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Cairn Energy PLC announced that a resolution regarding the proposed sale of its UK Catcher and Kraken interests was passed by shareholders at a General Meeting held on 28 October 2021. Shareholders cast 327,498,214 votes (95.40%) in favour and 15,799,223 votes (4.60%) against, representing 68.76% of the issued share capital. The Company subsequently submitted a copy of the resolution to the National Storage Mechanism on the same day.
| Date | 28 Oct 2021 |
| Time | 11:19:01 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 5914Q |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28 October 2021
CAIRN ENERGY PLC ("Cairn" or "the Company")
Voting Result of General Meeting
1. Result of General Meeting held on 28 October 2021 - proposed sale of UK Catcher and Kraken interests
Cairn announces that at the General Meeting held earlier today, the resolution set out in the Notice of General Meeting put to the General Meeting was passed by the requisite majority.
The resolution put to the General Meeting was voted on by way of a poll and the result is set out in the table below. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.
|
FOR* |
% |
AGAINST |
% |
TOTAL VOTES CAST |
% ISC VOTED** |
WITHHELD*** |
|
327,498,214 |
95.40% |
15,799,223 |
4.60% |
343,297,437 |
68.76 |
6,243 |
* Includes discretionary votes.
** ISC means issued share capital. Total voting rights of the shares in issue: 499,267,656.
*** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted for the purposes of the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
2. Resolution Submitted to NSM
The Company has today submitted to the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) a copy of the resolution passed at the General Meeting. The NSM can be accessed at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
The resolution carried at the General Meeting is set out in full in the Notice of General Meeting which can be found on the Company's website at www.cairnenergy.com