31st May 2012 16:47
31 May 2012
Annual General Meeting
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 27 April 2012, 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 Chairman's discretion) | % of Votes Cast | Votes against | % of votes cast | Total votes cast | Votes withheld |
Adoption of Report and Accounts | 113,167,693 | 99.97% | 635 | 0.1% | 113,193,559 | 835,054 |
Approval of Remuneration Report | 97,609,825 | 89.51% | 11,418,378 | 10.47% | 109,053,434 | 4,975,177 |
Declare a Final Dividend | 113,778,915 | 99.98% | 0 | 0% | 113,804,146 | 224,467 |
Appointment of Auditors | 113,362,000 | 99.9% | 110,214 | 0.1% | 113,497,445 | 531,167 |
Remuneration of Auditors | 113,483,293 | 99.7% | 293,721 | 0.3% | 113,802,245 | 226,368 |
Re-appoint Dr David Humphreys | 112,936,449 | 99.2% | 841,673 | 0.7% | 113,803,353 | 225,260 |
Re-appoint Mr Sergey Ermolenko | 111,178,158 | 97.7% | 2,599,964 | 2.3% | 113,803,353 | 225,260 |
Re-appoint Ms Rachel English | 112,806,725 | 99.2% | 838,897 | 0.7% | 113,670,853 | 357,760 |
Re-elect Mr Peter Hambro | 110,009,829 | 97.2% | 3,158,429 | 2.8% | 113,193,489 | 835,123 |
Re-elect Dr Alfiya Samokhvalova | 111,176,170 | 97.7% | 2,600,452 | 2.3% | 113,801,853 | 226,760 |
Re-elect Mr Andrey Maruta | 111,175,582 | 97.7% | 2,602,540 | 2.3% | 113,803,353 | 225,260 |
Re-elect Mr Martin Smith | 111,176,496 | 97.7% | 2,600,126 | 2.3% | 113,801,853 | 226,760 |
Re-elect Dr Graham Birch | 112,916,999 | 99.2% | 860,861 | 0.8% | 113,803,091 | 225,522 |
Re-elect Sir Malcolm Field | 112,176,461 | 98.6% | 1,602,240 | 1.4% | 113,803,932 | 224,681 |
Re-elect Lord Guthrie | 112,932,120 | 99.2% | 844,475 | 0.8% | 113,801,826 | 226,787 |
Re-elect Sir Roderic Lyne | 112,936,034 | 99.2% | 842,061 | 0.8% | 113,803,326 | 225,287 |
Re-elect Mr Charles McVeigh | 112,941,118 | 99.2% | 837,423 | 0.8% | 113,803,772 | 224,841 |
Increase the Company's borrowing powers | 112,378,658 | 99.7% | 360,165 | 0.3% | 112,764,054 | 1,264,558 |
Authority to Allot Shares | 112,656,152 | 99% | 1,121,718 | 1.0% | 113,803,101 | 225,512 |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights* | 111,028,704 | 97.6% | 2,749,405 | 2.4% | 113,803,340 | 225,273 |
Purchase of own shares* | 111,352,316 | 98% | 2,158,840 | 2% | 113,536,387 | 492,226 |
General meetings to be called on 14 days' clear notice* | 108,213,821 | 95% | 5,564,764 | 5% | 113,803,816 | 224,797 |
* Special resolution
NOTES:1. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
2. Third party proxies were appointed in respect of a total of 25,231 shares, at the discretion of the third party proxy. As the voting intention is unknown these votes have not been counted in the votes "For" or "Against".
3. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
4. Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 6 p.m. on 29 May 2012 was 187,860,093. Votes were cast in respect of 114,028,613 shares representing 60.7% 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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