Global Ports Holding PLC (GPH)
Result of AGM
31-Aug-2023 / 13:08 GMT/BST
Results of 2023 Annual General Meeting
The Company's AGM was held today at 11.00 BST.
Resolutions 1 to 11 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 12 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.
As at the close of business on 29 August 2023, the Company had 68,038,008 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in issue (with no shares held in treasury).
The final votes received in respect of each resolution put to the meeting were as set out below.
Votes for
(including
discretionary
votes)
%
Votes
for
(including
discretionary
votes)
Votes
against
%
Votes
against
Total number
of votes
cast*
% of the
Company's
issued share
capital
represented by
votes cast**
Votes
withheld***
Ordinary Resolutions
1.
To receive the annual report and accounts
45,125,742
99.99
2,431
0.01
45,128,173
66.33
675
2.
To approve the Directors' remuneration report
45,111,304
99.97
15,512
0.03
45,126,816
66.33
2,032
3.
To re-elect Mehmet Kutman as a Director
45,115,011
99.99
5,596
0.01
45,120,607
66.33
8,241
4.
To re-elect Ayşegül Bensel as a Director
45,116,280
99.98
10,131
0.02
45,126,411
66.33
2,437
5.
To re-elect Jérôme Bernard Jean Auguste Bayle as a Director
45,123,485
99.99
2,926
0.01
45,126,411
66.33
2,437
6.
To re-elect Ercan Nuri Ergül as a Director
45,117,681
99.98
8,730
0.02
45,126,411
66.33
2,437
7.
To reappoint PKF Littlejohn LLP, of 15 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, London E14 4HD, United Kingdom as the Company's auditor
45,106,151
99.99
4,847
0.01
45,110,998
66.33
17,850
8.
To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board to fix the remuneration of the auditors
45,104,882
99.99
5,914
0.01
45,110,796
66.33
18,052
9.
To give authority to allot securities up to specified amounts
45,118,315
99.98
8,946
0.02
45,127,261
66.33
1,587
10.
To give authority to allot securities for the purpose of capitalising amounts under the GIH Loans (as defined in the Notice of AGM)
45,109,378
99.96
18,458
0.04
45,127,836
66.33
1,012
11.
To give authority to allot securities for the purpose of allotting shares upon the exercise of Warrants (as defined in the Notice of AGM)
45,120,891
99.99
6,033
0.01
45,126,924
66.33
1,924
Special Resolutions
12.
To disapply statutory pre-emption rights for an allotment of equity securities for cash, up to a nominal amount not exceeding 10% of the Company’s issued ordinary share capital, and for a follow-on offer of up to 20% of the value of the placing
45,107,676
99.96
20,160
0.04
45,127,836
66.33
1,012
13.
To disapply statutory pre-emption rights for an allotment of equity securities for cash used only for the purposes of financing an acquisition or capital investment, up to a nominal amount not exceeding 10% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital, and for a follow-on offer of up to 20% of the value of the placing
45,111,052
99.96
17,121
0.04
45,128,173
66.33
675
14.
To disapply statutory pre-emption rights for an allotment for the purpose of capitalising amounts under the GIH Loans (as defined in the Notice of AGM)
45,108,033
99.96
18,891
0.04
45,126,924
66.33
1,924
15.
To disapply statutory pre-emption rights for an allotment upon the exercise of Warrants (as defined in the Notice of AGM)
45,108,708
99.96
18,216
0.04
45,126,924
66.33
1,924
16.
To give authority to make market purchases of the Company's shares
45,122,505
99.99
5,668
0.01
45,128,173
66.33
675
17.
To permit General Meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice
45,122,939
99.99
5,234
0.01
45,128,173
66.33
675
* Excluding withheld
** Including withheld
***A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law. Votes "withheld" were not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against each of the resolutions.
In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Full details of the poll results will also be available on the Company's website: www.globalportsholding.com
Enquiries:
Global Ports Holding, Company Secretary
Alison Chilcott, Company Secretary
Telephone: +44 (0) 7752 169 354
Email: alisonc@globalportsholding.com
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