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2021 Annual General Meeting - Poll Results
Vivo Energy plc
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
(Registration number: 11250655)
(Share code: VVO)
LEI: 213800TR7V9QN896AU56
ISIN: GB00BDGT2M75
18 May 2021
Vivo Energy plc
('the Company')
(LSE: VVO / JSE: VVO)
2021 Annual General Meeting - Poll Results
Vivo Energy plc's 2021 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') was held at the Park Plaza Victoria Hotel, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Road, Pimlico, London SW1V 1EQ, United Kingdom
on Tuesday 18 May 2021 at 2.00 pm. All resolutions proposed at the AGM were decided on a poll and were passed. The results are set out below:
Resolution Votes % Votes % Votes Total % of Votes
For For Against Against Issued Withheld
Share
Capital
Voted
1 To receive the
Company’s accounts,
the strategic report
and reports of the
Directors and the
auditor for the year
ended 31 December
2020 1,184,468,528 100.00 27,095 0.00 1,184,495,623 93.49% 1
2 To approve the
Directors’
Remuneration
Report for the year
ended 31 December
2020 as set out on
pages 94 to 112 of
the Annual Report
and Accounts 2020 1,181,967,490 100.00 27,685 0.00 1,181,995,175 93.30% 2,500,449
3 To declare a final
dividend of 3.78865
US cents per
ordinary share
for the year ended 31
December 2020 1,184,495,624 100.00 0 0.00 1,184,495,624 93.49% 0
4 To re-elect John Daly
as a Director 1,094,587,004 92.57 87,842,366 7.43 1,182,429,370 93.33% 2,066,254
5 To re-elect Christian
Chammas as a
Director 1,151,689,124 97.23 32,806,500 2.77 1,184,495,624 93.49% 0
6 To elect Doug
Lafferty as a Director 1,151,689,124 97.23 32,806,500 2.77 1,184,495,624 93.49% 0
7 To re-elect
Thembalihle Hixonia
Nyasulu as a
Director 1,178,987,883 99.54 5,507,741 0.46 1,184,495,624 93.49% 0
8 To re-elect Carol
Arrowsmith as a
Director 1,178,987,883 99.54 5,507,741 0.46 1,184,495,624 93.49% 0
9 To re-elect
Christopher Rogers
as a Director 1,174,731,043 99.18 9,764,581 0.82 1,184,495,624 93.49% 0
10 To re-elect Gawad
Abaza as a Director 1,178,987,883 99.54 5,507,741 0.46 1,184,495,624 93.49% 0
11 To re-elect Javed
Ahmed as a Director 1,144,381,872 96.76 38,313,752 3.24 1,182,695,624 93.35% 1,800,000
12 To re-elect Temitope
Lawani as a Director 1,117,660,663 94.50 65,034,961 5.50 1,182,695,624 93.35% 1,800,000
13 To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoo
pers LLP as the
Company’s auditor
until the end of the
next general meeting
at which accounts are
laid before the
Company 1,184,494,935 100.00 689 0.00 1,184,495,624 93.49% 0
14 To authorise the
Audit and Risk
Committee, for and
on behalf of the
Directors, to
determine the 1,184,495,624 100.00 0 0.00 1,184,495,624 93.49% 0
remuneration of the
auditor
15 To authorise the
Directors to allot
shares in the
Company 1,160,642,163 97.99 23,853,461 2.01 1,184,495,624 93.49% 0
16 To authorise the
Directors to dis-
apply pre?emption
rights* 1,173,353,502 99.06 11,142,122 0.94 1,184,495,624 93.49% 0
17 To authorise the
Directors to dis-
apply pre?emption
rights up to a further
5 per cent for the
purposes of financing
an acquisition or
other capital
investment* 1,136,786,189 95.97 47,706,434 4.03 1,184,492,623 93.49% 3,001
18 To authorise the
Company to
purchase its own
shares* 1,181,988,635 99.79 2,506,988 0.21 1,184,495,623 93.49% 1
19 To authorise political
donations and
expenditure 1,110,760,626 93.96 71,462,897 6.04 1,182,223,523 93.31% 2,272,101
20 To authorise the
Board to call general
meetings (other than
annual general
meetings) on a
minimum of 14 clear
days’ notice* 1,142,091,252 96.42 42,404,271 3.58 1,184,495,523 93.49% 101
* Special resolution
VOTES EXCLUDING CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDERS ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE
ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Resolution Votes % Votes % Votes % of Votes
For For Against Against Total Issued Withheld
Share
Capital
Voted
7 To re-elect Thembalihle
Hixonia Nyasulu as a
Director 722,286,953 99.24 5,507,741 0.76 727,794,694 57.44% 0
8 To re-elect Carol
Arrowsmith as a
Director 722,286,953 99.24 5,507,741 0.76 727,794,694 57.44% 0
9 To re-elect Christopher
Rogers as a Director 718,030,113 98.66 9,764,581 1.34 727,794,694 57.44% 0
10 To re-elect Gawad
Abaza as a Director 722,286,953 99.24 5,507,741 0.76 727,794,694 57.44% 0
Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'For' total.
2. The total number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 in issue at 14 May 2021 was 1,266,941,899. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
3. Total ordinary shares held by shareholders excluding the controlling shareholders at 14 May 2021 was 810,240,969.
4. A 'Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
Copies of the Company’s announcements are available on our website: https://investors.vivoenergy.com
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
ENDS
For further information, please contact:
Minna Gonzalez-Gomez
Group Company Secretary
+44 2030 343 718
Minna.Gonzalez-Gomez@vivoenergy.com
About Vivo Energy:
Vivo Energy operates and markets its products in countries across North, West, East and Southern Africa. The Group has a network of over 2,300 service stations in 23 countries operating
under the Shell and Engen brands and exports lubricants to a number of other African countries. Its retail offering includes fuels, lubricants, card services, shops, restaurants and other non-fuel
services. It provides fuels, lubricants and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to business customers across a range of sectors including marine, mining, construction, power, transport, wholesalers
and manufacturing. The Company employs around 2,700 people and has access to over 1,000,000 cubic metres of fuel storage capacity and has a joint venture, Shell and Vivo Lubricants B.V.,
that sources, blends, packages and supplies Shell-branded lubricants.
Vivo Energy has its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
For more information about Vivo Energy please visit www.vivoenergy.com
JSE Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Date: 18-05-2021 05:15:00
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