15th May 2008 09:00
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 2007/0192231/10)
ISIN: GG00B24HM601
Share code on LSE: CRND
Share code on JSE: CRD
AGM Notice
The Company has posted an AGM notice and circular, dated 8 May 2008, to its Shareholders. The AGM will be held on 19 June 2008 at the offices of Carey Olsen, 7 New Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 4BZ at 11.00 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 adopt the Company's annual accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2007.
To re-appoint Moore Stephens as auditors to the Company.
To re-appoint John Michael McMahon as a director of the Company.
To approve the grant of a maximum of 300,000 ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") from Carey Pensions & Benefits Limited, the trustees of the CRG Benefit Trust, to John Michael McMahon.
To re-appoint Gregory James as a director of the Company.
To re-appoint Miklos Salamon as a director of the Company.
The following resolution will be put to the meeting as an extraordinary resolution:
The directors be empowered to allot equity securities wholly for cash free of pre-emption provisions in the Articles of Association:
(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 £123,309.
The following resolution will be put to the meeting as a special resolution:
8. To amend the existing articles of association to:
(i) Allow shareholder communications to take place by electronic means.
(ii) Allow forms of proxy to be deposited at an address other than the registered office of the Company.
(iii) Remove references to "Toronto" and the "Toronto Stock Exchange".
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 on 8 May 2008.
Issued on behalf of: Central Rand Gold Limited
Date: 14 May 2008
Contact:
Greg James
Ric Vittino
Wayne Epstein
(011) 551 4000
Enquiries:
Buchanan Communications Limited +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
Ben Willey
Evolution Securities Limited +44 (0) 20 7071 4300
Simon Edwards/Chris Sim/Neil Elliot
Macquarie First South Corporate Finance + 27 (0) 11 343 2307
Amanda Markman
Jenni Newman Public Relations (Pty) Ltd + 27 (0) 11 772 1033
Jenni Newman +27 (0) 82 882 8888
Megann Outram +27 (0) 83 320 7577
Related Shares:
Central Rand Gold