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| Date | 31 May 2024 |
| Time | 12:30:00 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 6880Q |
EnQuest PLC
("EnQuest" or the "Company")
Voting results of the Annual General Meeting held on 30 May 2024
EnQuest announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held yesterday, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting and put to the meeting were passed by the requisite majority by way of a poll. The results of the poll are set out below:
|
Resolution |
For * |
% |
Against |
% |
Withheld ** |
|
|
1
|
Annual Report & Accounts 2023 |
965,836,187 |
99.99% |
87,514 |
0.01% |
10,646,415 |
|
2
|
Re-election of Amjad Bseisu |
965,446,297 |
98.87% |
11,073,760 |
1.13% |
50,059 |
|
3
|
Election of Jonathan Copus |
976,304,967 |
99.98% |
243,635 |
0.02% |
21,514 |
|
4
|
Re-election of Gareth Penny |
934,699,932 |
95.71% |
41,861,122 |
4.29% |
9,062 |
|
5
|
Re-election Farina Khan |
946,624,207 |
96.94% |
29,924,394 |
3.06% |
21,515 |
|
6
|
Election of Michael Borrell |
976,307,326 |
99.98% |
241,276 |
0.02% |
21,514 |
|
7
|
Election of Rosalind Kainyah |
976,291,060 |
99.97% |
257,542 |
0.03% |
21,514 |
|
8 |
Election of Marianne Daryabegui |
976,194,811 |
99.96% |
354,060 |
0.04% |
21,245 |
|
9 |
Re-appointment of auditor |
976,297,647 |
99.98% |
216,900 |
0.02% |
55,569 |
|
10 |
Authority to set auditor remuneration |
976,391,276 |
99.98% |
152,950 |
0.02% |
25,890 |
|
11 |
Directors' Remuneration Report |
831,425,573 |
85.31% |
143,211,212 |
14.69% |
1,933,331 |
|
12 |
Directors' Remuneration Policy |
951,492,134 |
97.44% |
25,026,131 |
2.56% |
51,851 |
|
13 |
Political Donations |
965,165,774 |
99.91% |
845,138 |
0.09% |
10,559,204 |
|
14 |
Authority to allot shares |
975,866,202 |
99.94% |
610,667 |
0.06% |
93,247 |
|
15*** |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
952,323,439 |
97.53% |
24,140,978 |
2.47% |
105,699 |
|
16*** |
Further disapplication of pre-emption rights |
899,997,664 |
92.17% |
76,447,373 |
7.83% |
125,079 |
|
17*** |
Authority to purchase own shares |
965,889,305 |
98.91% |
10,656,685 |
1.09% |
24,126 |
|
18*** |
Authority to call general meeting not less than 14 days |
960,920,627 |
98.40% |
15,648,375 |
1.60% |
1,114 |
* Includes discretionary votes
** 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' or 'Against' a resolution
*** Indicates a Special Resolution
As at the record date for the Annual General Meeting, there were 1,915,924,339 Ordinary shares in issue. Based on the settlement dates of EnQuest's share buy back programme, which differs from the purchase date of any buy back, 4,038,069 Ordinary Shares were held in Treasury with total voting rights in the Company at the date of the AGM 1,911,886,270.
The full text of each resolution can be found in the Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website:
https://www.enquest.com/investors/shareholder-information/annual-general-meetings
The Company will submit to the National Storage Mechanism copies of the Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting and these will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
ENQUEST
EnQuest is providing creative solutions through the energy transition. As an independent energy company with operations in the UK North Sea and Malaysia, the Group's strategic vision is to be the partner of choice for the responsible management of existing energy assets, applying its core capabilities to create value through the transition.
EnQuest PLC trades on the London Stock Exchange.
Please visit our website www.enquest.com for more information on our global operations.
ENDS