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Heritage Oil Announces the Results of the AGM


Published on 2012-06-21 23:40:48 - Market Wire
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June 22, 2012 02:00 ET

Heritage Oil Announces the Results of the AGM

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - June 22, 2012) -

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Heritage Oil Plc (TSX:HOC)(LSE:HOIL), an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), held yesterday, all resolutions put to Shareholders were duly passed.

Set out below are the voting results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the meeting. The number of ordinary shares and exchangeable shares carrying a vote in Heritage in issue at the time of the AGM was 257,956,996.

ForAgainst
Votes% Votes castVotes
Resolution 1Report and accounts165,593,49199.62631,921
Resolution 2Remuneration report139,569,31683.8826,822,708
Resolution 3Re-Appointment of Auditors166,387,14699.77391,532
Resolution 4Determination of Auditors' remuneration166,374,11399.77379,924
Resolution 5To re-elect Michael Hibberd as a Director152,916,71495.856,616,901
Resolution 6To re-elect Anthony Buckingham as a Director164,266,75498.512,479,292
Resolution 7To re-elect Paul Atherton as a Director166,162,41999.65582,618
Resolution 8To re-elect General Sir Michael Wilkes as a Director163,302,96397.943,442,654
Resolution 9To re-elect John McLeod as a Director154,102,28192.4212,642,604
Resolution 10To re-elect Gregory Turnbull QC as a Director160,928,66096.515,816,206
Resolution 11To elect Carmen Rodriguez as a Director166,278,14199.72470,205
Resolution 12To elect Colonel Mark Erwin as a Director166,275,17299.72470,345
Resolution 13Rule 9 Waiver resolution57,701,77470.9123,676,042
Resolution 14Authority of Directors to allot shares119,660,40171.7547,110,579
Resolution 15Electronic communications166,389,25499.77389,608

The full text of the resolutions is contained in the notice of the AGM.

Notes to Editors

  • Heritage is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The trading symbol is HOIL. Heritage has a further listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:HOC).
  • Heritage is an independent upstream exploration and production company engaged in the exploration for, and the development, production and acquisition of, oil and gas in its core areas of Africa, the Middle East and Russia.
  • Heritage has an exploration, appraisal and development asset in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, exploration assets in Malta, Tanzania, Mali, Pakistan, Libya and the Democratic Republic of Congo and a producing property in Russia.
  • All dollars are US$ unless otherwise stated.

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION:

Except for statements of historical fact, all statements in this news release - including, without limitation, statements regarding production estimates and future plans and objectives of Heritage - constitute forward-looking information that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate; actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results include risks and uncertainties such as: risks relating to estimates of reserves and recoveries; production and operating cost assumptions; development risks and costs; the risk of commodity price fluctuations; political and regulatory risks; and other risks and uncertainties as disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in its Prospectus and elsewhere in Heritage documents filed from time-to-time with the London Stock Exchange and other regulatory authorities. Further, any forward-looking information is made only as of a certain date and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking information or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required by applicable securities laws. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management of the Company to predict all of these factors and to assess in advance the impact of each such factor on the Company's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking information.



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