Harbour
Energy
plc
("Harbour")
Results of General Meeting
in connection with the proposed acquisition of
Wintershall Dea asset portfolio
5 July 2024
A general meeting of Harbour (the
"General Meeting") was held
today at the offices of Clifford Chance LLP at 10 Upper Bank
Street, London, in connection with the
proposed acquisition by Harbour of
substantially all of Wintershall Dea AG's upstream oil and gas
assets (the "Acquisition").
Harbour is pleased to announce that
each of the resolutions were put to the General Meeting, voted on
by way of a poll and duly approved without amendment by the
requisite majorities of shareholders of Harbour eligible to vote on
the resolutions. Details of the resolutions were set out in the
circular posted to shareholders on 12 June 2024 (the "Circular") and can also be found on
Harbour's website at www.harbourenergy.com
under the "Investors"
tab.
Shareholder approval for the
Acquisition has now been received, however the Acquisition remains
subject to the satisfaction (or waiver, where applicable) of
certain other conditions, as described in the Circular.
Harbour continues to expect the
Acquisition to complete in Q4 2024.
The total number of votes received
on each resolution put to the General Meeting was as follows:
|
No.
|
Resolution
1
|
VOTES
FOR
2
|
%3
|
VOTES AGAINST
|
%3
|
TOTAL VOTES CAST
(excluding withheld)
|
VOTES WITHHELD4
|
|
1
|
To approve
the Acquisition
|
549,812,793
|
99.99%
|
41,083
|
0.01%
|
549,853,876
|
4,844,882
|
|
2
|
To approve
the Rule 9 waiver granted by the Panel on Takeovers and
Mergers
|
543,668,046
|
98.88%
|
6,177,614
|
1.12%
|
549,845,660
|
4,853,098
|
|
3
|
Subject to
and conditional upon the passing of Resolution 1 above, to
authorise the directors to allot relevant securities in connection
with the Acquisition
|
549,659,025
|
99.96%
|
194,824
|
0.04%
|
549,853,849
|
4,844,909
|
NOTES:
1. All resolutions put to the meeting were ordinary
resolutions.
2. The 'For' proxy vote includes those giving the Chair
discretion.
3. Percentages are expressed as a proportion of total votes cast
(which does not include votes withheld).
4. A vote withheld is not a vote under English law and is not
counted in the calculation of the proxy votes 'For' or 'Against'
the relevant resolution.
The total number of Harbour ordinary
shares in issue on 3 July 2024, the deadline for casting votes by
proxy in advance of the General Meeting, was 770,380,429
ordinary shares. 72 per cent. of voting capital,
including votes withheld, was instructed in respect of the
resolutions put to the General Meeting.
In accordance with the Financial
Conduct Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all of the
resolutions passed will be submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at
https://ww.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism.
Enquiries
Rachel Rickard, Company Secretary
Tel: 020 7730 1111
Elizabeth Brooks, Head of Investor
Relations
Tel: 020 3833 2421