13th Jun 2019 17:52
13 June 2019
Sirius Minerals Plc
Results of AGM
Sirius Minerals Plc ("Sirius" or the "Company") announces that all resolutions were passed by way of a poll at the Company's Annual General Meeting held earlier today.
In accordance with the Listing Rule 9.6.2 R, copies of the resolutions concerning special items of business (being resolutions 15 to 18) will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The results of the poll on each resolution are set out below.
Resolution | Total Votes For1 | % of votes cast2 | Votes Against | % of votes cast2 | Total Votes Cast3 | Votes Withheld4 | |
1 | To receive the Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018 | 2,394,647,969 | 99.85 | 3,567,661 | 0.15 | 2,398,215,630 | 5,044,775 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) in the form set out in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018. | 1,991,136,617 | 83.76 | 386,147,045 | 16.24 | 2,377,283,662 | 25,970,572 |
3 | To re-elect Russell Scrimshaw as a Director | 2,298,787,700 | 97.61 | 56,235,950 | 2.39 | 2,355,023,650 | 48,236,754 |
4 | To re-elect Chris Fraser as a Director | 2,399,767,258 | 99.95 | 1,276,648 | 0.05 | 2,401,043,906 | 2,216,499 |
5 | To re-elect Thomas Staley as a Director | 2,398,903,993 | 99.92 | 1,898,498 | 0.08 | 2,400,802,491 | 2,451,499 |
6 | To re-elect Noel Harwerth as a Director | 2,400,117,130 | 99.97 | 629,070 | 0.03 | 2,400,746,200 | 2,514,204 |
7 | To re-elect Keith Clarke as a Director | 2,171,868,068 | 91.18 | 210,096,032 | 8.82 | 2,381,964,100 | 21,296,304 |
8 | To re-elect Louise Hardy as a Director | 2,344,523,513 | 97.66 | 56,187,591 | 2.34 | 2,400,711,104 | 2,549,300 |
9 | To re-elect Lord Hutton as a Director | 2,134,698,307 | 88.92 | 265,937,568 | 11.08 | 2,400,635,875 | 2,624,529 |
10 | To re-elect Jane Lodge as a Director | 2,330,703,151 | 97.08 | 70,082,520 | 2.92 | 2,400,785,671 | 2,474,733 |
11 | To re-appoint PWC as auditors | 2,395,266,785 | 99.78 | 5,318,279 | 0.22 | 2,400,585,064 | 2,675,340 |
12 | Audit Committee to determine remuneration of auditors | 2,399,460,156 | 99.95 | 1,231,046 | 0.05 | 2,400,691,202 | 2,569,201 |
13 | Political donations | 2,051,067,335 | 95.55 | 95,467,588 | 4.45 | 2,146,534,923 | 256,725,481 |
14 | Authority to allot shares | 2,396,819,237 | 99.84 | 3,880,048 | 0.16 | 2,400,699,285 | 2,561,119 |
15 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights5 | 2,395,494,932 | 99.81 | 4,457,285 | 0.19 | 2,399,952,217 | 3,308,187 |
16 | Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights5 | 2,389,503,267 | 99.56 | 10,520,010 | 0.44 | 2,400,023,277 | 3,237,127 |
17 | Authority to purchase own shares5 | 2,398,901,078 | 99.92 | 2,017,450 | 0.08 | 2,400,918,528 | 2,341,876 |
18 | Authority to call general meetings on 14 days' notice5 | 2,380,238,226 | 99.13 | 20,960,263 | 0.87 | 2,401,198,489 | 2,061,915 |
Notes:
1. Any proxy votes that were at the discretion of the Chairman are included in the "Total Votes For" each resolution.
2. Percentage of votes cast excludes Votes Withheld
3. Total Votes Cast does not include withheld votes
4. Votes Withheld are not votes in law and do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.
5. Special resolutions
6. As at the date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 6,994,729,804 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each, carrying one vote each. Therefore, the total number of voting rights as at the date of the AGM was 6,994,729,804.
For further information, please contact:
Sirius Minerals Plc Investor Relations | Jennifer Wyllie, Tristan Pottas Email: [email protected] | Tel: +44 845 524 0247 |
Media enquiries Edelman | Alex Simmons, Ed Brown Email: [email protected] | Tel: +44 7970 174 353 Tel: +44 7540 412 298 |
About Sirius Minerals Plc
Sirius Minerals Plc is focused on bringing large scale volumes of POLY4 to the global agriculture industry. POLY4 is the Company's trademarked name for its unique multi-nutrient fertilizer to be produced from the world's largest and highest grade polyhalite deposit located in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, which can be used to increase balanced fertilization around the world. Sirius Minerals' shares are traded on the Premium List of the London Stock Exchange. Its shares are also traded in the United States on the OTCQX through a sponsored ADR facility. Further information on the Company can be found at: www.siriusminerals.com.
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