HARBOUR ENERGY PLC
(the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company was held today, 11 May 2022, at No. 11 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0AN at 10.00am. Each of the resolutions contained in the Notice of Meeting were put to the AGM, voted on by way of a poll and duly approved.
The total number of votes received on each resolution put to the AGM was as follows:
Poll Results
| No. | Resolution | Votes FOR (a) | % | Votes AGAINST | % | Votes WITHHELD (b) |
| 1 | Approve the Annual Report and Accounts | 659,317,601 | 100.00 | 8,736 | 0.00 | 277,844 |
| 2 | Approve the Annual Report on Remuneration | 641,276,648 | 97.24 | 18,228,881 | 2.76 | 98,652 |
| 3 | Approve the Dividend | 658,968,071 | 99.91 | 562,653 | 0.09 | 73,457 |
| 4 | Re-elect R. Blair Thomas | 647,592,263 | 98.19 | 11,904,930 | 1.81 | 106,988 |
| 5 | Re-elect Linda Z. Cook | 658,136,561 | 99.79 | 1,381,672 | 0.21 | 85,948 |
| 6 | Re-elect Alexander Krane | 657,416,830 | 99.68 | 2,090,143 | 0.32 | 97,208 |
| 7 | Re-elect Simon Henry (c) | 658,262,440 | 99.81 | 1,242,471 | 0.19 | 99,270 |
| 8 | Re-elect Anne Marie Cannon (c) | 658,157,341 | 99.80 | 1,350,070 | 0.20 | 96,770 |
| 9 | Re-elect G. Steven Farris | 657,907,344 | 99.76 | 1,599,879 | 0.24 | 96,798 |
| 10 | Re-elect Alan Ferguson (c) | 657,858,589 | 99.75 | 1,646,065 | 0.25 | 99,367 |
| 11 | Re-elect Andy Hopwood (c) | 656,642,324 | 99.57 | 2,865,059 | 0.43 | 96,798 |
| 12 | Re-elect Margareth Øvrum (c) | 657,368,446 | 99.68 | 2,136,240 | 0.32 | 99,495 |
| 13 | Re-elect Anne Stevens (c) | 648,596,355 | 98.35 | 10,910,940 | 1.65 | 96,886 |
| 14 | Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor | 659,401,710 | 99.98 | 103,156 | 0.02 | 99,315 |
| 15 | Authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to approve Auditor remuneration | 659,469,848 | 99.99 | 43,628 | 0.01 | 90,545 |
| 16 | Authorise the Company to make political donations | 657,586,955 | 99.71 | 1,938,653 | 0.29 | 78,573 |
| 17 | Authorise Directors to allot shares | 657,078,481 | 99.63 | 2,436,678 | 0.37 | 89,022 |
| 18 | Approve the waiver granted by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers in relation to Buyback authority (d) | 269,217,390 | 85.90 | 44,195,515 | 14.10 | 4,979,410 |
| 19 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (up to 5% of issued share capital) (e) | 659,434,984 | 99.99 | 63,435 | 0.01 | 105,602 |
| 20 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with specific acquisition/ investment (further 5% of issued share capital) (e) | 659,233,534 | 99.96 | 283,745 | 0.04 | 86,902 |
| 21 | Authorise the Company to make market purchases (d) | 650,543,776 | 98.68 | 8,721,400 | 1.32 | 339,005 |
| 22 | Authority to call General Meetings by notice of not less than 14 days (e) | 653,942,206 | 99.15 | 5,588,270 | 0.85 | 73,705 |
NOTES:
(a) The "For" proxy vote includes those giving the Chair 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) In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2ER, these resolutions were also passed on a poll of Independent Shareholders (as defined in the Notice of Meeting).
(d) As required under the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, this resolution had to be passed by the Independent Shareholders, therefore none of the members of the Concert Party (as defined in the Notice of Meeting) voted on it.
(e) Special resolution.
The total number of shares in issue on 9 May 2022, the deadline for casting votes by proxy in advance of the AGM, was 925,523,639 shares. 71.2 per cent of voting capital, including votes withheld, was instructed in respect of the resolutions put to 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.harbourenergy.com
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed by the Company's shareholders, other than ordinary business, will be 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
Enquiries
Rachel Rickard, Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0)20 7730 1111
Elizabeth Brooks, Head of Investor Relations Tel: +44 (0)20 7824 1116
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