21 April 2017
Acacia Mining plc (“Acacia” or
the “Company”)
Registration number 7123187
Results of voting at 2017 annual
general meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Acacia was held on 20 April 2017. 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 dated15 March 2017.
All resolutions at the meeting were put to Acacia’s shareholders
on a poll. The final voting figures of the poll as certified by the
scrutineers, Computershare Investor Services PLC, were as
follows:
|
|
Total votes cast |
For (*) |
% |
Against(*) |
% |
Vote withheld(**) |
|
Ordinary Resolutions |
1 |
Approval of the audited
annual accounts for the Company for the financial year ended 31
December 2016, together with the Directors’ Report and the
Auditors’ Reports. |
380,608,368 |
378,682,081 |
99.49 |
1,926,287 |
0.51 |
96,326 |
2 |
Approval of the
Directors’ Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31
December 2016. |
380,201,574 |
371,674,846 |
97.76 |
8,526,728 |
2.24 |
503,118 |
3 |
Approval of Directors’ Remuneration
Policy |
380,703,543 |
333,828,526 |
87.69 |
46,875,017 |
12.31 |
1,149 |
4 |
Declaration and
approval of a final dividend of US 8.4 cents per Ordinary Share,
for the year ended 31 December 2016. |
380,704,694 |
380,605,256 |
99.97 |
99,438 |
0.03 |
0 |
5 |
Election of Kelvin
Dushnisky as a Director (non-executive) of the Company. |
380,623,728 |
375,416,004 |
98.63 |
5,207,724 |
1.37 |
80,965 |
6 |
Election of
Bradley (“Brad”) Gordon as a Director (executive) of the
Company. |
380,703,729 |
380,599,127 |
99.97 |
104,602 |
0.03 |
965 |
7 |
Election of Ambassador
Mwapachu as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
378,858,746 |
358,672,276 |
94.67 |
20,186,470 |
5.33 |
1,845,947 |
8 |
Election of Rachel English as a
Director (independent non-executive) of the Company. |
380,704,594 |
380,704,330 |
100.00 |
264 |
0.00 |
100 |
9 |
Election of Andre
Falzon as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
380,697,570 |
380,190,280 |
99.87 |
507,290 |
0.13 |
7,123 |
10 |
Election of Michael
Kenyon as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
380,703,465 |
380,519,127 |
99.95 |
184,338 |
0.05 |
1,229 |
11 |
Election of Steve
Lucas as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
380,704,330 |
380,604,892 |
99.97 |
99,438 |
0.03 |
364 |
12 |
Election of Peter
Tomsett as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company.*** |
380,704,330 |
380,599,992 |
99.97 |
104,338 |
0.03 |
364 |
13 |
Election of Stephen
Galbraith as a Director (non-executive) of the Company. |
380,660,840 |
380,178,560 |
99.87 |
482,280 |
0.13 |
43,853 |
14 |
Re-appointment of
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. |
380,258,103 |
380,230,784 |
99.99 |
27,319 |
0.01 |
442,751 |
15 |
Grant of authorisation
to the audit committee of the Company to agree the remuneration of
the Auditors. |
380,704,694 |
380,545,927 |
99.96 |
158,767 |
0.04 |
0 |
16 |
Grant of authority to 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, and up to a
further nominal amount of £13,532,821 in connection with a
rights issue, provided that this authority shall expire on the date
of the Company’s next annual general meeting or 30 June 2018,
whichever is earlier. |
380,703,243 |
372,983,260 |
97.97 |
7,719,983 |
2.03 |
1,450 |
|
Special resolutions |
17 |
Grant of authority to
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 £4,100,854. This
authority shall expire when the authority to allot referred to
above expires. |
380,704,693 |
373,388,485 |
98.08 |
7,316,208 |
1.92 |
0 |
18 |
Grant of authority to
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, or 30 June 2018, whichever is earlier. |
380,643,554 |
379,738,185 |
99.76 |
905,369 |
0.24 |
57,300 |
19 |
Grant of authority to
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. |
380,700,665 |
377,331,801 |
99.12 |
3,368,864 |
0.88 |
188 |
20 |
Approve amendment to the Company’s
Long-Term Incentive Plan |
380,704,592 |
372,258,800 |
97.78 |
8,445,792 |
2.22 |
100 |
VOTES OF INDEPDNDENT SHAREHOLDERS (EXCLUDING THE VOTING
INTERESTS OF BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION AND ITS ASSOCIATES AS
CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER) ON THE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE ELECTION OF THE
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS |
|
Ordinary resolutions: |
Total votes cast |
For (*) |
% |
Against(*) |
% |
Vote withheld(**) |
7 |
Election of Ambassador
Mwapachu as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
116,611,796 |
96,425,326 |
82.69 |
20,186,470 |
17.31 |
1,845,947 |
8 |
Election of Rachel English as a
Director (independent non-executive) of the Company. |
118,457,644 |
118,457,380 |
100.00 |
264 |
0.00 |
100 |
9 |
Election of Andre
Falzon as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
118,450,620 |
117,943,330 |
99.57 |
507,290 |
0.43 |
7,123 |
10 |
Election of Michael
Kenyon as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
118,456,515 |
118,272,177 |
99.84 |
184,338 |
0.16 |
1,229 |
11 |
Election of Steve
Lucas as a Director (independent non-executive) of the
Company. |
118,457,380 |
118,357,942 |
99.92 |
99,438 |
0.08 |
364 |
12 |
Election of Peter Tomsett as a
Director (independent non-executive) of the Company.*** |
118,457,380 |
118,353,042 |
99.91 |
104,338 |
0.09 |
364 |
(*) 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.
(***) Peter
Tomsett stepped down from the Board following the AGM.
ENQUIRIES
For further information contact:
Acacia Mining plc |
+44 (0)207 129 7150 |
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Giles Blackham,
Investor Relations Manager
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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 Acacia in any jurisdiction.