23rd Jun 2026 13:00
Incorporated in Guernsey. Guernsey registration number: 47656
South African external company registration number: 2009/012636/10
Share code on JSE:GML (General Segment of JSE Main Board) / AIM:GEM
ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31
("Gemfields" or the "Group" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting 2026
LONDON, 23 JUNE 2026
Shareholders are advised that the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") was held today, Tuesday 23 June 2026.
All ordinary resolutions and special resolution 2 were passed by the requisite majority of shareholders. Both non-binding advisory votes were also passed, with the support of over 75% of shareholders.
The Company acknowledges that special resolution 1 was not passed by the requisite 75% of shareholders required.
Details of the voting results at the AGM are as follows:
Total number of Ordinary Shares (with voting rights) | 1,724,230,526 |
Total number of Ordinary Shares present/represented including proxies at the meeting (including shares abstained from voting) | 1,183,478,616
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Percentage of Ordinary Shares represented at the meeting | 68.64% |
Resolution proposed | For | Against | Abstain 1 |
Ordinary resolution 1: | |||
To adopt the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 | 1,180,912,933 99.78% | 2,565,683 0.22% | 94,670 0.01% |
Ordinary resolution 2: | |||
To re-elect Patrick Sacco, who is retiring by rotation, as a Director of the Company | 1,180,715,522 99.77% | 2,759,091 0.23% | 98,673 0.01% |
Ordinary resolution 3: | |||
To re-elect Mary Reilly, who is retiring by rotation, as a Director of the Company | 1,180,795,038 99.77% | 2,679,575 0.23% | 98,673 0.01% |
Ordinary resolution 4: | |||
To re-appoint Mary Reilly to the Company's Audit and Risk Committee | 1,180,752,894 99.77% | 2,721,719 0.23% | 98,673 0.01% |
Ordinary resolution 5: | |||
To re-appoint Kwape Mmela to the Company's Audit and Risk Committee | 1,180,762,104 99.77% | 2,708,909 0.23% | 102,273 0.01% |
Ordinary resolution 6: | |||
To re-appoint Simon Scott to the Company's Audit and Risk Committee | 1,180,844,116 99.78% | 2,629,260 0.22% | 98,673 0.01% |
Ordinary resolution 7: | |||
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditor (until the conclusion of the 2027 annual general meeting) and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration | 1,180,905,236 99.78% | 2,566,959 0.22% | 101,091 0.01% |
Special resolution 1: | |||
General authority to issue shares for cash and waiver of pre-emption | 472,504,038 39.93% | 710,973,207 60.07% | 96,041 0.01% |
Special resolution 2: | |||
Amendments to the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan | 1,053,480,062 89.03% | 129,756,065 10.97% | 337,159 0.02% |
Non-binding advisory vote: | |||
Endorsement of the Company's Remuneration Policy | 1,038,788,501 87.78% | 144,603,518 12.22% | 181,267 0.01% |
Non-binding advisory vote: | |||
Endorsement of the Company's Remuneration Implementation Report | 1,053,581,884 89.03% | 129,861,229 10.97% | 130,173 0.01% |
1 Abstentions are represented as a percentage of total number of Ordinary Shares (with voting rights).
-ENDS-
Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at:
GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM
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ENQUIRIES
GEMFIELDS | Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Heinrich Richter [email protected] T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400 |
SPONSOR (JSE) | Investec Bank Limited |
NOMINATED ADVISER(AIM) & BROKER | Panmure LiberumScott Mathieson / Amrit Mahbubani / John More T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222 |
PRESS ENQUIRES, GEMFIELDS HEAD OFFICE, LONDON | [email protected]T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400 |
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Gemfields Group Limited
Gemfields is a world-leading miner of coloured gemstones, dual-listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM stock exchanges.
Gemfields is the operator and 75% owner of both Kagem Mining in Zambia (a world-leading emerald mine) and Montepuez Ruby Mining in Mozambique (situated on one of the most significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields holds controlling interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licenses in Zambia, Mozambique and Madagascar.
Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction platform to provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key component of Gemfields' business model that has played an important role in the growth of the global coloured gemstone sector.
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