21st May 2019 12:50
ContourGlobal plc (the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on Tuesday 21 May 2019 at 9.30am (London time).
The Company is pleased to announce that, at the AGM, all the ordinary and special resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 17 April 2019 were passed by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 15 and 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.
Full details of the poll results are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website www.contourglobal.com. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions passed as special resolutions at the AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
No | RESOLUTION | VOTESFOR | % OF TOTAL VOTES | VOTESAGAINST | % OF TOTAL VOTES | TOTAL VOTES | VOTESWITHHELD | |
1 | To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the year ended 31 December 2018 | 650,126,335 | 99.91 | 569,148 | 0.09 | 650,695,483 | 5,000 | |
2. | To declare a final dividend of 9.4 cents (US dollar) | 650,700,483 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 650,700,483 | 0 | |
3 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 650,079,812 | 99.90 | 620,671 | 0.10 | 650,700,483 | 0 | |
4. | To re-elect Craig A Huff as a Director | 639,824,733 | 98.33 | 10,875,749 | 1.67 | 650,700,482 | 0 | |
5. | To re-elect Joseph C Brandt as a Director | 648,699,516 | 99.69 | 2,000,967 | 0.31 | 650,700,483 | 0 | |
6. | To elect Stefan Schellinger as a Director | 648,597,178 | 99.68 | 2,103,305 | 0.32 | 650,700,483 | 0 | |
7. | To re-elect Gregg M Zeitlin as a Director | 647,925,501 | 99.57 | 2,774,982 | 0.43 | 650,700,483 | 0 | |
8. | To re-elect Alejandro Santo Domingo as a Director | 644,789,136 | 99.09 | 5,911,347 | 0.91 | 650,700,483 | 0 | |
9. | To re-elect Ronald Trächsel as a Director | All | 648,699,516 | 99.69 | 2,000,967 | 0.31 | 650,7000,483 | 0 |
Independent | 169,767,108 | 98.84 | 2,000,967 | 1.16 | 171,768,075 | 0 | ||
10. | To re-elect Daniel Camus as a Director | All | 646,233,650 | 99.31 | 4,466,833 | 0.69 | 650,700,483 | 0 |
Independent | 167,301,242 | 97.40 | 4,466,833 | 2.60 | 171,768,075 | 0 | ||
11 | To re-elect Dr Alan Gillespie as a Director | All | 646,233,650 | 99.31 | 4,466,833 | 0.69 | 650,700,483 | 0 |
Independent | 167,301,242 | 97.40 | 4,466,833 | 2.60 | 171,768,075 | 0 | ||
12 | To re-elect Ruth Cairnie as a Director | All | 646,233,650 | 99.31 | 4,461,833 | 0.69 | 650,695,483 | 5,000 |
Independent | 167,301,242 | 97.40 | 4,461,833 | 2.60 | 171,763,075 | 5,000 | ||
13 | To re-appoint PwC LLP as auditors of the Company | 650,024,984 | 99.90 | 670,499 | 0.10 | 650,695,483 | 5,000 | |
14 | To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee of the Company to determine the remuneration of the auditors | 650,029,984 | 99.90 | 670,499 | 0.10 | 650,700,483 | 0 | |
15 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 621,376,517 | 95.49 | 29,318,966 | 4.51 | 650,695,483 | 5,000 | |
16 | To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of 5% of the Company's issued share capital | 650,295,731 | 99.94 | 399,752 | 0.06 | 650,695,483 | 5,000 | |
17 | To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 5% of the Company's issued share capital | 650,695,483 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 650,695,483 | 5,000 | |
18 | To authorise the Company to buy back shares | 646,791,017 | 99.40 | 3,909,465 | 0.60 | 650,700,482 | 0 | |
19 | To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 647,868,785 | 99.56 | 2,831,698 | 0.44 | 650,700,483 | 0 | |
20 | To authorise the Company to make political donations | 650,695,483 | 100.00 | 5,000 | 0.00 | 650,700,483 | 0 | |
Notes:
1. Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chairman has been included in the "for" totals.
2. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.
3. The total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 6.30pm on 23 May 2018 was 670,712,920 (the "Share Capital"). The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per Ordinary Share held.
Enquiries:
Investor Relations - ContourGlobal
Alice Heathcote
Tel: +1 646 386 9901
Media - Brunswick
Charles Pretzlik/Simon Maine
Tel: +44 (0) 207 404 5959
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