Centamin plc: Results of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
PERTH, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwired - May 11, 2016) - Centamin (LSE: CEY) (TSX: CEE) wishes to advise the results of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at the Royal Yacht, Weighbridge, St Helier, Jersey, on Wednesday 11th May 2016 at 10.00am (UK time). The results of each of the resolutions are set out below:
| VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES WITHHELD(1) | ||||||
| Ordinary Resolution 1 Annual accounts, strategic and directors' report and auditor's report | 820,666,289 | 99.36 | 5,282,482 | 0.64 | 4,844,350 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 2 Declaration of a final dividend | 830,676,498 | 99.99 | 114,129 | 0.01 | 2,495 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 3.1 Approval of the remuneration report | 806,745,332 | 98.58 | 11,641,708 | 1.42 | 12,406,078 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 3.2 Approval of the remuneration policy | 811,706,430 | 99.13 | 7,155,779 | 0.87 | 11,930,910 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 4.1 Re-election of Mr Josef El-Raghy | 811,756,694 | 98.40 | 13,163,143 | 1.60 | 107,073 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 4.2 Re-election of Mr Andrew Pardey | 822,207,782 | 99.67 | 2,712,455 | 0.33 | 106,673 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 4.3 Re-election of Mr Trevor Schultz | 751,523,022 | 91.10 | 73,396,815 | 8.90 | 107,073 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 4.4 Re-election of Mr Gordon Edward Haslam | 779,927,345 | 94.55 | 44,988,664 | 5.45 | 110,901 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 4.5 Re-election of Mr Mark Arnesen | 820,078,179 | 99.41 | 4,835,830 | 0.59 | 112,901 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 4.6 Re-election of Mr Mark Bankes | 823,608,298 | 99.84 | 1,305,711 | 0.16 | 112,901 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 4.7 Re-election of Mr Kevin Tomlinson | 823,601,924 | 99.84 | 1,297,585 | 0.16 | 127,401 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 5.1 Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Auditor) | 830,643,904 | 99.99 | 75,662 | 0.01 | 73,556 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 5.2 Authorise the directors to agree the auditor's remuneration | 829,168,377 | 99.81 | 1,557,733 | 0.19 | 67,011 | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 6 Authority to allot relevant securities | 817,972,274 | 99.44 | 4,633,091 | 0.56 | 2,421,545 | |||||
| Special Resolution 7 Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 811,116,072 | 99.47 | 4,307,222 | 0.53 | 9,603,616 | |||||
| Special Resolution 8 Market purchase of ordinary shares | 827,331,385 | 99.93 | 585,984 | 0.07 | 2,875,754 |
(1) A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution.
The total number of ordinary shares eligible to be voted at the AGM was 1,152,107,984. The scrutineers of the poll were Computershare Investor Services (Jersey) Limited.
A copy of the results of the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM, copies of which are available on the Centamin website at www.centamin.com.
Contact
For more information please contact:
Centamin Plc
Josef El-Raghy
Chairman
Andrew Pardey
CEO
Andy Davidson
Head of Investor Relations
andy.davidson@centamin.je
+44 (0) 1534 828708
Buchanan
Bobby Morse
+ 44 (0) 20 7466 5000
