1st Apr 2009 10:00
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Immediate Release |
01 April 2009 |
Central Rand Gold Limited (the "Company")
(Incorporated as a company with limited liability under the laws of Guernsey,
Company Number 45108)
(Incorporated as an external company with limited liability under the laws of
South Africa, registration number 2007/019223/10)
ISIN: GG00B24HM601
Share code on LSE: CRND
Share code on JSE: CRD
AGM Notice
The Company has posted an AGM notice and circular, dated 1 April 2009, to its Shareholders. The AGM will be held on 21 May 2009 at the offices of Carey Olsen, Carey House, Les Banques, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 4BZ (not at the registered office) at 11 a.m. (UK time). Shareholders wishing to participate in the AGM in Guernsey via video link from London may do so at the offices of Hunton & Williams, 30 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8EP. Shareholders in South Africa wishing to participate in the AGM via video link from Johannesburg may do so at the offices of Taback and Associates (Proprietary) Limited, 13 Eton Road, Parktown, Johannesburg.
At the AGM, the following resolutions will be put to the meeting as ordinary resolutions:
to receive and consider the Company's annual report and accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2008;
to re-appoint Moore Stephens LLP as auditors to the Company and to authorise the directors to fix their remuneration;
to elect Sarel Johan du Toit as a director of the Company;
to re-elect Michael Allan Sullivan as a director of the Company; and
to re-elect Nicholas Campbell FarrߛJones as a director of the Company.
The following resolution will be put to the meeting as an extraordinary resolution:
6. the directors be empowered to allot equity securities wholly for cash free of pre-emption provisions in the Articles of Incorporation:
(a) by way of rights to holders of ordinary shares; and
(b) otherwise than in (a) above up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount equal to £123,459.
The following resolutions will be put to the meeting as special resolutions:
7. to amend the existing articles of incorporation of the Company; and
8. to amend the existing memorandum of incorporation of the Company.
A copy of the AGM notice and circular has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and is available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
All capitalised terms used in this announcement have the same meaning as the definitions set out in the AGM circular published today.
Issued on behalf of: Central Rand Gold Limited
Date: 1 April 2009
Contact:
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Johan du Toit |
+ 27 (0) 11 551 4000 |
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Wayne Epstein |
+ 27 (0) 11 551 4000 |
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Enquiries: |
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Evolution Securities Limited Simon Edwards/Chris Sim/Neil Elliot |
+ 44 (0) 20 7071 4300 |
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Macquarie First South Advisors (Pty) Ltd Thato Morajele/Annerie Britz/Melanie de Nysschen
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+ 27 (0) 11 583 2307 |
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Buchanan Communications Limited Ben Willey/Bobby Morse
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+ 44 (0) 20 7466 5000 |
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Jenni Newman Public Relations (Pty) Ltd Jenni Newman/Megann Outram |
+ 27 (0) 11 772 1033 |
Related Shares:
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