TIDMACA
21 April 2017
Acacia Mining plc ("Acacia" or the "Company")
Registration number 7123187
Results of voting at 2017 annual general meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Acacia was held on 20 April 2017. 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 dated15
March 2017.
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 For (*) % Against(*) % Vote
cast withheld(*
*)
Ordinary Resolutions
1 Approval of the 380,608,368 378,682,081 99.49 1,926,287 0.51 96,326
audited annual
accounts for the
Company for the
financial year ended
31 December 2016,
together with the
Directors' Report and
the Auditors' Reports.
2 Approval of the 380,201,574 371,674,846 97.76 8,526,728 2.24 503,118
Directors'
Remuneration Report
for the financial year
ended 31 December
2016.
3 Approval of Directors' 380,703,543 333,828,526 87.69 46,875,017 12.31 1,149
Remuneration Policy
4 Declaration and 380,704,694 380,605,256 99.97 99,438 0.03 0
approval of a final
dividend of US 8.4
cents per Ordinary
Share, for the year
ended 31 December
2016.
5 Election of Kelvin 380,623,728 375,416,004 98.63 5,207,724 1.37 80,965
Dushnisky as a
Director
(non-executive) of the
Company.
6 Election of Bradley 380,703,729 380,599,127 99.97 104,602 0.03 965
("Brad") Gordon as a
Director (executive)
of the Company.
7 Election of Ambassador 378,858,746 358,672,276 94.67 20,186,470 5.33 1,845,947
Mwapachu as a Director
(independent
non-executive) of the
Company.
8 Election of Rachel 380,704,594 380,704,330 100.00 264 0.00 100
English as a Director
(independent
non-executive) of the
Company.
9 Election of Andre 380,697,570 380,190,280 99.87 507,290 0.13 7,123
Falzon as a Director
(independent
non-executive) of the
Company.
10 Election of Michael 380,703,465 380,519,127 99.95 184,338 0.05 1,229
Kenyon as a Director
(independent
non-executive) of the
Company.
11 Election of Steve 380,704,330 380,604,892 99.97 99,438 0.03 364
Lucas as a Director
(independent
non-executive) of the
Company.
12 Election of Peter 380,704,330 380,599,992 99.97 104,338 0.03 364
Tomsett as a Director
(independent
non-executive) of the
Company.***
13 Election of Stephen 380,660,840 380,178,560 99.87 482,280 0.13 43,853
Galbraith as a
Director
(non-executive) of the
Company.
14 Re-appointment of 380,258,103 380,230,784 99.99 27,319 0.01 442,751
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.
15 Grant of authorisation 380,704,694 380,545,927 99.96 158,767 0.04 0
to the audit committee
of the Company to
agree the remuneration
of the Auditors.
16 Grant of authority to 380,703,243 372,983,260 97.97 7,719,983 2.03 1,450
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 GBP
13,532,821, and up to
a further nominal
amount of GBP13,532,821
in connection with a
rights issue, provided
that this authority
shall expire on the
date of the Company's
next annual general
meeting or 30 June
2018, whichever is
earlier.
Special resolutions
17 Grant of authority to 380,704,693 373,388,485 98.08 7,316,208 1.92 0
the Directors of the
Company pursuant to
Section 570 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 GBP4,100,854.
This authority shall
expire when the
authority to allot
referred to above
expires.
18 Grant of authority to 380,643,554 379,738,185 99.76 905,369 0.24 57,300
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 30 June
2018, whichever is
earlier.
19 Grant of authority to 380,700,665 377,331,801 99.12 3,368,864 0.88 188
the Company to call a
general meeting other
than an annual general
meeting on not less
than 14 clear days'
notice, provided that
facilities are
available to
shareholders to vote
by electronic means
for meetings called at
such notice.
20 Approve amendment to 380,704,592 372,258,800 97.78 8,445,792 2.22 100
the Company's
Long-Term Incentive
Plan
VOTES OF INDEPDNDENT 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 Total votes For (*) % Against(*) % Vote
resolutions: cast withheld(*
*)
7 Election of 116,611,796 96,425,326 82.69 20,186,470 17.31 1,845,947
Ambassador
Mwapachu as a
Director
(independent
non-executive)
of the
Company.
8 Election of 118,457,644 118,457,380 100.00 264 0.00 100
Rachel English
as a Director
(independent
non-executive)
of the
Company.
9 Election of 118,450,620 117,943,330 99.57 507,290 0.43 7,123
Andre Falzon
as a Director
(independent
non-executive)
of the
Company.
10 Election of 118,456,515 118,272,177 99.84 184,338 0.16 1,229
Michael Kenyon
as a Director
(independent
non-executive)
of the
Company.
11 Election of 118,457,380 118,357,942 99.92 99,438 0.08 364
Steve Lucas as
a Director
(independent
non-executive)
of the
Company.
12 Election of 118,457,380 118,353,042 99.91 104,338 0.09 364
Peter Tomsett
as a Director
(independent
non-executive)
of the
Company.***
(*) 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.
(***) Peter Tomsett stepped down from the Board following the AGM.
ENQUIRIES
For further information contact:
Acacia Mining plc +44 (0)207 129 7150
Giles Blackham, Investor Relations Manager
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.
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