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Ophir Energy Plc
20 May 2015
Ophir Energy plc
Result of Annual General Meeting
London 20 May 2015: Ophir Energy plc ("Ophir" or "the Company")
held its Annual General Meeting today, 20 May 2015, at Linklaters
LLP, 1 Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8HQ. All resolutions were put to
the meeting on a poll, the full results of which are given
below.
Resolutions 1 -13 and 17 were proposed as ordinary resolutions
and resolutions 14 - 16 were proposed as special resolutions. A
poll was conducted on all resolutions put to the meeting, the full
results of which are set out below.
Resolutions Votes For Votes Against Votes
Withheld
Number % Number %
------------ ------- ----------- ------
To receive the 2014
1 Annual Report & Accounts 552,968,854 100.00 12,034 0.00 254,927
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To approve the Remuneration
2 Report 500,136,655 92.35 41,408,470 7.65 11,690,690
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To elect Dr William
(Bill) Higgs as a Director
3 of the Company 552,059,216 99.81 1,032,900 0.19 143,699
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To elect Dr Carol Bell
as a Director of the
4 Company 552,833,362 99.95 259,435 0.05 143,018
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To re-elect Nicholas
Smith as a Director
5 of the Company 550,004,806 99.44 3,087,991 0.56 143,018
---------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ------ -----------
To re-elect Dr Nicholas
Cooper as a Director
6 of the Company 526,815,216 95.25 26,276,900 4.75 143,699
---------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ------ -----------
To re-elect Ronald
Blakely as a Director
7 of the Company 551,328,705 99.68 1,763,411 0.32 143,699
---------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ------ -----------
To re-elect Alan Booth
as a Director of the
8 Company 551,741,929 99.76 1,350,187 0.24 143,699
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To re-elect Vivien
Gibney as a Director
9 of the Company 552,014,350 99.82 1,020,543 0.18 143,018
---------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ------ -----------
To re-elect William
(Bill) Schrader as
10 a Director of the Company 551,917,864 99.79 1,174,933 0.21 143,018
---------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ------ -----------
To re-appoint Ernst
& Young LLP as auditor
11 of the Company 532,726,569 96.32 20,366,797 3.68 142,449
---------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ------ -----------
To authorise the Directors
to set the auditor's
12 remuneration 540,367,388 97.70 12,726,072 2.30 142,355
---------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ------ -----------
To give authority to
13 allot securities 453,947,261 82.07 99,143,920 17.93 144,634
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To give authority to
allot securities for
cash other than on
14 a pre-emptive basis* 450,445,704 81.88 99,683,126 18.12 3,106,985
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To authorise the purchase
of its own shares by
15 the Company* 553,053,625 100.00 14,342 0.00 167,848
---------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ------ -----------
To authorise the Company
to call a general meeting
of shareholders on
not less than 14 clear
16 days' notice* 520,327,388 94.08 32,766,721 5.92 141,706
---------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ------ -----------
To authorise political
17 donations 552,658,061 99.93 381,709 0.07 196,045
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* Special Resolution
As at the date of the AGM, the Company had 746,019,407 ordinary
shares in issue. The Company holds shares in treasury and therefore
the number of total voting rights as at the date of the AGM was
705,225,122. In accordance with the Company's Articles of
Association, every member who is present in person or by proxy has
one vote for every share held. The scrutineer of the poll was
Equiniti Registrars, the Company's Share Registrar.
Note that a "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and have not
been included in the calculation of votes "for" and "against" each
resolution. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the
Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions
which constitute special business at the AGM (being resolutions
13-17) will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism
and will be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
Lyndon Powell did not stand for re-election as a Director, and
retired from the Board with effect from the conclusion of the AGM.
In accordance with section 430(2B) of the Companies Act 2006, the
Company confirms that Lyndon Powell will receive payment of fees
for service whilst a Director but no other remuneration payment or
payment for loss of office will be made in connection with his
departure.
Ends
For Further Information please contact:
Ophir Energy plc +44 (0)20 7811 2400
Chandrika Kher, Company Secretary
Notes to Editors
Ophir Energy (OPHR.LN) is an upstream oil and gas exploration
company which is listed on the London Stock Exchange (FTSE 250).
Ophir has a large portfolio of assets across Africa and Asia. The
Group's headquarters are located in London (England), with
operational offices in Perth (Australia), Dar es Salaam and Mtwara
(Tanzania), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Libreville (Gabon), Nairobi
(Kenya), Bangkok (Thailand), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kuala Lumpur
(Malaysia), Yangon (Myanmar) and Singapore. For further information
on Ophir, please refer to www.ophir-energy.com
This information is provided by RNS
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