Premier Oil PLC Result of AGM (0882N)

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RNS Number : 0882N

Premier Oil PLC

13 May 2015

PREMIER OIL PLC

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Premier Oil plc (the "Company") was held today, 13 May 2015, at the Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5ED at 11.00am. Each of the resolutions contained in the Notice of Meeting were put to the AGM, voted on by way of a show of hands and duly approved. All Board Directors were in attendance.

Details of the proxy votes received by the Company in advance of the AGM in respect of each resolution are provided below.

 
 Resolution                           Votes FOR (a)   %       Votes AGAINST   %      Votes WITHHELD 
                                                                                      (b) 
 1. Annual Report & Financial 
  Statements 2014                      336,315,868    99.98      59,915       0.02     1,814,864 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 2. Annual Report on Remuneration      334,885,868    99.06     3,180,473     0.94      124,306 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 3. Re-election of Robin 
  Allan                                336,149,115    99.41     1,988,597     0.59       52,935 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 4. Re-election of David 
  Bamford                              337,226,291    99.73      912,017      0.27       52,339 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 5. Re-election of Anne 
  Marie Cannon                         336,257,779    99.45     1,875,243     0.55       57,625 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 6. Re-election of Joe Darby           332,645,674    99.34     2,210,071     0.66     3,334,902 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 7. Re-election of Tony 
  Durrant                              327,141,206    96.75    10,982,512     3.25       66,929 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 8. Re-election of Neil 
  Hawkings                             336,149,136    99.41     1,990,911     0.59       50,600 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 9. Re-election of Jane 
  Hinkley                              337,219,940    99.73      917,929      0.27       52,778 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 10. Re-election of David 
  Lindsell                             332,056,850    99.16     2,818,430     0.84     3,315,367 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 11. Re-election of Michel 
  Romieu                               336,178,051    99.42     1,956,533     0.58       56,063 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 12. Election of Richard 
  Rose                                 336,150,871    99.41     1,995,065     0.59       44,711 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 13. Re-election of Mike 
  Welton                               333,662,718    98.68     4,465,449     1.32       62,584 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 14. Re-appointment of auditor         328,613,073    97.22     9,404,685     2.78      172,889 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 15. Remuneration of auditor           334,156,108    98.81     4,013,119     1.19       21,420 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 16. Authority to make political 
  donations or incur political 
  expenditure                          334,809,213    99.02     3,297,801     0.98       83,633 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 17. Authority to allot 
  shares                               332,530,852    98.35     5,585,423     1.65       74,372 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 18. Disapplication of pre-emption 
  rights (c)                           335,629,813    99.30     2,369,496     0.70      191,338 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 19. Purchase of own shares 
  (c)                                  337,946,998    99.93      233,515      0.07       10,134 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 20. Notice period for General 
  Meetings (c)                         305,855,625    90.45    32,302,654     9.55       32,368 
                                     --------------  ------  --------------  -----  --------------- 
 

NOTES:

(a) The "For" proxy vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.

(b) A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proxy votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.

(c) Special resolution.

Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of all proxy votes received in advance of the AGM, excluding any "Withheld" votes.

Voting was conducted on a show of hands.

The total number of shares in issue on 11 May 2015, the deadline for casting votes by proxy in advance of the AGM, was 510,811,061 shares. 66.21% of voting capital, including votes withheld, was instructed in advance of the AGM.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website at www.premier-oil.com

In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed by the Company's shareholders, other than ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

 
 Enquiries 
 Premier Oil plc        Tel: [phone] 
 Company Secretariat: 
  Rachel Benjamin 
 Investor Relations: 
  Elizabeth Brooks 
 

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