Results of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 4578E

Centamin PLC

30 May 2012

 



For immediate release

30 May 2012

Centamin plc ("Centamin" or "the Company")

(LSE:CEY, TSX:CEE)

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

We wish to advise that the outcomes of each resolution put to the Company's members at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 30 May 2012, in the Bishopsgate & Chancery Rooms at The Andaz Hotel, Liverpool Street, London, United Kingdom at 11:00 am (London time) are as set out below:

Resolution	Total Votes For (%)	Total Votes Against (%)	Votes Withheld*
Ordinary Resolution 1.0 - Financial Statements and Reports	751,891,204 99.75%	1,888,641 0.25%	195,973
Ordinary Resolution 2.0 - Adoption of the Remuneration Report	267,973,837 37.00%	456,291,749 63.00%	23,219,513
Ordinary Resolution 3.1 - Retirement and Re-Election of Mr Josef El-Raghy	692,258,141 95.67%	31,301,756 4.33%	87,421
Ordinary Resolution 3.2 - Retirement and Re-Election of Mr Trevor Schultz	606,005,146 84.32%	112,680,110 15.68%	4,961,062
Ordinary Resolution 3.3 - Retirement and Re-Election of Mr Gordon Edward Haslam	688,596,242 95.31%	33,892,626 4.69%	1,158,450
Ordinary Resolution 3.4 - Retirement and Re-Election of Professor Graeme Robert Bowker	694,009,400 95.92%	29,536,472 4.08%	101,447
Ordinary Resolution 3.5 - Retirement and Re-Election of Mr Mark Arnesen	692,520,269 95.71%	31,028,929 4.29%	98,121
Ordinary Resolution 3.6 - Retirement and Re-Election of Mr Mark Bankes	721,905,219 99.77%	1,643,979 0.23%	98,121
Ordinary Resolution 3.7 - Retirement and Election of Mr Kevin Tomlinson	723,386,456 99.98%	159,686 0.02%	101,177
Ordinary Resolution 4.1 - Re-Appointment of Deloitte Touch Tohmatsu as the Company's Auditors	743,312,367 99.14%	6,425,935 0.86%	4,237,518
Ordinary Resolution 4.2 - Auditor's Remuneration	745,841,843 99.13%	6,552,110 0.87%	1,581,867
Ordinary Resolution 5.0 - Approval of the Use of Electronic Communications	753,368,364 99.95%	343,100 0.05%	264,352
Ordinary Resolution 6.0 - To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities	736,274,615 98.50%	11,175,101 1.50%	6,526,105
Special Resolution 7.0 - Disapplication of Pre-Emption Rights	713,745,509 98.64%	9,817,989 1.36%	78,821
Special Resolution 8.0 - Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares	741,146,497 98.31%	12,720,853 1.69%	105,871

* 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 of no par value eligible to be voted at the Annual General Meeting was 1,101,397,381. The scrutineers of the poll were Computershare Investor Services PLC.

A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing shortly at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available on the Centamin website at www.centamin.com.

 

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