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Global Ports Holding PLC (GPH)
Result of AGM
31-Aug-2023 / 13:08 GMT/BST
Global Ports Holding PLC
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.
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Votes for
(including
discretionary
votes)
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%
Votes
for
(including
discretionary
votes)
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Votes
against
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%
Votes
against
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Total number
of votes
cast*
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% of the
Company's
issued share
capital
represented by
votes cast**
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Votes
withheld***
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Ordinary Resolutions
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1.
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To receive the annual report and accounts
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45,125,742
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99.99
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2,431
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0.01
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45,128,173
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66.33
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675
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2.
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To approve the Directors' remuneration report
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45,111,304
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99.97
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15,512
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0.03
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45,126,816
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66.33
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2,032
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3.
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To re-elect Mehmet Kutman as a Director
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45,115,011
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99.99
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5,596
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0.01
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45,120,607
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66.33
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8,241
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4.
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To re-elect Ayşegül Bensel as a Director
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45,116,280
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99.98
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10,131
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0.02
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45,126,411
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66.33
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2,437
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5.
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To re-elect Jérôme Bernard Jean Auguste Bayle as a Director
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45,123,485
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99.99
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2,926
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0.01
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45,126,411
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66.33
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2,437
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6.
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To re-elect Ercan Nuri Ergül as a Director
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45,117,681
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99.98
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8,730
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0.02
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45,126,411
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66.33
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2,437
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7.
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To reappoint PKF Littlejohn LLP, of 15 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, London E14 4HD, United Kingdom as the Company's auditor
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45,106,151
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99.99
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4,847
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0.01
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45,110,998
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66.33
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17,850
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8.
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To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board to fix the remuneration of the auditors
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45,104,882
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99.99
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5,914
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0.01
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45,110,796
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66.33
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18,052
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9.
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To give authority to allot securities up to specified amounts
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45,118,315
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99.98
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8,946
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0.02
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45,127,261
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66.33
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1,587
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10.
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To give authority to allot securities for the purpose of capitalising amounts under the GIH Loans (as defined in the Notice of AGM)
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45,109,378
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99.96
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18,458
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0.04
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45,127,836
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66.33
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1,012
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11.
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To give authority to allot securities for the purpose of allotting shares upon the exercise of Warrants (as defined in the Notice of AGM)
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45,120,891
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99.99
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6,033
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0.01
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45,126,924
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66.33
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1,924
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Special Resolutions
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12.
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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
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45,107,676
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99.96
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20,160
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0.04
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45,127,836
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66.33
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1,012
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13.
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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
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45,111,052
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99.96
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17,121
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0.04
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45,128,173
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66.33
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675
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14.
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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)
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45,108,033
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99.96
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18,891
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0.04
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45,126,924
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66.33
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1,924
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15.
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To disapply statutory pre-emption rights for an allotment upon the exercise of Warrants (as defined in the Notice of AGM)
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45,108,708
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99.96
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18,216
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0.04
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45,126,924
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66.33
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1,924
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16.
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To give authority to make market purchases of the Company's shares
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45,122,505
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99.99
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5,668
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0.01
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45,128,173
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66.33
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675
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17.
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To permit General Meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice
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45,122,939
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99.99
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5,234
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0.01
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45,128,173
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66.33
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675
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* 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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