Manager of Company Announcements
Australian Stock Exchange Limited
Level 6, 20 Bridge Street
Sydney, NSW 2000
Results of General Meeting
Range announces results of its Annual General Meeting held on 30 November 2017.
The following resolutions were passed:
Resolution 2 – Re-election of Director – Mr Zhiwei Gu
Resolution 3 – Re-election of Director – Mr Lubing Liu
Resolution 4 – Approval to acquire Range Resources Drilling Services Limited (RRDSL)
Resolution 5 – Approval for cancellation of partly paid shares
Resolution 6 – Renewal of proportional takeover provisions
The following resolution was not passed:
Resolution 1 – Adoption of Remuneration Report
Kerry Gu, Chairman, commented:
“Although the vote on adoption of remuneration report was advisory only, we are disappointed that the vote was not passed. We will be considering the feedback from our shareholders and will aim to address their concerns with regards to the remuneration policy of the Company. Our remuneration and nomination committee will be undertaking a review of the existing executive and director compensation plans and will implement changes as necessary.
We are pleased that all other resolutions were passed, and look forward to proceeding with completion of the RRDSL acquisition.”
In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 3.13.2 and section 251AA of the Corporations Act 2001, the resolutions and the proxies received in respect of each resolution are set our below.
RANGE RESOURCES LIMITED
GENERAL MEETING – 30 NOVEMBER 2017
Disclosure of Proxy Votes
In accordance with section 251AA of the Corporations Act 2001, the following information is provided to the Australian Stock Exchange Limited in relation to voting results of each resolution on the agenda.
Resolution
|
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Discretionary |
Votes Abstain |
Decided by a show of hands (S) or poll (P) |
1 Adoption of Remuneration Report |
66,452,310 |
714,628,112 |
499,609 |
2,454,764,007 |
S |
2 Re-election of Director – Mr Zhiwei Gu |
3,234,165,851 |
2,693,492 |
502,809 |
1,898,554 |
S |
3 Re-election of Director – Mr Lubing Liu |
3,236,339,498 |
2,418,333 |
499,609 |
3,266 |
S |
4 Approval to acquire Range Resources Drilling Services Limited |
3,216,859,731 |
20,165,495 |
499,609 |
1,735,871 |
S |
5 Approval for cancellation of partly paid shares |
3,232,460,491 |
2,149,793 |
514,609 |
4,135,813 |
S |
6 Renewal of proportional takeover provisions |
3,227,823,267 |
2,985,167 |
499,609 |
7,801,500 |
S |