Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5638N

Fresnillo PLC

18 May 2015

 

                                                                                                         Fresnillo Plc

28 Grosvenor Street

London W1K 4QR

United Kingdom

www.fresnilloplc.com

18 May 2015

Fresnillo plc - Result of AGM

The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to shareholders  at today's Annual General Meeting were passed by means of a poll, including the ordinary resolutions  (resolutions 1 to 18) and special resolutions (resolutions 19 to 21) set out in  the Company's notice of AGM dated 15 April 2015. The votes cast for resolutions 10 to 15 relating to the re-election of the independent Directors were duly passed by both a majority of the votes cast by the independent shareholders as well as by a majority of votes cast by all shareholders. These votes have been calculated separately and are shown below (independent shareholder votes cast being marked **)   

The final voting figures are shown below.

Resolution	Total Votes Cast	For (*)		Against (*)		Withheld
		Number	%	Number	%
1: Presentation of the accounts	697,946,119	697,944,583	100.00	1,536	0.00	297,223
2: To approve the final dividend	697,953,689	697,952,653	100.00	1,036	0.00	289,653
3: To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	697,428,353	696,779,846	99.91	648,507	0.09	814,989
4: To re-elect Mr Alberto Baillères	672,090,885	656,059,942	97.61	16,030,943	2.39	26,152,457
5: To re-elect Mr Juan Bordes	697,950,788	696,892,902	99.85	1,057,886	0.15	292,554
6: To re-elect Mr Arturo Fernández	697,950,788	696,993,599	99.86	957,189	0.14	292,554
7: To re-elect Mr Rafael Mac Gregor	697,952,415	696,811,274	99.84	1,141,141	0.16	290,927
8: To re-elect Mr Jaime Lomelín	697,324,325	696,431,693	99.87	892,632	0.13	919,017
9: To re-elect Mr Alejandro Baillères	697,321,478	696,156,230	99.83	1,165,248	0.17	921,594
10: To re-elect Mr Guy Wilson	697,942,264	697,762,376	99.97	179,888	0.03	300,808
	145,350,804**	145,170,916	99.88	179,888	0.12	300,808
11: To re-elect Mr Fernando Ruiz	697,947,061	693,585,028	99.38	4,362,033	0.62	296,281
	145,355,601**	140,993,568	97.00	4,362,033	3.00	296,281
12: To re-elect Ms María Asunción Aramburuzabala	697,324,599	696,703,661	99.91	620,938	0.09	918,743
	144,733,139**	144,112,201	99.57	620,938	0.43	918,743
13: To re-elect Ms Bárbara Garza Lagüera	697,946,047	697,617,659	99.95	328,388	0.05	297,295
	145,354,587**	145,026,199	99.77	328,388	0.23	297,295
14. To elect Mr Jaime Serra	697,943,196	694,032,030	99.44	3,911,166	0.56	300,146
	145,351,736**	141,440,570	97.31	3,911,166	2.69	300,146
15. To elect Mr Charles Jacobs	697,940,196	697,652,659	99.96	287,537	0.04	303,146
	145,348,736**	145,061,199	99.80	287,537	0.20	303,146
16:To appoint the auditors	697,155,010	696,992,689	99.98	162,321	0.02	1,088,332
17: To allow the board to determine the auditors remuneration	697,949,589	697,746,079	99.97	203,510	0.03	293,753
18: To allot shares	693,400,151	693,109,906	99.96	290,245	0.04	4,843,191
19: To disapply pre-emption rights	693,394,758	691,983,049	99.80	1,411,709	0.20	4,848,584
20: To authorise share Repurchase	693,200,122	693,079,926	99.98	120,196	0.02	5,043,220
21: Notice of general meetings	697,952,688	681,656,656	97.67	16,296,032	2.33	290,654

(*) = Includes discretionary votes

(**) =Votes cast by the independent shareholders

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares and total voting rights of the Company was 736,893,589 shares in issue. The Company's Articles of Association set out that every member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder on a poll. The scrutineer of the poll was Equiniti Limited.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, Fresnillo plc has submitted a copy of the resolutions dealing with the special business put to shareholders at the AGM today

to the National Storage Mechanism, which will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

ENDS

For further information, please visit our website:  www.fresnilloplc.com or contact:

Fresnillo plc
London Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor Relations Floriana Michalowska	Tel: [phone]
Mexico Ana Belém Zárate	Tel: [phone]
Bell Pottinger Gavin Davis Daniel Thole Marianna Bowes	Tel: [phone]

About Fresnillo plc

Fresnillo plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's second largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican Stock Exchanges under the symbol FRES.

Fresnillo plc has six operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Saucito, Ciénega (including the San Ramón satellite mine), Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos¹ and Noche Buena, two development projects - San Julián and the Pyrites plant, and four advanced exploration prospects - Orisyvo, Juanicipio, Las Casas Rosario & Cluster Cebollitas and Centauro Deep, as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects. In total, Fresnillo plc has mining concessions covering approximately 2 million hectares in Mexico.

Fresnillo plc has a strong and long tradition of mining, a proven track record of mine development, reserve replacement, and production costs in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for silver.

Fresnillo plc's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company, producing 65 million ounces of silver and 750,000 ounces of gold by 2018.

¹Operations at Soledad-Dipolos are currently suspended.

 

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