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JERSEY ELECTRICITY PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) - 4 MARCH 2021
The Company is pleased to announce that at its AGM held today, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the Meeting were duly passed on a poll.
For information, the proxy votes received were as follows:
Breakdown of Votes For | Total Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | |||||
Ordinary Resolution
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1 | To receive the accounts and the reports of the Directors and the Auditors thereon for the year ended 30 September 2020 | 1,014,583 | 20 | 0 | ||||
2 | To declare a dividend | 1,014,603 | 0 | 0 | ||||
3 | To re-elect PJ Austin as a Director of the Company | Majority Shareholder | 950,000 | |||||
Independent Shareholders | 64,600 | 1,014,600 | 0 | 0 | ||||
4 | To re-elect AA Bryce as a Director of the Company | Majority Shareholder | 950,000 | Total Votes For | ||||
Independent Shareholders | 64,600 | 1,014,600 | 3 | 0 | ||||
5 | To re-elect WJ Dorman as a Director of the Company | Majority Shareholder | 950,000 | Total Votes For | ||||
Independent Shareholders | 64,522 | 1,014,522 | 81 | 0 | ||||
6 | To re-elect T Taylor as a Director of the Company | Majority Shareholder | 950,000 | Total Votes For | ||||
Independent Shareholders | 64,597 | 1,014,597 | 6 | 0 | ||||
7 | To re-elect PM Simon as a Director of the Company | Majority Shareholder | 950,000 | Total Votes For | ||||
Independent Shareholders | 64,598 | 1,014,598 | 5 | 0 | ||||
8 | To re-elect A Astall as a Director of the Company | Majority Shareholder | 950,000 | Total Votes For | ||||
Independent Shareholders | 64,524 | 1,014,524 | 79 | 0 | ||||
9 | To re-elect CJ Ambler as a Director of the Company | Majority Shareholder | 950,000 | Total Votes For | ||||
Independent Shareholders | 64,045 | 1,014,045 | 558 | 0 | ||||
10 | To re-elect MP Magee as a Director of the Company | Majority Shareholder | 950,000 | Total Votes For | ||||
Independent Shareholders | 64,598 | 1,014,598 | 5 | 0 | ||||
11 | To re-appoint the Auditors and authorise the Directors to agree their remuneration
| 1,014,517 | 75 | 11 | ||||
Special Resolution | ||||||||
12 | To amend the articles of association of the company to include the following new article 112A after 112: | 1,014,556 | 9 | 38 | ||||
Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the Directors may make such arrangements as they deem fit to enable members simultaneously to attend and participate in a general meeting by any means (including by conference telephone or video) even though such members are not present in the same place, provided that the chairman of the meeting is satisfied that adequate facilities are available throughout the meeting to enable each member participating in the meeting to hear and speak to each other. A member participating in a general meeting in this way shall be deemed present at the meeting for all purposes, including for the purposes of voting and counting in the quorum, and the votes he is entitled to cast may be given electronically. | ||||||||
Notes:
1. A total of 1,014,603 votes were cast for each resolution;
2. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total;
3. The proxy votes shown reflect proxies received 48 hours before the time of the AGM. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being demanded, and a shareholder having lodged a proxy is still entitled to attend the AGM and vote their shares themselves as they see fit;
4. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the total number of votes cast on a resolution; and
5. As resolutions 3 - 8 relate to the re-appointment of independent directors, in accordance with Article 9.2.2E of the Listing Rules, details of both the shareholder and independent shareholders have been provided.
Enquiries:
Lisa Floris
Company Secretary
Jersey Electricity plc
PO Box 45, The Powerhouse
Queen's Road, St Helier
Jersey JE4 8NY
Tel: +44 (0) 1534 505253
Email: lfloris@jec.co.uk