9 Jun 2015 15:31
Ruspetro plc
9 June 2015
Ruspetro plc ("Ruspetro" or the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
London 9 June 2015: Ruspetro plc (LSE: RPO) held its Annual General Meeting today, 9 June 2015, at White & Case LLP, 5 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1DW. All resolutions proposed to the meeting were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1-13 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14-16 were proposed as special resolutions. The full results of the poll are set out below:
Resolutions | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | |||
Number | % | Number | % | |||
1 | To receive the Annual Report & Accounts | 672,041,360 | 99.98% | 111,890 | 0.02% | 0 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 671,911,657 | 99.97% | 227,565 | 0.03% | 14,028 |
3 | To elect Sergey Gordeev as a Director | 671,991,685 | 99.98% | 161,565 | 0.02% | 0 |
4 | To re-elect Kirill Androsov as a Director | 671,991,376 | 99.98% | 161,874 | 0.02% | 0 |
5 | To re-elect Alexander Chistyakov as a Director | 672,037,575 | 99.99% | 49,675 | 0.01% | 66,000 |
6 | To re-elect John Conlin as a Director | 671,991,685 | 99.98% | 161,565 | 0.02% | 0 |
7 | To re-elect Maurice Dijols as a Director | 671,991,685 | 99.98% | 161,565 | 0.02% | 0 |
8 | To re-elect Robert Jenkins as a Director | 671,991,685 | 99.98% | 161,565 | 0.02% | 0 |
9 | To re-elect Frank Monstrey as a Director | 672,103,575 | 99.99% | 49,675 | 0.01% | 0 |
10 | To re-elect Mark Pearson as a Director | 672,103,575 | 99.99% | 49,675 | 0.01% | 0 |
11 | To re-appoint the Auditor | 671,975,360 | 99.97% | 177,890 | 0.03% | 0 |
12 | To authorise the Directors to set the remuneration of the Auditor | 671,991,685 | 99.98% | 161,565 | 0.02% | 0 |
13 | To give authority to allot shares | 671,991,685 | 99.98% | 161,565 | 0.02% | 0 |
14 | To dis-apply pre-emption rights* | 671,991,685 | 99.99% | 49,675 | 0.01% | 111,890 |
15 | To authorise the purchase of its own shares by the Company* | 672,041,360 | 99.98% | 111,890 | 0.02% | 0 |
16 | To authorise the Company to call a general meeting of shareholders on not less than 14 days' clear notice* | 671,991,685 | 99.99% | 49,675 | 0.01% | 111,890 |
* Special Resolution
As set out in the Notice of Meeting, the Company also announces the result of voting by independent shareholders in respect of resolutions 7 - 10:
Resolutions | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | |||
Number | % | Number | % | |||
7 | To re-elect Maurice Dijols as a Director | 245,127,299 | 99.93% | 161,565 | 0.07% | 0 |
8 | To re-elect Robert Jenkins as a Director | 245,127,299 | 99.93% | 161,565 | 0.07% | 0 |
9 | To re-elect Frank Monstrey as a Director | 245,239,189 | 99.98% | 49,675 | 0.02% | 0 |
10 | To re-elect Mark Pearson as a Director | 245,239,189 | 99.98% | 49,675 | 0.02% | 0 |
The Company's registrar, Capita Asset Services, acted as scrutineer of the poll.
As at the date of the AGM, the Company had 870,112,016 ordinary shares in issue. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury and therefore the number of total voting rights as at the date of the AGM was 870,112,016. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member who is present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.
Note that a "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and have not been included in the calculation of votes "for" and "against" each resolution. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions which constitute special business at the AGM (being resolutions 13-16) will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of AGM which, alongside the AGM presentation, may be found on the Company's website at http://www.ruspetro.com/investors/general-meetings/.
Enquiries
Ruspetro plc
John Conlin, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0)20 7318 1630
Alexander Betsky, Finance Director +44 (0)20 7318 1630
Finlay Thomson, Investor Relations +44 (0)7976 248471
FTI Consulting
Ben Brewerton, George Parker +44 (0)20 3727 1000
About Ruspetro
Ruspetro plc is an independent oil and gas development and production company, with assets in the Western Siberia region of the Russian Federation. Our mission is to unlock the tight oil reservoirs in our asset base while building a leading regional independent E&P company in a safe and environmentally responsible manner for the long-term benefit of our shareholders.