public Relations Patrick d'Ancona / Ben Simons Hurricane@vigoconsulting.com | +44 (0)20 7390 0230 |
Inside Information
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Rule 26.1 disclosure
In accordance with Rule 26.1 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, a copy of this announcement will be available (subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in restricted jurisdictions) at www.Hurricaneenergy.com by no later than 12 noon (London time) on the business day following the date of this announcement. The content of the website referred to in this announcement is not incorporated into and does not form part of this announcement.