Results of the Thirteenth Annual General Meeting

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Seplat Energy PLC announced that all resolutions presented at its Thirteenth Annual General Meeting, held virtually on May 20, 2026, were passed by shareholders. Key resolutions included the approval of the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, with 99.99% of shares voted in favour, and the declaration of a final dividend for the same period, also receiving 99.99% approval. The re-appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers as auditors and the authorization for the Board to determine their remuneration were also passed with overwhelming support. Furthermore, the election and re-election of directors, including Mr. Larry Ettah, Mr. Tony Elumelu, Mr. Udoma Udo Udoma, and Mr. Christopher Okeke, received strong shareholder backing, with percentages of votes for ranging from 99.96% to 99.99%. The election of shareholder representatives to the Statutory Audit Committee was also confirmed.

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Seplat Energy PLC
21 May 2026
 

 

 

 

 

Seplat Energy PLC ("Seplat" or the "Company")

 

Results of the Thirteenth Annual General Meeting

 

 

Lagos and London, 21 May 2026: Seplat Energy PLC announces that at its Annual General Meeting held virtually via https://www.seplatenergy.com/agm-2026/ yesterday, Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 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 WITHHELD/ ABSTAIN

Total Votes Cast (excluding Votes

Withheld/ Abstain)


 

 

RESOLUTIONS

Number of shares

% of shares voted

Number of shares

% of shares voted

Number of shareholders

Number of shares For & Against

% of ISC

1.

Resolution 1:  To receive the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2025, together with the Reports of the Directors, Auditors and the Statutory Audit Committee thereon.

411,674,708

99.99%

600

0.00%

4

411,675,308

 

68.62%

 

2.

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 2025.

412,229,157

99.99%

758

0.00%

1

412,229,915

 

68.71%

 

3.

Resolution 3: To 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.

Noted by Shareholders

4.

Resolution 4: To authorise the Board of Directors of the Company to determine the Auditors' remuneration.

 

410,140,634

99.99%

2,471

0.00%

14

410,143,105

 

68.36%

 

5.

Resolution 5: To elect/re-elect the following Directors:


5(a)(i): To approve the appointment of Mr. Larry Ettah as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company;

409,988,054

99.97%

133,758

0.03%

20

410,121,812

68.36%

 

5(a)(ii): To approve the appointment of Mr. Tony Elumelu as a Non-Executive Director of the Company;

409,843,811

99.96%

170,799

0.04%

9

410,014,610

68.34%

 

5(b)(i): To re-elect Mr. Udoma Udo Udoma as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company;

410,128,990

99.99%

600

0.00%

7

410,129,590

68.36%

 

5(b)(ii): To re-elect Mr. Christopher Okeke as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.

409,981,008

99.99%

20,588

0.01%

16

410,001,596

 

68.34%

 

6.

Resolution 6: To disclose the remuneration of managers of the Company. (Please see note 6).

Noted by Shareholders

7.

Resolution 7: To elect the shareholder representatives of the Statutory Audit Committee (Please see note 7).

As there were only three (3) shareholder nominees for the three (3) available positions, the shareholder representatives of the Statutory Audit Committee were deemed duly elected. Accordingly, the members of the Statutory Audit Committee, comprising three (3) shareholder representatives and two (2) Board-nominated representatives, were approved as follows: (a) Mr. Abayomi Adeyemi (Shareholder Representative); (b) Mrs. Hauwa Umar (Shareholder Representative); (c) Mr. Nornah Awoh (Shareholder Representative); (d) Mrs. Bashirat Odunewu (Board Representative); and (e) Mr. Kazeem Raimi (Board Representative).

 

8.

Resolution 8: To approve the Remuneration Section of the Directors' Remuneration Report set out in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 (including the forward-looking Remuneration Policy).

 

411,431,771

99.99%

622

0.00%

11

411,432,393

 

68.58%

 

 

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-2026/. The virtual meeting is 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 95 of the 2025 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 Statutory Audit Committee is required to comprise five (5) members, being three (3) shareholder representatives and two (2) non-executive directors. As there were only three (3) shareholder nominees for the three available positions, the shareholder representative members of the Statutory Audit Committee were deemed duly elected, as the number of nominees did not exceed the available positions.

 

8.      The Issued Share Capital ("ISC") at the time of the Annual General Meeting was 599,944,561 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 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 Energy Plc

+234 12 770 400

Eleanor Adaralegbe, Chief Financial Officer

Edith Onwuchekwa, Director Legal /Company Secretary

James Thompson, Head of Investor Relations


Chioma Afe, Director, External Affairs and Social Performance




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+44 (0) 203 727 1000


seplat@fticonsulting.com

 

About Seplat Energy

Seplat Energy Plc is Nigeria's leading indigenous energy company. It is listed on the Premium Board of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX: SEPLAT) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: SEPL). Through our strategy to build a sustainable business and deliver energy transition, we are transforming lives by delivering affordable, reliable and sustainable energy that drives social and economic prosperity.

 

Seplat Energy's portfolio consists of 11 PMLs, 17 PPLs and 5 OMLs in onshore and shallow water locations in the prolific Niger Delta region of Nigeria, which we operate with partners including the Nigerian Government and other producers. Furthermore, we have an operated interest in three export terminals including; the Qua Iboe export terminal, Yoho FSO, and Bonny River Terminal (BRT), and operate two large offshore NGL recovery plants at Oso and EAP.

 

We operate three gas processing plants onshore, at Oben and Sapele on our Western Assets and the 300 MMscfd ANOH Gas Processing Plant on our Eastern Assets, an integrated joint venture with NGIC. Combined, these gas facilities augment Seplat Energy's position as a leading supplier of natural gas to the domestic power generation market.

 

For further information please refer to our website, https://www.seplatenergy.com/.

 

 

 

 

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