28th Aug 2012 18:36
28 August 2012
Vedanta Resources plc
("the Company")
Result of General Meeting
A general meeting of the Company was held on 28 August 2012 following the Company's Annual General Meeting.
A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the meeting and the results are detailed below:
Type of resolution | For | Against | Total votes cast | Votes withheld1 | ||||
Resolution (Full text of resolutions is set out in the Notice of General Meeting) | Special/ Ordinary | No. of votes | % | No. of votes | % | No. of votes | % of ISC voted | No. of votes |
1. That the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of between 26.0 and 29.5 per cent of the entire issued share capital of Hindustan Zinc Limited from the Government of India be approved. | Ordinary | 195,998,538 | 92.28 | 16,407,732 | 7.72 | 212,406,270 | 79.91% | 1,595,729 |
2. That the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of between 44.0 and 49.0 per cent of the entire issued share capital of Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd from the Government of India be approved. | Ordinary | 196,001,116 | 92.28 | 16,407,732 | 7.72 | 212,408,848 | 79.91% | 1,595,729 |
1. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes validly cast for or against a resolution.
All resolutions put to the meeting as set out in the Notice of Meeting were carried.
A copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Deepak Kumar
Company Secretary
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