Harbour Energy PLC Posting of ARA and AGM Notice 2021 (1689Z)

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RNS Number : 1689Z

Harbour Energy PLC

19 May 2021

Harbour Energy plc

(the "Company" or "Harbour")

Posting of 2020 Annual Report and Financial Statements

and Notice of Annual General Meeting

19 May 2021

Further to the announcement made by the Company on 25 March 2021, the Company confirms that the 2021 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") will be held on 23 June 2021. The Company has today posted to shareholders the Premier Oil plc 2020 Annual Report and Financial Statements and the Harbour Energy plc Notice of AGM. Copies of both documents are also available on the Company's website at www.harbourenergy.com

The Board believes that, notwithstanding the current plan for the relaxation of Government restrictions on the holding of events, a cautious approach to situations that appear to carry a higher COVID-19 transmission risk (particularly indoor events) will remain necessary for some time to come. Accordingly, while the Board will hold the 2021 AGM at 23 Lower Belgrave Street, London, SW1W 0NR, shareholders and corporate representatives are strongly encouraged not to attend the AGM in person but instead be represented by the Chair of the AGM acting as their proxy. Further details regarding how to vote by proxy and submit questions are set out in the Notice of AGM.

At the AGM, the Company will conduct the necessary AGM business, principally putting the resolutions to shareholders and calling a poll. For safety reasons, a bare minimum of Directors and staff will attend so as to ensure that the meeting is quorate. There will be no presentations on the Company's business and no refreshments will be available. Instead, the Board has arranged for a presentation to be available on the Company's website at www.harbourenergy.com on the morning of 23 June.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1., copies of the Notice of AGM and related form of proxy have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism

In view of the decision to hold the AGM in June and the consequent extended gap between Annual Report publication and issuance of the Notice of AGM, updated disclosures on Directors' interests and significant shareholdings are provided in the appendix below.

Enquiries

   Rachel Rickard, Company Secretary                        Tel: [phone] 
   Elizabeth Brooks, Head of Investor Relations     Tel: [phone] 

Appendix

Changes in Director share interests since 31 December 2020

 
 Director        Direct and        Direct         Indirect       Total interest      Percentage 
                   indirect        interest        interest         in shares         of issued 
                   interest       in shares       in shares       in the Company    share capital 
                  in shares         in the      in the Company       as at 19 
                in the Company     Company         as at 19          May 2021 
                   as at 31        as at 19      May 2021(1) 
                   December        May 2021 
                     2020 
 R. Blair 
  Thomas                     0             0       295,628,286       295,628,286            1.60% 
              ----------------  ------------  ----------------  ----------------  --------------- 
 Linda Cook                  0    38,706,556       164,464,022       203,170,578            1.10% 
              ----------------  ------------  ----------------  ----------------  --------------- 
 Phil Kirk                   0   262,353,961                 0       262,353,961            1.42% 
              ----------------  ------------  ----------------  ----------------  --------------- 
 G. Steven 
  Farris                     0     3,774,003         4,491,762         8,265,765            0.04% 
              ----------------  ------------  ----------------  ----------------  --------------- 
 

(Notes)

1. Indirect interests of Blair Thomas, Linda Cook and Steven Farris relate to interests they hold in the shares of Harbour North Sea Holdings Limited, which holds shares in the Company (as disclosed below), through certain EIG-managed entities and, in the case of Blair and Linda, their interests in other EIG-managed entities who also hold shares in the Company.

Significant Shareholdings

As at 19 May 2021, the Company had received notification from the institutions below of their significant holdings of voting rights (3 per cent or more) in its Ordinary Shares:

 
 Name of shareholder      Date of notification      Notified number    Notified percentage 
                          to the stock exchange     of voting rights     of voting rights 
 Harbour North 
  Sea Holdings, 
  Ltd                                 09/04/2021       6,798,223,348                36.73% 
                        ------------------------  ------------------  -------------------- 
 GIC Private Limited                  07/04/2021       2,347,009,677                12.68% 
                        ------------------------  ------------------  -------------------- 
 Marshfield Advisers, 
  LLC                                 08/04/2021         879,431,317                 4.75% 
                        ------------------------  ------------------  -------------------- 
 

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