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Seplat Energy PLC
15 May 2023
Seplat Energy PLC ("Seplat" or the "Company")
Results of the Tenth Annual General Meeting
Lagos and London, 15 May 2023: Seplat Energy PLC announces that
at its Annual General Meeting held virtually via
https://www.seplatenergy.com/agm-2023/ on Wednesday 10 May 2023,
all resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting
put to the Shareholders were duly passed by the requisite
majority.
The results of each resolution voted by way of poll including
proxy votes lodged with the Company's Registrars are set out
below:
Votes FOR Votes AGAINST Votes Total Votes Cast
Withheld/ (excluding Votes
Abstain Withheld/Abstain)
Number % of Number % of Number Number % of
of shares of shares of shares of shares ISC
RESOLUTIONS shares voted shares voted For &
Against
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Resolution 1 : To
receive the Audited
Financial Statements
of the Company for
the year ended 31
December
2022, together with
the Reports of the
Directors, Auditors
and the Statutory
Audit
1. Committee thereon. 349,339,088 100% nil nil nil 349,339,088 59.36%
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Resolution 2 : To
declare a final
dividend
recommended by the
Board of Directors
of the Company in
respect
of the financial year
ended 31 December
2. 2022. 349,339,088 100% nil nil nil 349,339,088 59.36%
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3. Resolution 3 : To Noted by Shareholders
re-appoint
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
("PWC") as Auditors
of the Company from
the conclusion of this
meeting until the
conclusion of the next
general meeting of
the Company at which
the Company's Annual
Accounts are laid.
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Resolution 4 : To
authorise the Board
of Directors of the
Company to determine
the Auditors'
4 remuneration. 344,860,853 98.72% 4,469,235 1.28% nil 349,330,086 58.60%
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5. Resolution 5 : To
elect/re-elect the
following Directors:
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5(a)(i) : To approve
the appointment of
the following
Directors:
Mr. Samson Ezugworie
as an Executive
Director
of the Company; 349,339,088 100% nil nil nil 349,339,088 59.36%
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5(a)(ii) : Ms. Koosum
Kalyan as an
Independent
Non-Executive
Director of the
Company; 349,339,088 100% nil nil nil 349,339,088 59.36%
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5(b)(i) : To re-elect
the following
Directors
who are eligible for
retirement by
rotation:
Madame Nathalie
Delapalme
(Non-Executive
Director);
and 349,329,412 99.999998% 676 0.000002% nil 349,330,086 59.36%
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5(b)(ii) : To re-elect
the following
Directors
who are eligible for
retirement by
rotation:
Mr. Bello Rabiu
(Independent
Non-Executive
Director). 349,330,086 100% nil 100% nil 349,330,086 59.36%
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6. Resolution 6 : To Noted by Shareholders
disclose the
remuneration
of managers of the
Company.
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7 Resolution 7: To elect This was done by electronic voting to represent show
the shareholder of hands in line with the section 249(3) of the Companies
representatives and Allied Matters Act 2020 provisions. Members of the
of the Statutory Statutory Audit Committee comprising three (3) Shareholders
Audit Committee. elected representatives and two (2) Board nominated representatives
were approved as follows: (a) Hajia Hauwa Umar (Shareholder
Representative); (b) Prof. Nornah Awoh (Shareholder Representative);
(c) Mr. Adeyemi Abayomi (Shareholder Representative);
(d) Mrs. Bashirat Odunewu (Board Representative); and
(e) Mr. Kazeem Raimi (Board Representative).
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Resolution 8 : To
approve the
Remuneration
Section of the
Directors'
Remuneration Report
set out in the Annual
Report and Accounts
for the year ended
8 31 December 2022. 349,327,988 100% nil nil nil 349,327,988 59.36%
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Notes:
1. Further to the signing into law of the Business Facilitation
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022, which allows public companies
to hold meetings electronically, this AGM was held virtually. The
virtual meeting link for the AGM is
https://www.seplatenergy.com/agm-2023/ The virtual meeting is also
available on the Company's website at www.seplatenergy.com .
2. In accordance with the Company's articles of association, on
a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for
every share held. There were no restrictions on shareholders to
cast votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM.
3. A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" any
resolution nor in the calculation of the proportion of "Percentage
of ISC voted" for any resolution.
4. The percentage of votes "For" and "Against" any resolution is
expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that
resolution.
5. In accordance with Section 401 of CAMA, 2020, the retiring
Auditor shall be re-appointed without passing a resolution.
6. In accordance with Section 257 of CAMA 2020, full details on
the compensation of managers of the Company, set out on page 112 of
the 2022 Annual Report was disclosed to the members at the Annual
General Meeting.
7. In accordance with Section 404 (3) to (6) of the Nigerian
Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020, the election of the
Statutory Audit Committee shareholder representative members is
conducted by a show of hands at the AGM rather than by poll and
proxy.
8. The Issued Share Capital ("ISC") at the time of the Annual
General Meeting was 588,444,561 shares denominated in Naira of 50
kobo per share. The proportion of "Percentage of ISC voted" for any
resolution is the total of votes "For" and "Against" in respect of
that resolution expressed as a percentage of the ISC.
9. In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the relevant ordinary
and special resolutions passed at the meeting have been submitted
to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be
available to view at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism . The full
text of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting can be
found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available
for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism and also on the
Company's website at http://www.seplatenergy.com .
- Ends -
Mrs. Edith Onwuchekwa
Director, Legal/Company Secretary
FOR: SEPLAT ENERGY PLC.
Enquiries
Seplat E nergy Plc +234 12 770 400
Emeka Onwuka, CFO
Edith Onwuchekwa, Director, Legal/Company
Secretary
Carl Franklin, Head of Investor Relations
Chioma Afe, Communications & External Affairs
Directorate
FTI Consulting
Ben Brewerton / C hris Laing +44 (0) 203 727 1000
seplat@fticonsulting.com
Notes to editors
Seplat Energy Plc is Nigeria's leading indigenous energy
company. It is listed on the Premium Board of the Nigerian Exchange
(NGX: SEPLAT) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange
(LSE: SEPL). Seplat Energy is pursuing a Nigeria-focused growth
strategy and is well positioned to participate in future asset
divestments by international oil companies, farm-in opportunities,
and future licensing rounds. The Company is a leading supplier of
gas to the domestic power generation market. For further
information please refer to the Company website,
http://seplatenergy.com/
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