RNS Number : 0265X
Wentworth Resources PLC
15 December 2023

PRESS RELEASE 15 December 2023

WENTWORTH RESOURCES PLC
("Wentworth" or the "Company")

Result of 2023 Annual General Meeting

Wentworth (AIM: WEN), the independent, Tanzania-focused natural gas production company, advises that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), held earlier today, the results of the poll conducted at the meeting were as follows:

For

Against

Withheld

No. of shares

% of votes

No. of shares

% of votes

Ordinary Resolutions

1

To receive the Company's Annual Report and accounts 2022

78,248,098

99.54

363,654

0.46

74,791

2

To receive the director's remuneration report as set out in the financial statements and accounts.

33,805,556

42.96

44,880,987

57.04

0

3.

To re-appoint Katherine Roe as a director of the Company

52,615,023

66.93

25,994,030

33.07

77,490

4.

To re-appoint KPMG as auditors of the Company

75,627,698

96.18

3,006,698

3.82

52,147

5.

To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors

76,500,972

97.30

2,122,395

2.70

63,176

6.

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

53,320,429

67.82

25,302,938

32.18

63,176

Special Resolutions

7.

To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of the allotment of shares

53,317,429

67.82

25,293,771

32.18

75,343

8.

To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares

72,289,342

91.87

6,397,201

8.13

0

The Board notes that in respect of a number of resolutions more than 20 per cent. of votes cast were against the resolution. Should the proposed acquisition of Wentworth by Etablissements Maurel et Prom S.A. not proceed the Board will engage with major shareholders to understand their concerns and take steps in the future to address those concerns. The Board will update shareholders accordingly.

Enquiries:

Wentworth Resources

Katherine Roe,
Chief Executive Officer

katherine.roe@wentplc.com
+44 (0) 7841 087 230


Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited


AIM Nominated Advisor and Joint Broker
Callum Stewart
Simon Mensley


+44 (0) 20 7710 7600



Peel Hunt LLP



Joint Broker
Richard Crichton
Georgia Langoulant



+44 (0) 20 7418 8900


FTI Consulting


Communications Advisor
Sara Powell

Ben Brewerton

Ollie Mills



+44 (0) 20 3727 1000

wentworth@fticonsulting.com

About Wentworth

Wentworth Resources plc (AIM: WEN) is a leading, domestic natural gas producer in Tanzania with a core producing asset at Mnazi Bay in the onshore Rovuma Basin in Southern Tanzania.

Inside Information

This announcement does not contain inside information.

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