29 Jun 2012 16:41

29 June 2012
RURELEC PLC
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("Rurelec" or "the Company")
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Result of Annual General Meeting
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Rurelec, the AIM quoted independent power plant developer with operations in South America,
is pleased to announce that at the Company's General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions were duly passed.
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Voting on each Resolution was as follows:
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Resolution 1: 99.98 per cent in favour out of the votes cast being 301,264,075 shares voted in favour out of a possible total of 420,671,505 shares eligible to vote on this motion.
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Resolution 2: 99.98 per cent in favour out of the votes cast being 301,264,075 shares voted in favour out of a possible total of 420,671,505 shares eligible to vote on this motion.
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Resolution 3: 99.98 per cent in favour out of the votes cast being 301,264,075 shares voted in favour out of a possible total of 420,671,505 shares eligible to vote on this motion.
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Resolution 4: 99.98 per cent in favour out of the votes cast being 301,262,075 shares voted in favour out of a possible total of 420,671,505 shares eligible to vote on this motion.
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Resolution 5: 99.98 per cent in favour out of the votes cast being 295,612,075 shares voted in favour out of a possible total of 420,671,505 shares eligible to vote on this motion.
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Resolution 6: 99.97 per cent in favour out of the votes cast being 301,248,575 shares voted in favour out of a possible total of 420,671,505 shares eligible to vote on this motion.
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Resolution 7: 99.97 per cent in favour out of the votes cast being 301,250,075 shares voted in favour out of a possible total of 420,671,505 shares eligible to vote on this motion.
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Commenting on the placing and results of the General Meeting, Peter Earl, CEO of Rurelec said:
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"The Directors are pleased to have received strong shareholder support for all our resolutions at today's AGM. In particular and upon a settlement of our arbitration against Bolivia, we now have the option to buy back a significant number of our shares returning some value back to our shareholders."
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For further information contact:
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Peter Earl, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0)20 7793 5610
Elizabeth Shaw, Finance Director
Ana Ribeiro, Head of Communications
www.rurelec.com
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Nominated Adviser: Daniel Stewart & Company PLC
Paul Shackleton / Noelle Greenway +44 (0)20 7776 6550
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Brokers: XCAP Securities +44 (0)20 73216 2667
Jon Belliss/ Halimah Hussain
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