7 Apr 2020 16:00
7 April 2020
ROCKROSE ENERGY PLC
(the "Company" or "RockRose")
Annual General MeetingFinal Dividend
RockRose Energy plc (LON: RRE), the independent oil and gas production company, announces that it will hold its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 10:00 a.m. on 30 April 2020.
The Notice of AGM, together with Proxy Form, has been posted to shareholders today. The Notice of AGM will shortly also be available on the Company's website: www.rockroseenergy.com.
As announced as part of the Company's full year results on 6 April 2020, we will be asking shareholders to approve a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2019 of 25p per share, bringing the total for 2019 to 85p per share. Subject to shareholder approval, the record date for the final dividend will be 17 April 2020 and it will be payable on 7 May 2020 to shareholders on the register at close of business on 17 April 2020 (the ex-dividend date will be 16 April 2020).
Please note that arrangements for the AGM this year are different from those of previous years. As we expect significant restrictions on personal movement to still be in place due to Covid-19, we are utilising provisions in our articles of association, and certain associated discretionary powers for the orderly conduct of meetings, to facilitate the holding of the meeting on an electronic platform. Accordingly, this year's AGM will be an electronic meeting only. All voting at the resolutions at the AGM will be conducted on a poll which means that you should submit your proxy (by post, email or online voting) as soon as possible. We ask that all question which shareholders wish to raise be submitted to info@rockroseenergy.com in advance.
The platform that we will be using will allow shareholders the option to submit a separate poll card as they "exit" the electronic meeting but, to ease administration, we request that proxies be lodged in advance wherever possible.
Full details of the operation and arrangements for the AGM are set out in the Notice of AGM.
We are also taking the opportunity to adopt new articles of association to allow semi-virtual or hybrid meetings as we believe this may be a way to facilitate and enhance shareholder engagement at future meetings.
For further information, please contact:
RockRose Energy plc +44 (0)20 3826 4800
www.rockroseenergy.com
Financial Adviser:
Hannam & Partners (Advisory) LLP
Giles Fitzpatrick / Andrew Chubb +44 (0)20 7907 8500
Brokers:
Whitman Howard
Hugh Rich / Nick Lovering +44 (0)20 7659 1261 / 1224
Financial PR:
Celicourt
Mark Antelme / Philip Dennis / Ollie Mills +44 (0)20 8434 2643