Centamin plc Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/30/12 -- Centamin plc ("Centamin" or "the Company") (TSX: CEE)(LSE: CEY) wishes to advise that the outcomes of each resolution put to the Company's members at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 30 May 2012, in the Bishopsgate & Chancery Rooms at The Andaz Hotel, Liverpool Street, London, United Kingdom at 11:00 am (London time) are as set out below:
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Total Votes Total Votes Votes
Resolution For (%) Against (%) Withheld(i)
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Ordinary Resolution 1.0 - Financial 751,891,204 1,888,641 195,973
Statements and Reports
99.75% 0.25%
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Ordinary Resolution 2.0 - Adoption of 267,973,837 456,291,749 23,219,513
the Remuneration Report
37.00% 63.00%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.1 - Retirement 692,258,141 31,301,756 87,421
and Re-Election of Mr Josef El-Raghy
95.67% 4.33%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.2 - Retirement 606,005,146 112,680,110 4,961,062
and Re-Election of Mr Trevor Schultz
84.32% 15.68%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.3 - Retirement 688,596,242 33,892,626 1,158,450
and Re-Election of Mr Gordon Edward
Haslam
95.31% 4.69%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.4 - Retirement 694,009,400 29,536,472 101,447
and Re-Election of Professor Graeme
Robert Bowker
95.92% 4.08%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.5 - Retirement 692,520,269 31,028,929 98,121
and Re-Election of Mr Mark Arnesen
95.71% 4.29%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.6 - Retirement 721,905,219 1,643,979 98,121
and Re-Election of Mr Mark Bankes
99.77% 0.23%
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Ordinary Resolution 3.7 - Retirement 723,386,456 159,686 101,177
and Election of Mr Kevin Tomlinson
99.98% 0.02%
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Ordinary Resolution 4.1 - Re- 743,312,367 6,425,935 4,237,518
Appointment of Deloitte Touch
Tohmatsu as the Company's Auditors
99.14% 0.86%
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Ordinary Resolution 4.2 - Auditor's 745,841,843 6,552,110 1,581,867
Remuneration
99.13% 0.87%
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Ordinary Resolution 5.0 - Approval of 753,368,364 343,100 264,352
the Use of Electronic Communications
99.95% 0.05%
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Ordinary Resolution 6.0 - To 736,274,615 11,175,101 6,526,105
authorise the Directors to allot
relevant securities
98.50% 1.50%
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Special Resolution 7.0 - 713,745,509 9,817,989 78,821
Disapplication of Pre-Emption Rights
98.64% 1.36%
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Special Resolution 8.0 - Market 741,146,497 12,720,853 105,871
Purchase of Ordinary Shares
98.31% 1.69%
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(i) 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.
The total number of ordinary shares of no par value eligible to be voted at the Annual General Meeting was 1,101,397,381. The scrutineers of the poll were Computershare Investor Services PLC.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing shortly at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available on the Centamin website at www.centamin.com.
Contacts:
Centamin plc
www.centamin.com