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Fresnillo PLC

23 May 2023

Fresnillo plc

21 Upper Brook Street

London W1K 7PY

United Kingdom

www.fresnilloplc.com

23 May 2023

FRESNILLO PLC - RESULT OF AGM

The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to shareholders at today's Annual General Meeting were passed by means of a poll, including the ordinary resolutions (resolutions 1 to 19) and special resolutions (resolutions 20 to 23) as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 19 April 2023. The votes cast for resolutions 10 to 16 relating to the re-election and election of the independent Directors were duly passed by both a majority of the votes cast by the independent shareholders as well as by a majority of votes cast by all shareholders. These votes have been calculated separately and are shown below (independent shareholder votes cast being marked **)

The final voting figures are shown below.

 
          Resolution             Total Votes          For (*)            Against (*)       Withheld 
                                     Cast 
                                                  Number        %       Number       % 
                                               ------------  ------  -----------  ------ 
 1: Presentation of 
  the report and accounts        674,898,465    674,845,133   99.99     53,332     0.01    2,872,574 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 2: To approve the 
  final dividend                 677,768,368    677,309,467   99.93    458,901     0.07      2,671 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 3: To approve the 
  Annual Report on 
  Remuneration                   677,753,546    667,414,110   98.47   10,339,436   1.53     17,493 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 4. To approve the 
  Directors' Remuneration 
  Policy,                        677,018,935    637,400,310   94.15   39,618,625   5.85     752,104 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 5: To re-elect Mr 
  Alejandro Baillères       677,749,840    600,029,855   88.53   77,719,985   11.47    21,199 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 6: To re-elect Mr 
  Juan Bordes                    677,750,533    660,036,750   97.39   17,713,783   2.61     20,506 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 7: To re-elect Mr 
  Arturo Fernández          673,518,233    647,539,084   96.14   25,979,149   3.86    4,252,806 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 8: To re-elect Mr 
  Fernando Ruiz                  673,518,233    660,755,712   98.11   12,762,521   1.89    4,252,806 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 9: To re-elect Mr 
  Eduardo Cepeda                 677,750,534    638,656,022   94.23   39,094,512   5.77     20,505 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 10: To re-elect Mr 
  Charles Jacobs                 677,749,839    673,307,580   99.34   4,442,259    0.66     21,200 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
                                125,154,648**   120,712,389   96.45   4,442,259    3.55     21,200 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 11: To re-elect Ms 
  Bárbara Garza 
  Lagüera                   677,755,770    670,809,355   98.98   6,946,415    1.02     15,269 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
                                125,160,579**   118,214,164   94.45   6,946,415    5.55     15,269 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 12: To re-elect Mr 
  Alberto Tiburcio               677,750,033    665,585,772   98.21   12,164,261   1.79     20,506 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
                                125,154,842**   112,990,581   90.28   12,164,261   9.72     20,506 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 13: To re-elect Dame 
  Judith Macgregor               677,751,415    677,505,331   99.96    246,084     0.04     19,124 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
                                125,156,224**   124,910,140   99.80    246,084     0.20     19,124 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 14: To re-elect Ms 
  Georgina Kessel                677,744,842    677,097,936   99.90    646,906     0.10     25,697 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
                                125,149,651**   124,502,745   99.48    646,906     0.52     25,697 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 15: To re-elect Ms 
  Guadalupe De la Vega           677,744,559    676,831,929   99.87    912,630     0.13     25,980 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
                                125,149,368**   124,236,738   99.27    912,630     0.73     25,980 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 16: To re-elect Mr 
  Hector Rangel                  677,749,916    676,967,517   99.88    782,399     0.12     20,623 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
                                125,154,725**   124,372,326   99.37    782,399     0.63     20,623 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 17: To re-appoint 
  the auditors                   677,759,512    673,210,202   99.33   4,549,310    0.67     11,027 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 18: To authorise 
  the audit committee 
  to determine the 
  auditors' remuneration         677,760,720    675,714,595   99.70   2,046,125    0.30     10,319 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 19: To give authority 
  to Directors allot 
  shares                         677,762,120    673,212,223   99.33   4,549,897    0.67      8,419 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 20: To disapply pre-emption 
  rights                         676,531,200    672,035,379   99.34   4,495,821    0.66    1,239,339 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 21: To disapply pre-emption 
  rights in in connection 
  with an acquisition 
  or other capital 
  investment                     677,760,379    674,000,824   99.45   3,759,555    0.55     10,160 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 22: To authorise 
  purchase of own shares         677,741,715    671,939,579   99.14   5,802,136    0.86     29,324 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 23: Notice of general 
  meetings                       677,762,734    675,944,975   99.73   1,817,759    0.27      8,305 
                               --------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 

(*) = Includes discretionary votes

(**) =Votes cast by the independent shareholders

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares and total voting rights of the Company was 736,893,589 shares in issue. The Company's Articles of Association set out that every member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder on a poll. The scrutineer of the poll was Equiniti Limited.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, Fresnillo plc has submitted a copy of the resolutions dealing with the special business put to shareholders at the AGM today to the National Storage Mechanism, which will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

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For further information, please visit our website www.fresnilloplc.com or contact:

 
 
   FRESNILLO PLC                        Tel: +44 (0)20 7399 2470 
   London Office 
   Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor 
   Relations 
   Mark Mochalski 
 Mexico City Office                   Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206 
  Ana Belem Zárate 
 
   POWERSCOURT                          Tel: +44 (0)7793 858 211 
   Peter Ogden 
 

ABOUT FRESNILLO PLC

Fresnillo plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican Stock Exchanges under the symbol FRES.

Fresnillo plc has eight operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Saucito, Juanicipio, Ciénega, Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos1, Noche Buena and San Julián (Veins and Disseminated Ore Body), one development project - the Pyrites Plant at Fresnillo, which has been completed and tied-in to the national electricity grid, and four advanced exploration projects - Orisyvo, Rodeo, Guanajuato and Tajitos as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects.

Fresnillo plc has mining concessions and exploration projects in Mexico, Peru and Chile.

Fresnillo plc has a strong and long tradition of exploring, mining, a proven track record of mine development, reserve replacement, and production costs in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for silver.

Fresnillo plc's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company and Mexico's largest gold producer.

(1) Operations at Soledad-Dipolos are currently suspended.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Information contained in this announcement may include 'forward-looking statements'. All statements other than statements of historical facts included herein, including, without limitation, those regarding the Fresnillo Group's intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, amongst other things, the Fresnillo Group's results of operations, financial position, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the silver and gold industries are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the actual results of the Fresnillo Group's operations, financial position and liquidity, and the development of the markets and the industry in which the Fresnillo Group operates, may differ materially from those described in, or suggested by, the forward-looking statements contained in this document. In addition, even if the results of operations, financial position and liquidity, and the development of the markets and the industry in which the Fresnillo Group operates are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this document, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. A number of factors could cause results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements including, without limitation, general economic and business conditions, industry trends, competition, commodity prices, changes in regulation, currency fluctuations (including the US dollar and Mexican Peso exchanges rates), the Fresnillo Group's ability to recover its reserves or develop new reserves, including its ability to convert its resources into reserves and its mineral potential into resources or reserves, changes in its business strategy and political and economic uncertainty.

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