Results of the Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 5436N

Centamin PLC

18 May 2015

 

For immediate release		18th May 2015

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

(LSE:CEY, TSX:CEE)

Results of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

Centamin wishes to advise the results of the Annual General Meeting held at 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN on Monday 18 May 2015 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, Director's Report and Auditor's Report	734,743,385	94.32	44,248,828	5.68	3,991,158
Ordinary Resolution 2 Declaration of a final dividend	773,116,954	100.00	5,781	<0.01	0
Ordinary Resolution 3.1 Approval of the Remuneration Report	773,804,348	98.90	8,577,410	1.10	601,609
Ordinary Resolution 3.2 Approval of the Remuneration Policy	775,161,361	99.37	4,875,294	0.63	2,946,713
Ordinary Resolution 4.1 Re-Election of Mr Josef El-Raghy	729,832,078	94.84	39,739,690	5.16	3,542,898
Ordinary Resolution 4.2 Re-Election of Mr Andrew Pardey	766,492,497	99.19	6,269,363	0.81	352,806
Ordinary Resolution 4.3 Re-Election of Mr Trevor Schultz	695,936,757	90.06	76,824,451	9.94	353,458
Ordinary Resolution 4.4 Re-Election of Mr Edward Haslam	764,229,063	98.95	8,093,326	1.05	792,277
Ordinary Resolution 4.5 Re-Election of Mr Mark Arnesen	771,679,077	99.86	1,078,012	0.14	357,577
Ordinary Resolution 4.6 Re-Election of Mr Mark Bankes	771,483,947	99.89	836,747	0.11	793,972
Ordinary Resolution 4.7 Re-Election of Mr Kevin Tomlinson	771,687,577	99.86	1,055,364	0.14	371,725
Ordinary Resolution 5.1 Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Auditor)	782,015,233	99.97	225,730	0.03	742,407
Ordinary Resolution 5.2 Authorise the Directors to agree the Auditor's Remuneration	781,959,228	99.90	802,152	0.10	221,988
Ordinary Resolution 6 Approval of the New Restricted Share Plan	765,643,020	99.79	1,612,254	0.21	5,859,392
Ordinary Resolution 7 Authority to Allot Relevant Securities	767,161,951	99.65	2,662,224	0.35	3,290,491
Special Resolution 8 Disapplication of Pre-Emption Rights	769,208,990	99.94	498,385	0.06	3,407,291
Special Resolution 9 Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares	779,293,370	99.92	637,870	0.08	3,060,500

⁽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 of no par value eligible to be voted at the Annual General Meeting was 1,152,107,984.  The scrutineers of the poll were Computershare Investor Services (Jersey) Limited.

Copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM have 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.

For more information please contact:

Centamin plc Josef El-Raghy, Chairman Andrew Pardey, CEO Andy Davidson, Head of Investor Relations ([e-mail])  [phone]

Buchanan Bobby Morse, Gordon Poole + 44 (0) 20 7466 5000

 

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