2015 AGM Voting Results

RNS Number : 1248G

South32 Limited

18 November 2015

 

18 NOVEMBER 2015

South32 Limited

(Incorporated in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth))

(ACN 093 732 597)

ASX / LSE / JSE Share Code: S32
ISIN: AU000000S320

South32 Limited

2015 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING VOTING RESULTS

South32 Limited (ASX, LSE, JSE:  S32) ("South32") advises that the resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held on 18 November 2015 at 2:00pm (AWST), in Perth, Western Australia, were carried1.

The following is information on the number of votes cast on the poll in respect of each resolution:

Item 2	Election of Xolani Mkhwanazi as a Director	For Against Abstain	2,818,558,691 45,894,431 8,889,721	98.40% 1.60%
Item 3	Re-election of David Crawford as a Director	For Against Abstain	2,826,666,387 39,042,730 7,602,209	98.64% 1.36%
Item 4	Appointment of auditor	For Against Abstain	2,848,304,947 17,918,961 7,077,551	99.37% 0.63%
Item 5	Adoption of the Remuneration Report	For Against Abstain	2,686,918,525 162,347,158 13,004,246	94.30% 5.70%
Item 6	Grant of Awards to Executive Director	For Against Abstain	2,743,134,042 117,765,581 12,080,914	95.88% 4.12%
Item 7	Approval of leaving entitlements	For Against Abstain	2,792,489,059 66,627,676 13,268,944	97.67% 2.33%

Further information, as required by section 251AA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), is set out below.

The following information is provided in accordance with section 251AA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

		Instructions given to validly appointed proxies (as at proxy close)
Ordinary Resolutions		For	Against	Proxy's Discretion	Abstain
Item 2 Election of Xolani Mkhwanazi as a Director		2,770,660,079	45,892,931	45,882,354	8,708,264
		96.79%	1.60%	1.61%
Item 3 Re-election of David Crawford as a Director		2,779,197,217	38,861,318	45,451,617	7,601,959
		97.06%	1.35%	1.59%
Item 4 Appointment of auditor		2,800,249,596	17,910,975	45,864,558	7,077,115
		97.78%	0.62%	1.60%
Item 5 Adoption of the Remuneration Report		2,650,954,837	151,884,829	45,177,748	12,969,412
		93.08%	5.33%	1.59%
Item 6 Grant of Awards to Executive Director		2,706,534,887	107,512,637	45,043,668	12,048,377
		94.67%	3.76%	1.57%
Item 7 Approval of leaving entitlements		2,756,416,473	56,531,041	44,967,046	13,228,941
		96.44%	1.98%	1.58%

		Number of votes cast on the poll (where applicable)
Ordinary Resolutions		For	Against	Abstain*
Item 2 Election of Xolani Mkhwanazi as a Director		2,818,558,691	45,894,431	8,889,721
		98.40%	1.60%
Item 3 Re-election of David Crawford as a Director		2,826,666,387	39,042,730	7,602,209
		98.64%	1.36%
Item 4 Appointment of auditor		2,848,304,947	17,918,961	7,077,551
		99.37%	0.63%
Item 5 Adoption of the Remuneration Report		2,686,918,525	162,347,158	13,004,246
		94.30%	5.70%
Item 6 Grant of Awards to Executive Director		2,743,134,042	117,765,581	12,080,914
		95.88%	4.12%
Item 7 Approval of leaving entitlements		2,792,489,059	66,627,676	13,268,944
		97.67%	2.33%

*votes cast by a person who abstains on an item are not counted in calculating the required majority on a poll.

1 This release was made outside the hours of operation of the ASX Market Announcements Office.

INVESTOR RELATIONS
Leng Lau T     [phone] M    [phone] E     [e-mail]	Susie Bath T     [phone] M    [phone] E     [e-mail]	Paul Formosa T     [phone] M    [phone] E     [e-mail]
MEDIA RELATIONS
Jill Thomas          T      [phone] M     [phone] E     [e-mail]

Further information on South32 can be found at www.south32.net.

JSE Sponsor:  UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
18 November 2015

 

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