26th Apr 2011 07:00
African Barrick Gold plc ("ABG" or the "Company") Registration number 7123187 Results of voting at 2011 annual general meeting 26 April 2011
The Annual General Meeting of ABG was held on 21 April 2011. As at the date of the annual general meeting, the total number of issued Ordinary Shares was 410,085,499. Therefore, the total number of votes exercisable at the meeting was 410,085,499. The full text of the resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting was set out in the notice of annual general meeting dated 22 March 2011.
All resolutions at the meeting were put to ABG's shareholders on a poll. The total number of votes validly cast at the meeting was 369,733,688.
The final voting figures of the poll as certified by the scrutineers, Computershare Investor Services PLC, were as follows:
Total votes For (*) % Against(*) % Vote cast withheld(* *) Approval of the 369,733,688 369,587,688 99.96 146,000 0.04 180 audited annual accounts for the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2010, together with the Directors' Report and the Auditors' Reports. Approval of the 360,153,966 336,023,758 93.30 24,130,208 6.7 9,579,902 Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2010. Declaration and 369,733,688 369,733,560 100 128 0 180 approval of a final dividend of US3.7 cents per Ordinary Share, for the year ended 31 December 2010. Election of Aaron 369,733,588 368,482,768 99.66 1,250,820 0.34 280 Regent as a Director
(non-executive) of the Company.
Election of Gregory 369,733,588 369,638,727 99.97 94861 0.03 280 ("Greg") Hawkins as a
Director (executive) of the Company.
Election of Kevin 369,733,588 369,638,855 99.97 94733 0.03 280 Jennings as a Director
(executive) of the Company. Election of James 369,733,588 369,593,190 99.96 140398 0.04 280 Cross as a Director
(non-executive) of the Company.
Election of Andre 369,733,588 369,183,770 99.85 549818 0.15 280 Falzon as a Director
(non-executive) of the Company. Election of Stephen 369,733,588 368,610,107 99.70 1,123,481 0.3 280 Galbraith as a Director (non-executive) of the Company. Election of Robert 369,733,588 369,106,261 99.83 627327 0.17 280 ("Bobby") Godsell as a Director (non-executive) of the Company.
Election of Michael 369,733,588 369,593,062 99.96 140526 0.04 280 Kenyon as a Director
(non-executive) of the Company.
Election of Derek 369,733,588 369,229,435 99.86 504153 0.14 280 Pannell as a Director
(non-executive) of the Company. Re-appointment of 369,733,588 368,514,787 99.68 1,218,901 0.33 180 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company (the "Auditors") to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which the accounts are laid before the Company. Grant of authorisation 369,584,050 368,842,117 99.80 741933 0.20 149,818 to the audit committee of the Company to agree the remuneration of the Auditors. Approval for the 369,732,163 369,729,373 100 2790 0 1705 Company to send or supply documents or information to members by making them available on the Company's website or by other electronic means. Grant of authority to 369,731,588 369,670,878 99.98 60,710 0.02 2280 the Directors, generally and unconditionally pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to exercise all powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £13,532,821, provided that this authority shall expire on the date of the Company's next annual general meeting. Grant of authority to 369,731,055 369,670,345 99.98 60,710 0.02 2813 the Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 560 of the Act) wholly for cash as if Section 561 (1) of the Act did not apply (a) in connection with a pre-emptive offer or rights issue or (b) otherwise up to an aggregate nominal value of £2,050,427. This authority shall expire on the date of the Company's next annual general meeting. Grant of authority to 369,729,155 369,669,155 99.98 60,000 0.02 173 the Company for the purpose of Section 701 of the Act to make market purchases (as defined in Section 693 (4) of that Act) of Ordinary Shares each in the capital of the Company, subject to satisfying certain conditions and provided that the authority shall expire at the conclusion of the Company's next annual general meeting. Grant of authority to 369,733,688 358,969,326 97.09 10,764,362 2.91 180 the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice, provided that facilities are available to shareholders to vote by electronic means for meetings called at such notice. Adoption of articles 369,672,555 369,672,345 100 210 0 61,313 of association produced to the meeting as the new articles of association of the Company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing articles of association.
(*) Includes discretionary votes (**) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.
ENQUIRIES
For further information contact:
African Barrick Gold plc
Andrew Wray, Head of Corp. Devt. & IR +44 (0)207 129 7155
Finsbury +44 (0)20 7251 3801Andrew MitchellCharles Chichester
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of any securities of ABG in any jurisdiction.
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