19th May 2011 15:18
Annual General Meeting
19 May 2011
Petropavlovsk PLC ("the Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 12 noon today, all the resolutions proposed as set out in the notice of the meeting to shareholders dated 13 April 2011, were duly passed on a show of hands.
Full details of the proxy votes received from shareholders prior to the meeting for each resolution are set out below and will also be made available on the Company's website www.petropavlovsk.net.
Resolutions | Votes for (including discretionary) | % of Votes Cast | Votes against | % of votes cast | Total votes cast | Votes withheld |
Adoption of Report and Accounts | 120,995,587 | 99.98% | 24,300 | 0.02% | 121,019,887 | 1,015,192 |
Approval of Remuneration Report | 106,428,121 | 87.50% | 15,202,009 | 12.5% | 121,630,130 | 404,949 |
Declare a Final Dividend | 121,949,579 | 99.93% | 85,500 | 0.07% | 122,035,079 | 0 |
Appointment of Auditors | 120,381,612 | 99.04% | 1,171,210 | 0.96% | 121,552,822 | 482,257 |
Remuneration of Auditors | 116,740,973 | 95.8% | 5,119,467 | 4.2% | 121,860,440 | 174,639 |
Re-appoint Dr Alfiya Samokhvalova | 103,917,668 | 85.2% | 18,103,354 | 14.8% | 122,021,022 | 14,057 |
Re-appoint Mr Andrey Maruta | 103,917,680 | 85.2% | 18,103,342 | 14.8% | 122,021,022 | 14,057 |
Re-appoint Mr Martin Smith | 102,803,293 | 84.2% | 19,231,327 | 15.8% | 122,034,620 | 459 |
Re-elect Mr Peter Hambro | 102,913,723 | 84.3% | 19,121,196 | 15.7% | 122,034,919 | 160 |
Re-elect Dr Pavel Maslovskiy | 103,930,892 | 85.2% | 18,103,666 | 14.8% | 122,034,558 | 521 |
Re-elect Mr Brian Egan | 103,917,731 | 85.2% | 18,103,428 | 14.8% | 122,021,159 | 13,920 |
Re-elect Dr Graham Birch | 108,405,892 | 89.0% | 13,521,392 | 11.1% | 121,927,284 | 107,795 |
Re-elect Sir Malcolm Field | 108,463,337 | 88.9% | 13,557,794 | 11.1% | 122,021,131 | 13,948 |
Re-elect Lord Guthrie | 121,109,229 | 99.2% | 912,217 | 0.8% | 122,021,446 | 13,633 |
Re-elect Sir Roderic Lyne | 121,015,252 | 99.2% | 912,241 | 0.8% | 121,927,493 | 107,586 |
Re-elect Mr Charles McVeigh | 108,596,076 | 89.0% | 13,425,071 | 11.0% | 122,021,147 | 13,932 |
Increase the Company's borrowing powers | 121,892,625 | 99.9% | 128,097 | 0.1% | 122,020,722 | 14,357 |
Authority to Allot Shares | 114,874,827 | 94.2% | 7,099,223 | 5.8% | 121,974,050 | 61,029 |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights* | 121,876,395 | 99.9% | 139,162 | 0.1% | 122,015,557 | 19,522 |
Purchase of own shares* | 121,904,618 | 99.9% | 116,863 | 0.1% | 122,021,481 | 13,598 |
General meetings to be called on 14 days' clear notice* | 118,191,867 | 96.8% | 3,841,013 | 3.2% | 122,032,880 | 2,199 |
Cancellation of the Company's share premium account* | 121,883,294 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 121,883,294 | 151,785 |
* Special resolution
NOTES:1. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.2. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
3. Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 6 p.m. on 17 May 2011 was 187,860,093. Votes were cast in respect of 64.97% of shares in issue.
A presentation was made to those Shareholders present at the Annual General Meeting, immediately after the conclusion of the formal business, on the Company's performance, a copy of which is available on the Company's website www.petropavlovsk.net.
ENQUIRIES
Petropavlovsk PLC Alya Samokhvalova, Group Head of External Communications Rachel Tuft, Investor Relations Officer Amanda Whalley, Company Secretary
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