Centamin PLC Announces Results of AGM
PERTH, May 11, 2021 - "Centamin" or "the Company" or "Group", including its subsidiaries (LSE:CEY) (TSX:CEE):
RESULTS OF AGM
Centamin announces that, at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, 11 May 2021, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were passed with greater than 96% of votes in favour. The table below details the voting results of the resolutions.
The Company's issued share capital eligible to be voted at the AGM was 1,155,955,384 ordinary shares and approximately 66% of the Company's issued share capital were voted at the AGM.
| VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES WITHHELD[1] | |
| Ordinary Resolution 1 Adopt the annual accounts, strategic and governance reports and auditor's report on the accounts | 755,165,885 | 99.99% | 101,125 | 0.01% | 7,800,849 |
| Ordinary Resolution 2 Declare a final dividend of 3 US cents (US$0.03) per ordinary share | 761,033,939 | 99.92% | 624,258 | 0.08% | 1,409,662 |
| Ordinary Resolution 3 Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report | 759,007,746 | 99.68% | 2,454,305 | 0.32% | 1,605,808 |
| Ordinary Resolution 4.1 Re-election of Mr James Rutherford | 748,169,038 | 98.29% | 13,033,464 | 1.71% | 1,865,357 |
| Ordinary Resolution 4.2 Re-election of Mr Martin Horgan | 761,015,662 | 99.94% | 433,032 | 0.06% | 1,619,165 |
| Ordinary Resolution 4.3 Re-election of Mr Ross Jerrard | 761,336,457 | 99.98% | 114,237 | 0.02% | 1,617,165 |
| Ordinary Resolution 4.4 Re-election of Dr Sally Eyre | 760,334,210 | 99.88% | 886,731 | 0.12% | 1,846,918 |
| Ordinary Resolution 4.5 Re-election of Mr Mark Bankes | 760,756,610 | 99.94% | 422,124 | 0.06% | 1,889,125 |
| Ordinary Resolution 4.6 Re-election of Dr Fawzy | 760,699,208 | 99.93% | 514,665 | 0.07% | 1,853,986 |
| Ordinary Resolution 4.7 Re-election of Marna Cloete | 761,049,176 | 99.98% | 164,697 | 0.02% | 1,853,986 |
| Ordinary Resolution 4.8 Re-election of Dr Catharine Farrow | 755,468,545 | 99.97% | 220,496 | 0.03% | 7,378,818 |
| Ordinary Resolution 4.9 Election of Mr Hendrik Faul | 760,760,046 | 99.95% | 416,173 | 0.05% | 1,891,640 |
| Ordinary Resolution 5.1 Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (auditor) | 755,172,767 | 99.18% | 6,225,696 | 0.82% | 1,669,396 |
| Ordinary Resolution 5.2 Authorise the directors to agree the auditor's remuneration | 760,551,700 | 99.95% | 387,116 | 0.05% | 2,129,043 |
| Ordinary Resolution 6 Authority to allot relevant securities | 734,888,589 | 96.53% | 26,418,254 | 3.47% | 1,761,016 |
| Special Resolution 7.1 Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 760,541,674 | 99.87% | 1,009,066 | 0.13% | 1,517,119 |
| Special Resolution 7.2 Further disapplication of pre-emption rights | 741,354,870 | 97.35% | 20,194,133 | 2.65% | 1,518,856 |
| Special Resolution 8 Market purchase of ordinary shares | 755,057,050 | 99.19% | 6,167,499 | 0.81% | 1,843,310 |
In accordance with LR 9.6.2R, a copy of the results of the AGM, along with a copy of resolutions passed other than those concerning ordinary business at the AGM, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. The scrutineers of the poll were Computershare Investor Services (Jersey) Limited. The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM, a copy of which is available on the Centamin website at www.centamin.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION please visit the website www.centamin.com or contact:
| Alexandra Barter-Carse, Corporate Communications +44 (0) 7700 713 738 investors@centamin.je | Buchanan Bobby Morse / Kelsey Traynor + 44 (0) 20 7466 5000 centamin@buchanan.uk.co |
[1] A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution.
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