Result of AGM
EnQuest PLC announced that all resolutions presented at its Annual General Meeting on May 22, 2026, were passed by shareholders. The company has 1,885,029,503 ordinary shares in issue, with 20,000,000 held in treasury. Key resolutions, including the approval of the 2025 Annual Report and Accounts, the declaration of a dividend, and the re-election of directors, received overwhelming support, with most resolutions passing with over 99% of the votes cast. Special resolutions concerning the disapplication of pre-emption rights and authority to purchase own shares also passed with significant majorities.
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EnQuest announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting and put to the meeting were passed by the requisite majority by way of a poll.
The results of the poll are set out below. The number of ordinary shares in issue is 1,885,029,503. The Company holds 20,000,000 Ordinary shares in Treasury.
| Resolution | For * | % | Against | % | Withheld ** | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annual Report & Accounts 2025 | 1,029,673,156 | 99.99% | 54,740 | 0.01% | 1,956,810 |
| 2 | To declare a dividend | 1,031,672,687 | 100.00% | 513 | 0.00% | 11,506 |
| 3 | Re-election of Amjad Bseisu | 1,024,627,911 | 99.34% | 6,769,073 | 0.66% | 287,722 |
| 4 | Election of Jonathan Copus | 1,031,274,179 | 99.99% | 64,644 | 0.01% | 345,883 |
| 5 | Re-election of Gareth Penny | 1,026,818,315 | 99.56% | 4,519,418 | 0.44% | 346,973 |
| 6 | Re-election Farina Khan | 1,029,805,095 | 99.85% | 1,534,704 | 0.15% | 344,907 |
| 7 | Re-election of Michael Borrell | 1,027,533,889 | 99.74% | 2,632,455 | 0.26% | 1,518,362 |
| 8 | Re-election of Rosalind Kainyah | 1,030,645,928 | 99.96% | 409,807 | 0.04% | 628,971 |
| 9 | Re-election of Marianne Daryabegui | 1,019,306,471 | 98.86% | 11,752,952 | 1.14% | 625,283 |
| 10 | Re-appointment of auditor | 1,029,048,363 | 99.75% | 2,548,012 | 0.25% | 88,331 |
| 11 | Authority to set auditor remuneration | 1,028,507,966 | 99.70% | 3,060,156 | 0.30% | 116,584 |
| 12 | Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,030,784,558 | 99.97% | 291,026 | 0.03% | 609,122 |
| 13 | Political Donations | 1,028,809,406 | 99.74% | 2,675,227 | 0.26% | 200,073 |
| 14 | Authority to allot shares | 1,026,123,366 | 99.60% | 4,121,576 | 0.40% | 1,439,764 |
| 15*** | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 1,019,996,039 | 98.91% | 11,219,323 | 1.09% | 469,344 |
| 16*** | Further disapplication of pre-emption rights | 1,019,193,441 | 98.84% | 12,011,112 | 1.16% | 480,153 |
| 17*** | Authority to purchase own shares | 1,030,798,897 | 99.99% | 122,270 | 0.01% | 763,539 |
| 18*** | Authority to call general meeting not less than 14 days | 1,008,365,386 | 97.78% | 22,854,770 | 2.22% | 464,550 |
* Includes discretionary votes
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted for the purposes of the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution
*** Indicates a Special Resolution
The full text of each resolution can be found in the Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website, www.enquest.com
The Company will submit to the National Storage Mechanism copies of the Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting and these will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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