20 April 2018
Acacia Mining plc (“Acacia” or
the “Company”)
Registration number 7123187
Results of voting at 2018 annual
general meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Acacia was held on 19 April 2018. As at the date of the annual
general meeting, the total number of issued Ordinary Shares was
410,085,499. Therefore, the total number of votes exercisable at
the meeting was 410,085,499. The full text of the resolutions
proposed at the annual general meeting was set out in the notice of
annual general meeting dated 14 March
2018.
All resolutions at the meeting were put to Acacia’s shareholders
on a poll. The final voting figures of the poll as certified by the
scrutineers, Computershare Investor Services PLC, were as
follows:
|
|
Total votes cast |
For (*) |
% |
Against (*) |
% |
Vote withheld (**) |
|
Ordinary Resolutions |
1 |
Approval of the audited
annual accounts for the Company for the financial year ended 31
December 2017, together with the Directors’ Report and the
Auditors’ Reports. |
370,396,745 |
370,089,235 |
99.92 |
307,510 |
0.08 |
0 |
2 |
Approval of the
Directors’ Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the
Directors’ Remuneration Policy) for the financial year ended 31
December 2017. |
369,799,726 |
300,675,151 |
81.31 |
69,124,575 |
18.69 |
597,019 |
3 |
Election of Kelvin
Dushnisky as a Director (non-executive) of the Company. |
370,394,500 |
365,256,406 |
98.61 |
5,138,094 |
1.39 |
2,244 |
4 |
Election of Peter
Geleta as a Director (executive) of the Company. |
370,394,684 |
369,242,183 |
99.69 |
1,152,501 |
0.31 |
2,061 |
5 |
Election of Rachel
English as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
370,394,683 |
348,190,364 |
94.01 |
22,204,319 |
5.99 |
2,061 |
6 |
Election of Andre
Falzon as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
370,394,684 |
369,158,090 |
99.67 |
1,236,594 |
0.33 |
2,061 |
7 |
Election of Michael
Kenyon as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
370,394,683 |
345,108,597 |
93.17 |
25,286,086 |
6.83 |
2,061 |
8 |
Election of Steve Lucas
as a Director (independent non-executive) of the Company. |
370,394,683 |
348,151,764 |
93.99 |
22,242,919 |
6.01 |
2,061 |
9 |
Election of Stephen
Galbraith as a Director (non-executive) of the Company. |
370,394,684 |
369,160,168 |
99.67 |
1,234,516 |
0.33 |
2,061 |
10 |
Re-appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company (the
“Auditors”) to hold office until the conclusion of the next general
meeting of the Company at which the accounts are laid before the
Company. |
370,365,340 |
369,262,453 |
99.70 |
1,102,887 |
0.30 |
31,404 |
11 |
Grant of authorisation
to the audit committee of the Company to agree the remuneration of
the Auditors. |
370,392,133 |
370,305,174 |
99.98 |
86,959 |
0.02 |
4,612 |
12 |
Grant of authority to
the Directors, generally and unconditionally pursuant to Section
551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”) to exercise all
powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company or to grant
rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in
the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £13,532,821,
and up to a further nominal amount of £13,532,821 in
connection with a rights issue, provided that this authority shall
expire on the date of the Company’s next annual general meeting or
28 June 2019, whichever is earlier. |
370,391,950 |
369,722,368 |
99.82 |
669,582 |
0.18 |
4,795 |
|
Special resolutions |
13 |
Grant of authority to
the Directors of the Company pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of
the Act to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section
560 of the Act) wholly for cash as if Section 561(1) of the Act did
not apply (a) in connection with a pre-emptive offer or rights
issue or (b) otherwise up to an aggregate nominal value of
£2,050,427. This authority shall expire when the authority to allot
referred to above expires. |
370,393,569 |
369,938,328 |
99.88 |
455,241 |
0.12 |
3,176 |
14 |
In addition to
resolution 13 above, grant of authority to the Directors of the
Company pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Act to allot equity
securities (within the meaning of Section 560 of the Act) for cash
as if Section 561 of the Act did not apply provided that this power
is (a) limited to allotment of equity securities up to an aggregate
nominal value of £2,050,427 and (b) used only for the purposes of
financing (or refinancing, if the power is to be exercised within
six months after the date of the original transaction) a
transaction which the Directors determine to be an acquisition or
other capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of
Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights. This authority shall
expire when the authority to allot referred to above expires. |
370,393,568 |
369,848,873 |
99.85 |
544,695 |
0.15 |
3,176 |
15 |
Grant of authority to
the Company for the purpose of Section 701 of the Act to make
market purchases (as defined in Section 693(4) of that Act) of
Ordinary Shares each in the capital of the Company, subject to
satisfying certain conditions and provided that the authority shall
expire at the conclusion of the Company’s next annual general
meeting, or 28 June 2019, whichever is earlier. |
370,311,588 |
369,803,892 |
99.86 |
507,696 |
0.14 |
85,156 |
16 |
Grant of authority to
the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general
meeting on not less than 14 clear days’ notice. |
370,394,802 |
360,942,493 |
97.45 |
9,452,309 |
2.55 |
1,943 |
VOTES OF INDEPEDNDENT SHAREHOLDERS (EXCLUDING THE VOTING
INTERESTS OF BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION AND ITS ASSOCIATES AS
CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER) ON THE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE ELECTION OF THE
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS |
|
Ordinary resolutions: |
Total votes cast |
For (*) |
% |
Against (*) |
% |
Vote withheld (**) |
5 |
Election of Rachel
English as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
108,147,733 |
85,943,414 |
79.47 |
22,204,319 |
20.53 |
2,061 |
6 |
Election of Andre
Falzon as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
108,147,733 |
106,911,140 |
98.86 |
1,236,594 |
1.14 |
2,061 |
7 |
Election of Michael
Kenyon as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
108,147,733 |
82,861,647 |
76.62 |
25,286,086 |
23.38 |
2,061 |
8 |
Election of Steve Lucas
as a Director (independent non-executive) of the Company. |
108,147,733 |
85,904,814 |
79.43 |
22,242,919 |
20.57 |
2,061 |
(*) Includes discretionary votes
(**) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a
resolution.
ENQUIRIES
For further information contact:
Acacia Mining plc |
+44 (0)207 129 7150 |
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Giles Blackham, Head of Investor
Relations and Corporate Development
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This announcement is for information
purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to
underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of any
securities of Acacia in any jurisdiction.