Results of 2019 Annual General Meeting

26 Jun 2019 11:29

Results of 2019 Annual General Meeting

PRESS RELEASE

26 June 2019

WENTWORTH RESOURCES PLC ("Wentworth" or the "Company")

Result of 2019 Annual General Meeting

Wentworth, the AIM (AIM: WEN) listed independent, East Africa-focused oil & gas company advises that at its AGM, held today, all resolutions were passed. 

Prior to the meeting the following proxy votes were received by the Company from Shareholders:

		For		Against		Withheld
		No. of shares	% of votes	No. of shares	% of votes
Ordinary Resolutions
1	To receive the Company’s Annual Report and accounts 2018	93,287,950	100	0	0	0
2	To re-appoint Robert McBean as a director of the Company	90,667,550	97.19	2,620,400	2.81	0
3	To re-appoint John Bentley as a director of the Company	89,591,277	96.04	3,696,673	3.96	0
4	To re-appoint Eskil Jersing as a director of the Company	93,287,950	100	0	0	0
5	To re-appoint Katherine Roe as a director of the Company	92,211,677	98.85	1,076,273	1.15	0
6	To re-appoint Tim Bushell as a director of the Company	93,287,950	100	0	0	0
7	To re-appoint Iain McLaren as a director of the Company	93,287,950	100	0	0	0
8	To re-appoint KPMG as auditors of the Company	90,667,550	100	0	0	2,620,400
9	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	83,589,853	89.60	9,698,097	10.4	0
10	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	75,729,352	81.18	17,558,598	18.82	0
Special Resolutions
11	To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of shares	75,729,352	100	0	0	17,558,598
12	To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of shares in additional limited circumstances	73,108,952	78.37	20,178,998	21.63	0
13	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	90,667,550	97.19	2,620,400	2.81	0

*NB percentage of votes cast excludes votes withheld

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Enquiries: Wentworth	Eskil Jersing,Chief Executive Officer Katherine Roe,Chief Financial Officer	eskil.jersing@wentplc.com+44 7717 847623 katherine.roe@wentplc.com+44 7841 087230
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited	AIM Nominated Adviser and Broker Callum Stewart Ashton ClanfieldSimon Mensley	+44 (0) 20 7710 7600
Peel Hunt LLP	Broker (UK) Richard Crichton Ross Allister	+44 (0) 20 7418 8900
Vigo	Investor Relations Adviser (UK) Patrick d’AnconaChris McMahon	+44 (0) 20 7390 0230

About Wentworth Resources

Wentworth Resources is a publicly traded ( AIM: WEN), independent oil & gas company with natural gas production, exploration and appraisal opportunities in the onshore Rovuma Delta Basin of coastal southern Tanzania.

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