2nd Aug 2013 07:00
2 August 2013
MAPLE ENERGY PLC
("Maple" or the "Company")
Result of AGM
Maple Energy plc (AIM:MPLE; LIMA:MPLE), an integrated energy company with assets in Peru, announces that all resolutions proposed at the Company's Annual General Meeting held in Dublin on 1 August 2013 other than Resolution 2 (to re-appoint Nigel B. Christie as a Director), Resolution 3 (to re-appoint Gianfranco Máximo Dante Castagnola Zúñiga as a Director) and Resolution 7 (to empower the Directors to make certain allotments of equity securities of the Company for a period of 15 months as if the statutory pre-emption rights did not apply) were passed. The retirement of Directors was voted by the shareholders as provided by article 87 of the Articles of Association, which establishes that at every Annual General Meeting one third of the Directors must retire by rotation and be eligible for re-appointment.
Resolution 7 was decided on a poll. The results of the poll were 46,803,113 votes in favour of the resolution and 51,273,581 against.
The Board of Directors will seek to appoint new members in replacement and will consider how it reconstitutes its corporate governance committees. A further announcement will be issued as soon as practicable. In the meantime, the Board of Directors and Management would like to thank Nigel and Gianfranco most sincerely for their dedicated service and their contribution to the Company since 2007.
For further information, please contact:
Maple Energy plc (+ 51 1 611 4000)
Guillermo Ferreyros, Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Director
Cenkos Securities plc (+44 20 7397 8900)
Jon Fitzpatrick
Ken Fleming
Buchanan (+44 20 7466 5000)
Mark Edwards
Ben Romney
www.buchanan.uk.com
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