CALGARY, May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - Bankers
Petroleum Ltd. ("Bankers" or the "Company") (TSX: BNK, AIM: BNK) is
pleased to announce that 148,146,895 shares (56.72% of the
Company's issued and outstanding shares) were represented at the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May
20, 2015 (the "Meeting") and all of the resolutions were
duly passed. Specifically, all of the nine Director nominees
proposed in the Company's management information circular, dated
April 14, 2015, were elected as
Directors of the Company. The voting results for each nominee
are set out below:
|
Nominee
|
Votes
For
|
Votes
Withheld
|
|
Number
|
Percentage
|
Number
|
Percentage
|
|
Abdel F.
Badwi
|
142,194,794
|
95.98
|
5,952,101
|
4.02
|
|
Eric Brown
|
147,617,666
|
99.64
|
529,229
|
0.36
|
|
Wesley
Clark
|
139,396,132
|
94.09
|
8,750,763
|
5.91
|
|
Robert
Cross
|
140,698,640
|
94.97
|
7,448,255
|
5.03
|
|
David
French
|
147,618,054
|
99.64
|
528,841
|
0.36
|
|
Jonathan
Harris
|
141,397,767
|
95.44
|
6,749,128
|
4.56
|
|
Phillip
Knoll
|
147,629,644
|
99.65
|
517,251
|
0.35
|
|
Ian
McMurtrie
|
147,624,372
|
99.65
|
522,523
|
0.35
|
|
John B.
Zaozirny
|
143,537,402
|
96.89
|
4,609,493
|
3.11
|
In addition, Bankers reports that 97.09% of the shares
represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting were voted in
favour of the Company's approach to executive compensation as more
particularly set forth in the Management Information Circular.
All voting results will be posted on SEDAR.
About Bankers Petroleum Ltd.
Bankers Petroleum Ltd. is a Canadian-based oil and gas
exploration and production company focused on developing large oil
and gas reserves. In Albania, Bankers operates and has the full
rights to develop the Patos-Marinza heavy oilfield, has a 100%
interest in the Kuçova oilfield, and a 100% interest in Exploration
Block "F". Bankers' shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange
and the AIM Market in London,
England under the stock symbol BNK.
SOURCE Bankers Petroleum Ltd.