10th Jun 2009 11:26
Antofagasta plc
Results of AGM
London, 10 June 2009
At today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions were passed by shareholders.
The proxies lodged were as follows:
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Annual General Meeting |
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Resolution |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes withheld |
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(1) |
Adopt the 2008 Annual Report and Financial Statements |
1,042,026,795 |
3,368,568 |
2,704,814 |
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99.68% |
0.32% |
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(2) |
Approve the 2008 Remuneration Report |
930,856,310 |
10,366,043 |
106,877,823 |
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98.90% |
1.10% |
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(3) |
Declare a final dividend |
1,047,369,297 |
304,589 |
426,291 |
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99.97% |
0.03% |
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(4) |
Re-elect Mr. C H Bailey as a Director |
926,093,733 |
83,554,148 |
38,452,296 |
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91.72% |
8.28% |
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(5) |
Re-elect Mr. R F Jara as a Director |
911,337,911 |
103,195,027 |
33,567,239 |
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89.83% |
10.17% |
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(6) |
Re-elect Mr. G S Menendez as a Director |
926,196,788 |
83,451,613 |
38,451,776 |
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91.73% |
8.27% |
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(7) |
Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors |
1,047,117,358 |
652,602 |
330,217 |
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99.94% |
0.06% |
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(8) |
Increase authorised share capital from £67,000,000 to £85,000,000 |
1,043,330,429 |
3,857,350 |
912,397 |
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99.63% |
0.37% |
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(9) |
Grant Directors authority to allot securities |
1,029,505,401 |
12,829,596 |
5,765,179 |
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98.77% |
1.23% |
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(10) |
Grant Directors power to allot securities for cash other than on a pro rata basis to shareholders |
1,041,043,527 |
6,482,303 |
574,347 |
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99.38% |
0.62% |
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(11) |
Authorise purchase of own shares |
1,047,032,062 |
511,077 |
557,038 |
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99.95% |
0.05% |
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(12) |
Remit general meetings to be called not less than 14 days clear notice |
1,030,788,146 |
16,803,213 |
508,818 |
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98.40% |
1.60% |
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Notes to the proxy votes
1. Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the total of proxy votes for each resolution.
2. The above proxy voting instructions were received prior to the meeting.
3. Percentages are calculated on the basis of votes cast and therefore exclude abstentions.
4. The Company had in issue 985,856,695 ordinary shares carrying one vote each, and 2,000,000 5% Cumulative Preference Shares carrying 100 votes each. Accordingly, the total number of available votes was 1,185,856,695 votes at the Annual General Meeting.
Two copies of resolutions 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 passed at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority today and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonade, London E14 5HS.
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Enquiries Antofagasta plc Tel: +44 20 7808 0988 www.antofagasta.co.uk Desmond O'Conor Email: [email protected] Hussein Barma Email: [email protected] |
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