29 June 2012
Announcement to London Stock Exchange
SolGold plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
Solomon Gold plc (AIM: SOGL) confirms that all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed by a show of hands at the Company's Annual General Meeting, held on 28 June 2012 at 4.00pm in Brisbane, Australia.
A breakdown of proxy votes is set out below:
Votes for (1) |
% (2) |
Votes against |
% (2) |
Abstain (3) |
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Ordinary Business |
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1. To receive the Company's financial statements and the report of the Directors and auditors for the year ended 30 June 2011. |
133,472,324 |
99.91% |
87,764 |
0.07% |
35,000 |
|
2. To re-elect Brian Moller as a Director of the Company. |
133,405,954 |
99.86% |
187,965 |
0.14% |
1,169 |
|
3. To re-elect John Bovard as a Director of the Company. |
133,405,954 |
99.86% |
187,965 |
0.14% |
1,169 |
|
4. To re-elect Malcolm Norris as a Director of the Company. |
133,405,954 |
99.86% |
187,965 |
0.14% |
1,169 |
|
5. To re-appoint PKF (UK) LLP as auditors of the Company. |
133,497,405 |
99.93% |
85,530 |
0.06% |
12,153 |
|
6. That Malcolm Norris, a Director of the Company, be granted 1.2 million options on the terms and conditions set out in full in the Notice of Meeting. |
133,080,475 |
99.61% |
475,860 |
0.36% |
38,753 |
|
7. That the Directors be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 ("Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot equity securities in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,200,000. |
133,314,875 |
99.79% |
256,460 |
0.19% |
23,753 |
|
8. To approve the SolGold Plc Employee Share Plan. |
133,147,228 |
99.66% |
425,860 |
0.32% |
22,000 |
|
9. That, subject to, and conditional upon the passing of Resolution 8, the Company be authorised to create and issue Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of 1p each. |
133,313,251 |
99.79% |
261,837 |
0.26% |
20,000 |
Votes for (1) |
% (2) |
Votes against |
% (2) |
Abstain (3) |
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Special Business |
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10 |
That, subject to the passing of resolution 7, the Directors be empowered pursuant to section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply. |
133,204,498 |
99.71% |
366,837 |
0.27% |
23,753 |
Notes:
(1) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
(2) As a percentage of the aggregate of votes "for" plus votes "against".
(3) An abstention is not counted towards the votes cast "for" or "against" a resolution.
Terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning as defined in the Notice of Meeting dated 25 May 2012.
Contacts:
Mr Karl Schlobohm Tel: +61 (0)7 3303 0660
SolGold Plc (Company Secretary)
Mr Ewan Leggat Tel: +44 (0)207 598 5368
Fairfax I.S. PLC (Broker)
Mr Stephen Weir Tel: +61 (0)2 9250 0048
RFC Ambrian Limited (Nominated Advisor)
Mr Dominic Barretto Tel: +44 (0)7768 537 739
Yellow Jersey PR (PR &IR)