Result of AGM

Gulf Marine Services PLC
07 June 2023
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

7 June 2023

 

Gulf Marine Services PLC

('Gulf Marine Services', 'GMS', the 'Company' or the 'Group')

 

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

 

The AGM of Gulf Marine Services PLC was held at Gulf Marine Services WLL, Office 403, International Tower, 24th (Karama) Street, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates at 2.30pm (UAE time) on Wednesday, 7 June 2023.

 

Voting was conducted on a poll, the results of which are shown in the table below and will shortly be available on the Company's website, www.gmsplc.com.

 

Resolution

Votes in Favour (including discretionary)1

%

Votes

Against

%

Total Votes
(excluding votes withheld)

Votes Withheld2

1.    To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2022.

700,521,619

100.00%

199

0.00%

700,521,818

3,613,000

2.    To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report included in the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2022.

700,501,822

99.48%

3,632,496

0.52%

704,134,318

500

3.    To re-appoint Mansour Al Alami as a Director.

388,111,920

55.12%

316,022,898

44.88%

704,134,818

0

4.    To re-appoint Hassan Heikal as a Director.

655,234,220

93.06%

48,900,598

6.94%

704,134,818

0

5.    To re-appoint Rashed Al Jarwan as a Director.

692,934,652

98.41%

11,200,166

1.59%

704,134,818

0

6.    To re-appoint Lord Anthony St John of Bletso as a Director.

692,934,351

98.41%

11,200,467

1.59%

704,134,818

0

7.    To re-appoint Charbel El Khoury as a Director.

692,934,152

98.41%

11,200,666

1.59%

704,134,818

0

8.    To re-appoint Jyrki Koskelo as a Director.

690,363,152

98.04%

13,771,666

1.96%

704,134,818

0

9.    To re-appoint KPMG as Auditor.

700,460,308

100.00%

11,510

0.00%

700,471,818

3,663,000

10.   To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee, for and on behalf of the Directors, to agree the Auditor's remuneration.

700,521,619

99.49%

3,613,199

0.51%

704,134,818

0

11. To authorise the Directors to allot shares (s551 of the Companies Act 2006) in connection with a Rights issue.

357,927,859

50.84%

346,156,959

49.16%

704,084,818

50,000

12. To disapply pre-emption rights (s.570 and s.573 of the Companies Act 2006) in connection with a Rights issue.3

349,326,584

49.61%

354,758,234

50.39%

704,084,818

50,000

13.  To authorise the Directors to call general meetings of the Company (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.3

700,460,507

99.49%

3,624,311

0.51%

704,084,818

50,000

Notes:

1)          Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chairman of the Meeting have been included in the "For" totals above.

2)          A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

3)          Indicates special resolutions requiring a 75% majority of votes cast in favour to be passed.

 

The Company's total ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at 7 June 2022 was 1,016,414,582 ordinary shares of 2 pence each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held. No shares were held in treasury.

 

The Company announces that resolutions 1 to 11 (inclusive), and resolution 13 were passed by the requisite majorities of the Company's shareholders. Resolution 12, which was a special resolution requiring the approval of shareholders representing at least 75% of the shares voted at the meeting, was not passed by the requisite majority.  The Board continues to consult with substantial shareholders on their views and, in accordance with paragraph 4 of the UK Corporate Governance Code, will publish an update on views received from shareholders, and actions taken, no later than six months after the AGM, and a final summary together with any further steps in the next annual report.

 

The full text of the resolutions may be found in the notice of the AGM, copies of which are available on both the Company's website at www.gmsplc.com and on the National Storage Mechanism at https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism.

 

In accordance with LR 9.6.2R, copies of all resolutions passed at the AGM concerning items other than ordinary business have been 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:

Gulf Marine Services PLC

Mansour Al Alami

Executive Chairman

 

Tel: +44 (0)20 7603 1515

 

Celicourt Communications

Mark Antelme / Philip Dennis / Ali AlQahtani

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7770 6424

 

Notes to Editors:

Gulf Marine Services PLC, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, was founded in Abu Dhabi in 1977 and has become a world leading provider of advanced self‐propelled self‐elevating support vessels (SESVs). The fleet serves the oil, gas and renewable energy industries from its offices in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

 

The Group's assets are capable of serving clients' requirements across the globe, including those in the Middle East, South East Asia, West Africa, North America, the Gulf of Mexico and Europe. The GMS fleet of 13 SESVs is amongst the youngest in the industry. The vessels support GMS's clients in a broad range of offshore oil and gas platform refurbishment and maintenance activities, well intervention work and offshore wind turbine maintenance work (which are opex‐led activities), as well as offshore oil and gas platform installation and decommissioning and offshore wind turbine installation (which are capex‐led activities).

 

The SESVs are categorized by size ‐ K‐Class (Small), S‐Class (Mid) and E‐Class (Large) ‐ with these capable of operating in water depths of 45m to 80m depending on leg length. The vessels are four‐legged and are self‐propelled, which means they do not require tugs or similar support vessels for moves between locations in the field; this makes them significantly more cost‐effective and time‐efficient than conventional offshore support vessels without self‐propulsion. They have a large deck space, crane capacity and accommodation facilities (for up to 300 people) that can be adapted to the requirements of the Group's clients.

 

Gulf Marine Services PLC's Legal Entity Identifier is 213800IGS2QE89SAJF77

 

www.gmsplc.com

 

Disclaimer

The content of the Gulf Marine Services PLC website should not be considered to form a part of or be incorporated into this announcement.

 

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