FOR
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
5
June 2024
Capital
Limited
("Capital", the "Group" or
the "Company")
Results of Annual General
Meeting
The Board
of Directors of Capital Limited announces that all resolutions put
to shareholders at today's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") were duly
passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.
The
Company's issued share capital eligible to be voted at the AGM
was 196,257,124 shares and 80.2% of the Company's issued share capital was
voted at the AGM.
During
today's AGM, Peter Stokes (CEO) gave a presentation followed by a
Q&A session with Jamie Boyton (Executive Chair), for
shareholders. The presentation can be found
here.
The
scrutineers of the poll were Computershare Investor Services
(Jersey) Limited. The full text of each resolution is contained in
the Notice of AGM, (also available on the Company's website
here).
The total number of votes cast for each resolution is set out
below:
|
RESOLUTION
NUMBER
|
VOTES FOR[1]
|
% VOTES
CAST
|
VOTES
AGAINST
|
% VOTES
CAST
|
VOTES WITHHELD[2]
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
1: Adopt the Report & Accounts for year ended
2023
|
155,293,193
|
100
|
0
|
0
|
2,042,153
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
2: Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report for year ended
2023
|
154,585,246
|
98.25
|
2,750,100
|
1.75
|
0
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
3: Re-election of Anu Dhir
|
157,240,785
|
99.94
|
94,561
|
0.06
|
0
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
4: Re-election of Alexander Davidson
|
154,270,644
|
99.64
|
558,985
|
0.36
|
2,505,717
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
5: Re-election of David
Abery
|
150,429,820
|
95.61
|
6,905,525
|
4.39
|
1
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
6: Re-election of Michael Rawlinson
|
153,675,700
|
97.67
|
3,659,646
|
2.33
|
0
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
7: Re-election of Jamie Boyton
|
152,547,884
|
96.96
|
4,787,462
|
3.04
|
0
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
8: Re-election of Peter Stokes
|
157,096,590
|
99.85
|
238,756
|
0.15
|
0
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
9: Re-election of Brian Rudd
|
157,096,690
|
99.85
|
238,656
|
0.15
|
0
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
10: Re-election of Catherine (Cassie) Boggs
|
153,166,926
|
98.51
|
2,318,419
|
1.49
|
1,850,001
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
11: Re-appointment of BDO LLP (auditor)
|
155,277,068
|
99.87
|
208,278
|
0.13
|
1,850,000
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
12: authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's
remuneration
|
157,258,804
|
99.95
|
76,542
|
0.05
|
0
|
|
Ordinary Resolution
13: authority to allot relevant securities
|
154,889,238
|
98.46
|
2,428,621
|
1.54
|
17,487
|
|
Special Resolution
14: disapplication of pre-emption rights
|
154,849,793
|
98.43
|
2,468,066
|
1.57
|
17,487
|
|
Special Resolution
15: market purchase of ordinary shares
|
155,439,603
|
98.82
|
1,850,000
|
1.18
|
45,743
|
A copy of
the results of the AGM, along with a copy of resolutions passed
other than those concerning ordinary business at the AGM, have been
submitted to the Financial Services Authority's National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
-
ENDS -
For
further information, please visit Capital's website
www.capdrill.com or contact:
Capital Limited
investor@capdrill.com
Peter Stokes, Chief Executive
Officer
Rick Robson, Chief Financial
Officer
Conor Rowley, Corporate Development
& Investor Relations
Tamesis Partners LLP
+44 20 3882 2868
Charlie Bendon
Richard Greenfield
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited
+44 20 7710 7600
Ashton Clanfield
Callum Stewart
Rory Blundell
Buchanan
+44 20 7466 5000
Bobby
Morse
capital@buchanan.uk.com
George Pope
About Capital Limited
Capital Limited is a leading mining
services company providing a complete range of drilling, mining,
maintenance and geochemical laboratory solutions to customers
within the global minerals industry. The Company's services include
exploration, delineation and production drilling; load and haul
services; maintenance; and geochemical analysis. The Group's
corporate headquarters are in the United Kingdom, and it has
established operations in Côte d'Ivoire, Canada, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali,
Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania and the
United States of America.