Kenmare Resources : AGM Statement

Kenmare Resources plc

Result of Annual General Meeting

Dublin, 31 May 2012: At the Annual General Meeting of Kenmare Resources plc ("Kenmare" or the "Company") held today at The Westbury Hotel, Grafton Street, Dublin 2, Ireland all of the resolutions considered and voted upon by the shareholders were approved on a show of hands.

The full text of each resolution was included in the notice of the meeting circulated to shareholders on 20 April 2012.

In accordance with the Listing Rules two copies of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting have been forwarded to the Irish Stock Exchange.

The shareholder votes in respect of each resolution are set out below:-

Resolution	Total	For	Against	Vote withheld*
Consider the financial statements	1,593,468,865	1,584,114,960 (65.73%)	28,316 (0%)	9,325,589
Consider the Directors' Remuneration Report	1,593,468,864	975,592,082 (40.48%)	311,938,448 (12.94%)	305,938,334
Re-elect Ms. S.    Bianchi	1,593,468,865	1,527,152,278 (63.36%)	66,161,642 (2.75%)	154,945
Re-elect Mr. M. Carvill	1,593,468,865	1,587,956,542 (65.88%)	5,355,154 (0.22%)	157,169
Re-elect Mr. J. Deysel	1,593,468,865	1,583,379,757 (65.69%)	9,933,016 (0.41%)	156,092
Re-elect Mr. I. Egan	1,593,468,865	1,524,216,467 (63.24%)	29,855,228 (1.24%)	39,397,170
Re-elect Mr. S. Farrell	1,593,468,865	1,529,547,163 (63.46%)	24,529,880 (1.02%)	39,391,822
Re-elect Mr. T. Fitzpatrick	1,593,468,865	1,583,398,555 (65.69%)	9,903,356 (0.41%)	166,954
Re-elect Ms. E. Headon	1,593,468,865	1,593,253,561 (66.1%)	61,149 (0%)	154,155
Re-elect Mr. T. Lowrie	1,593,468,865	1,535,467,951 (63.7%)	21,751,128 (0.9%)	36,249,786
Re-elect Mr. P. McAleer	1,593,466,213	1,531,346,069 (63.54%)	22,731,251 (0.94%)	39,388,893
Re-elect Mr. T. McCluskey	1,593,468,865	1,579,758,782 (65.54%)	13,556,104 (0.56%)	153,979
Elect Mr J.      Loasby	1,593,465,117	1,584,827,983 (65.76%)	8,447,253 (0.35%)	189,881
Authority to fix auditor's remuneration	1,593,406,865	1,589,597,408 (65.95%)	3,717,042 (0.15%)	92,415
Directors' share  allotment authority	1,593,468,865	1,569,697,944 (65.13%)	23,543,094 (0.98%)	227,827
To dis-apply pre-emption rights	1,593,468,865	1,593,082,079 (66.09%)	191,365 (0.01%)	195,421
Convening EGMs on 14 days' notice	1,593,465,265	1,523,830,493 (63.22%)	69,572,668 (2.89%)	62,104

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution. 

For further information, please contact:    

Kenmare Resources plc
Deirdre Corcoran
Company Secretary
Tel: + 353 1 6710411

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