29 Oct 2020 11:38
29 October 2020
Victoria Oil & Gas Plc
("VOG" or "the Company")
Result of General Meeting ("the Meeting)
Victoria Oil and Gas Plc, is pleased to announce that, at the General Meeting of the Company held this morning, the ordinary resolution proposed in the Notice of the Meeting dated 28 September 2020, was duly passed.
A poll was held for the ordinary resolution and this was passed by the required majority. The results of the poll were as follows:
RESOLUTION | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | VOTESTOTAL | % of ISC VOTED | VOTESWITHHELD |
To receive and consider the Company's Annual Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2019
| 56,228,266 | 99.77 | 129,217 | 0.23 | 56,357,483 | 21.94 | 160,724 |
As at the date of the Meeting, the Company had 256,861,796 ordinary shares in issue, representing the total number of shares with entitlement to vote. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member has one vote for every share held. Votes withheld are not votes in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of vote "for" or "against" a resolution. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
The full text of the ordinary resolution may be found in the Notice of the General Meeting, copies of which are available on both the Company's website https://www.victoriaoilandgas.com/investor-relations/shareholder-meetings.
The poll results will also be posted on the Company's website.
Chairman
As announced in the Annual Report, following the General Meeting held today, Roger Kennedy has assumed the role of Non-Executive Chairman. With new management in place the Company neither needs the cost nor role of an Executive Chairman.
For further information, please visit www.victoriaoilandgas.com or contact:
Victoria Oil & Gas Plc
Roy Kelly Tel: +44 (0) 20 7921 8820
Kate Baldwin
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated and Financial Adviser)
Rory Murphy / James Dance / Jack Botros Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited (Joint Broker)
Mark Percy / Toby Gibbs (corporate advisory) Tel: +44 (0) 207 408 4090
Jerry Keen (corporate broking)
Camarco (Financial PR)
Billy Clegg Tel: +44 (0) 203 757 4983
Nick Hennis Tel: +44 (0) 203 781 8330