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KAZ Minerals PLC

05 May 2016

Result of 2016 Annual General Meeting

KAZ Minerals PLC (the 'Company') announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today, all the resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a poll. The poll results showing the number of votes received for and against each resolution are shown below. The poll results represent approximately 66% of the total number of 446,677,203 Ordinary Shares in issue which carry voting rights of one vote per share.

The votes cast on resolutions 3, 6, 8, 9 and 10, relating to the election or re-election of the independent non-executive Directors, have been calculated separately. These resolutions were duly passed by a majority of votes cast by both Independent Shareholders as well as by a majority of votes cast by all Shareholders. The result of the votes cast by the Independent Shareholders (marked with an **) and the votes cast by all Shareholders are set out below.

The Company currently holds 11,701,830 Ordinary Shares in treasury which do not carry voting rights.

Full details of the resolutions passed, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.kazminerals.com.

 
                             For/                                                          Vote 
   Resolution              Discretion        %       Against      %          Total       Withheld* 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 1. To receive 
  the 2015 Directors' 
  and auditors' 
  reports and 
  the accounts 
  of the Company           295,743,141    100.00       1,201     0.00     295,744,342      572,048 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 2. To approve 
  the 2015 Directors' 
  Annual Report 
  on Remuneration          291,781,797     98.48   4,516,002     1.52     296,297,799       18,591 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 3. To re-elect          142,185,625**   99.40**   855,121**   0.60**   143,040,746**    134,422** 
  Simon Heale 
  as a Director 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
                           295,326,847     99.71     855,121     0.29     296,181,968      134,422 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 4. To re-elect 
  Oleg Novachuk 
  as a Director            295,950,320     99.88     365,527     0.12     296,315,847          543 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 5. To re-elect 
  Andrew Southam 
  as a Director            295,949,480     99.88     366,367     0.12     296,315,847          543 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 6. To re-elect          142,379,185**   99.44**   795,898**   0.56**   143,175,083**         85** 
  Lynda Armstrong 
  as a Director 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
                           295,520,407     99.73     795,898     0.27     296,316,305           85 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 7. To re-elect 
  Vladimir Kim 
  as a Director            295,621,191     99.77     694,917     0.23     296,316,108          282 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 8. To re-elect          142,397,047**   99.46**   777,778**   0.54**   143,174,825**        343** 
  Michael Lynch-Bell 
  as a Director 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
                           295,538,269     99.74     777,778     0.26     296,316,047          343 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 9. To re-elect          142,841,793**   99.77**   333,032**   0.23**   143,174,825**        343** 
  John MacKenzie 
  as a Director 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
                           295,983,015     99.89     333,032     0.11     296,316,047          343 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 10. To re-elect         142,718,152**   99.68**   456,673**   0.32**   143,174,825**        343** 
  Charles Watson 
  as a Director 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
                           295,859,374     99.85     456,673     0.15     296,316,047          343 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 11. To re-appoint 
  KPMG LLP as 
  auditors                 296,302,696    100.00      12,660     0.00     296,315,356        1,034 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 12. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to set the 
  auditors' 
  remuneration             296,278,308     99.99      37,882     0.01     296,316,190          200 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 13. To renew 
  the Directors' 
  authority 
  to allot shares          295,678,197     99.78     637,734     0.22     296,315,931          459 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 14. To renew 
  the Directors' 
  authority 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights                   294,382,421     99.35   1,933,420     0.65     296,315,841          549 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 15. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to make market 
  purchases 
  of the Company's 
  shares                   295,462,711     99.71     852,328     0.29     296,315,039        1,351 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 16. To authorise 
  the calling 
  of general 
  meetings on 
  14 clear days' 
  notice                   290,833,723     98.15   5,482,593     1.85     296,316,316           74 
----------------------  --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  ----------- 
 

*'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

** Result of the votes cast by the Independent Shareholders.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2 of the UK Listing Authority, KAZ Minerals PLC has submitted copies of the special resolutions passed at its Annual General Meeting to the National Storage Mechanism which will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings given in the Notice of Annual General Meeting.

Susanna Freeman

Company Secretary

Tel: + 44 (0)20 7901 7826

5 May 2016

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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