Pan African Resources PLC
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under Companies Act 1985 with registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)
Share code on AIM: PAF
Share code on JSE: PAN
ADR ticker code: PAFRY
ISIN: GB0004300496
(Pan African or the Company or the Group)
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES
1. RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Pan African shareholders (Shareholders) are advised that at the annual general meeting (AGM) of Shareholders held on Thursday, 24 November 2022, all the ordinary and special resolutions, as set out in the notice of AGM dated 26 October 2022, with the exception of resolution 13, were approved by the requisite majority of Shareholders present or represented by proxy.
The total number of Pan African ordinary shares (Shares) eligible to vote at the AGM is 2,222,862,046.
All resolutions proposed at the AGM, together with the percentage of shares abstained, as well as the percentage of votes carried for and against each resolution, are as follows:
Ordinary resolution number 1: To receive and adopt the directors’ report, the audited statement of accounts and the auditors’ report for the year ended 30 June 2022
Shares Voted 1,581,735,533 71.16% |
Abstained 2,437,875 0.11% |
For 1,581,731,692 100% |
Against 3,841 0.00% |
Ordinary resolution number 2: To approve the final dividend of 18.00000 ZA cents per share
Shares Voted 1,583,530,033 71.24% |
Abstained 1,293,375 0.06% |
For 1,583,526,192 100% |
Against 3,841 0.00% |
Ordinary resolution number 3: To re-elect CDS Needham as an independent non-executive director of the Company
Shares Voted 1,581,734,835 71.16% |
Abstained 2,438,573 0.11% |
For 1,567,225,850 99.08% |
Against 14,508,985 0.92% |
Ordinary resolution number 4: To re-elect Y Themba as an independent non-executive director of the Company
Shares Voted 1,581,753,835 71.16% |
Abstained 2,419,573 0.11% |
For 1,579,646,850 99.87% |
Against 2,106,985 0.13% |
Ordinary resolution number 5: To re-elect KC Spencer as an independent non-executive director of the Company
Shares Voted 1,581,733,571 71.16% |
Abstained 2,439,837 0.11% |
For 1,527,767,800 96.59% |
Against 53,965,771 3.41% |
Ordinary resolution number 6: To re-elect D Earp as a member of the audit and risk committee
Shares Voted 1,581,734,845 71.16% |
Abstained 2,438,563 0.11% |
For 1,578,656,496 99.81% |
Against 3,078,349 0.19% |
Ordinary resolution number 7: To elect CDS Needham as a member of the audit and risk committee
Shares Voted 1,581,752,324 71.16% |
Abstained 2,421,084 0.11% |
For 1,567,799,024 99.12% |
Against 13,953,300 0.88% |
Ordinary Resolution 8: To re-elect TF Mosololi as a member of the audit and risk committee
Shares Voted 1,581,771,324 71.16% |
Abstained 2,402,084 0.11% |
For 1,564,094,350 98.88% |
Against 17,676,974 1.12% |
Ordinary Resolution 9: To endorse the Company’s remuneration policy
Shares Voted 1,540,665,005 69.31% |
Abstained 43,508,403 1.96% |
For 1,102,042,848 71.53% |
Against 438,622,157 28.47% |
Ordinary resolution number 10: To endorse the Company’s remuneration implementation report (Notes 1 and 2)
Shares Voted 1,582,743,776 71.20% |
Abstained 1,429,632 0.06% |
For 1,155,509,206 73.01% |
Against 427,234,570 26.99% |
Ordinary resolution number 11: To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration
Shares Voted 1,581,887,067 71.16% |
Abstained 2,286,341 0.10% |
For 1,581,729,941 99.99% |
Against 157,126 0.01% |
Ordinary resolution number 12: To authorise the directors to allot equity securities (Note 1)
Shares Voted 1,582,756,792 71.20% |
Abstained 1,416,616 0.06% |
For 982,340,931 62.07% |
Against 600,415,861 37.93% |
Ordinary resolution number 13: To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights and general authority to issue shares for cash
Shares Voted 1,582,632,195 71.20% |
Abstained 1,541,213 0.07% |
For 649,186,803 41.02% |
Against 933,445,392 58.98% |
Special resolution number 14: To approve market purchases of ordinary shares
Shares Voted 1,583,363,562 71.23% |
Abstained 1,459,846 0.07% |
For 1,470,257,743 92.86% |
Against 113,105,819 7.14% |
Notes
Dissenting Shareholders may forward their concerns / questions pertaining to the Resolutions to the Company Secretary via email at general@corpserv.co.uk by close of business on 9 December 2022. The Company will then respond in writing to these Dissenting Shareholders, and if required, engage further with the Dissenting Shareholders in this regard.
2. SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES
Shareholders are referred to the Group’s provisional summarised audited results that were released on 14 September 2022, wherein an exchange rate of South African Rand (ZAR) to the British Pound (GBP) of GBP/ZAR:19.90 and an exchange rate of ZAR to the US Dollar (USD) of USD/ZAR:17.30 was used for illustrative purposes to convert the proposed ZAR dividend of 18.00000 ZA cents per share into GBP and USD, respectively.
Shareholders are advised that, following the approval of the final dividend at the AGM, the exchange rate for conversion of the final ZAR dividend into GBP has been fixed at an exchange rate of GBP/ZAR:20.71 which translates to a final GBP dividend of 0.86915 pence per share and the exchange rate for conversion of the final ZAR dividend into USD for illustrative purposes is USD/ZAR:17.01, which translates to an illustrative final USD dividend of US 1.05820 cents per share.
The following salient dates apply:
Currency conversion date | Thursday, 24 November 2022 |
Currency conversion announcement released by 11.00 (SA time) |
Friday 25 November 2022 |
Last date to trade on the JSE | Tuesday, 29 November 2022 |
Last date to trade on the LSE | Wednesday 30 November 2022 |
Ex-dividend date on the JSE | Wednesday, 30 November 2022 |
Ex-dividend date on the LSE | Thursday, 1 December 2022 |
Record date on the JSE and LSE | Friday, 2 December 2022 |
Payment date | Tuesday, 13 December 2022 |
Notes
Johannesburg
25 November 2022
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