Result of AGM

Pan African Resources PLC
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under Companies Act 1985 with registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)
Share code on AIM: PAF
Share code on JSE: PAN

ADR ticker code: PAFRY
ISIN: GB0004300496

ADR ticker code: PAFRY
(“Pan African” or the “Company” or the “Group”)

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES

1. RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Pan African shareholders (“Shareholders”) are advised that at the annual general meeting (“AGM”) of Shareholders held on Thursday, 26 November 2020, all the ordinary and special resolutions, save for ordinary resolution number 11, as set out in the notice of AGM dated 28 October 2020, were approved by the requisite majority of Shareholders present or represented by proxy.

The total number of Pan African ordinary shares (“Shares”) eligible to vote at the AGM is 2,234,687,537.

All resolutions proposed at the AGM, together with the percentage of shares abstained, as well as the percentage of votes carried for and against each resolution, are as follows:

Ordinary resolution number 1: To receive and adopt the directors’ report, the audited statement of accounts and the auditor’s report for the year ended 30 June 2020

Shares Voted
1,619,101,298
72.45%
Abstained
6,378,070
0.29%
For
1,619,062,878
100%
Against
38,420
0.00%

Ordinary resolution number 2: To approve the final dividend of 14.00000 ZA cents per share

Shares Voted
1,624,705,824
72.70%
Abstained
773,544
0.03%
For
1,624,667,404
100%
Against
38,420
0.00%

Ordinary resolution number 3: To re-elect Mr KC Spencer as a director of the Company

Shares Voted
1,624,649,959
72.70%
Abstained
829,409
0.04%
For
1,452,399,526
89.40%
Against
172,250,433
10.60%

Ordinary resolution number 4: To re-elect Mr JAJ Loots as a director of the Company

Shares Voted
1,624,649,959
72.70%
Abstained
829,409
0.04%
For
1,623,626,095
99.94%
Against
1,023,864
0.06%

Ordinary resolution number 5: To re-elect Mrs HH Hickey as a member of the audit and risk committee

Shares Voted
1,624,588,909
72.70%
Abstained
890,459
0.04%
For
1,623,614,539
99.94%
Against
974,370
0.06%

Ordinary resolution number 6: To re-elect Mr CDS Needham as a member of the audit and risk committee

Shares Voted
1,624,588,909
72.70%
Abstained
890,459
0.04%
For
1,624,506,815
99.99%
Against
82,094
0.01%

Ordinary resolution number 7: To re-elect Mr TF Mosololi as a member of the audit and risk committee

Shares Voted
1,624,574,885
72.70%
Abstained
904,483
0.04%
For
1,612,415,881
99.25%
Against
12,159,004
0.75%

Ordinary resolution number 8: To endorse the Company’s Remuneration Policy

Shares Voted
1,624,290,479
72.69%
Abstained
1,188,889
0.05%
For
1,044,153,603
64.28%
Against
580,136,876
35.72%

Ordinary resolution number 9: To endorse the Company’s Remuneration Implementation Report (Notes 1 and 2)

Shares Voted
21,624,290,479
72.69%
Abstained
1,188,889
0.05%
For
1,002,518,220
61.72%
Against
621,772,259
38.28%

Ordinary resolution number 10: To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration

Shares Voted
1,624,634,786
72.70%
Abstained
844,582
0.04%
For
1,624,534,440
99.99%
Against
100,346
0.01%

Ordinary resolution number 11: To authorise the directors to allot equity securities (Note1)

Shares Voted
1,624,282,298
72.69%
Abstained
1,196,430
0.05%
For
775,314,778
47.73%
Against
848,968,160
52.27%

Special resolution number 12: To authorise the amendment to the Articles of Association of Article 97

Shares Voted
1,624,177,779
72.68%
Abstained
1,280,045
0.06%
For
1,535,264,285
94.53%
Against
88,913,494
5.47%

Special resolution number 13: To approve market purchases of ordinary shares

Shares Voted
1,624,635,944
72.70%
Abstained
843,424
0.04%
For
1,624,445,154
99.99%
Against
190,790
0.01%

Notes

  • Percentages of shares voted are calculated in relation to the total issued ordinary share capital of Pan African.
  • Percentages of shares voted for and against each resolution are calculated in relation to the total number of shares voted in respect of each resolution.
  • Abstentions are calculated as a percentage in relation to the total issued ordinary share capital of Pan African.
  1. In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, when 20% or more of the votes have been cast against the board recommendation for a resolution, the Company will consult with those shareholders who voted against ordinary resolution numbers 8 and 9 (“Resolutions”), (“Dissenting Shareholders”) in order to ascertain the reasons for doing so, following which an update on the views expressed by such Dissenting Shareholders and the subsequent actions taken by the Company will be issued.
  2. Furthermore, as required in terms of the King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa, 2016 and paragraph 3.84(j) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, Pan African invites those Dissenting Shareholders who voted against ordinary resolution number 8 and/or ordinary resolution 9 to engage with the Company regarding their views on the Company’s remuneration policy and/or implementation report.

Dissenting Shareholders may forward their concerns / questions pertaining to the Resolutions to the Company Secretary via email at general@corpserv.co.uk by close of business on 11 December 2020. The Company will then respond in writing to these Dissenting Shareholders, and if required, engage further with the Dissenting Shareholders in this regard.

2. SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES

Shareholders are referred to the Group’s provisional summarised audited results that were released on 16 September 2020, wherein an exchange rate of South African Rand (“ZAR”) to the British Pound (“GBP”) of GBP/ZAR:21.39 and an exchange rate of ZAR to the US Dollar (“USD”) of US$/ZAR:16.75 were used for illustrative purposes to convert the proposed ZAR dividend of 14.00000 ZA cents per share into GBP and USD.

Shareholders are advised that, following the approval of the final dividend at the AGM, the exchange rate for conversion of the final ZAR dividend into GBP has been fixed at an exchange rate of GBP/ZAR:20.3320 which translates to a final GBP dividend of 0.68857 pence per share and the exchange rate for conversion of the final ZAR dividend into USD has been fixed at an exchange rate of US$/ZAR:15.20 which translates to a final USD dividend of US 0.92105 cents per share.

The following salient dates apply:

Currency conversion date Thursday, 26 November 2020
Currency conversion announcement released by 11.00 (SA time) Friday 27 November 2020
Last date to trade on the JSE Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Last date to trade on the LSE Wednesday 2 December 2020
Ex-dividend date on the JSE Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Ex-dividend date on the LSE Thursday, 3 December 2020
Record date on the JSE and LSE Friday, 4 December 2020
Payment date Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Notes

  • No transfers between the Johannesburg and London registers between the commencement of trading on Wednesday 2 December 2020 and close of business on Friday, 4 December 2020 will be permitted.
  • No shares may be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday 2 December 2020 and Friday, 4 December 2020, both days inclusive.
  • The final dividend per share was calculated on 2,234,687,537 total shares in issue equating to 14.00000 ZA cents per share or 0.68857 pence or 0.92105 US cents per share.
  • The South African dividends tax rate is 20% per ordinary share for shareholders who are liable to pay the dividends tax, resulting in a net dividend of 11.20000 ZA cents per share 0.55086 pence per share and US 0.73684 cents per share for these shareholders. Foreign investors may qualify for a lower dividend tax rate, subject to completing a dividend tax declaration and submitting it to Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited or Link Asset Services who manage the SA and UK register, respectively. The Company's South African income tax reference number is 9154588173. The dividend will be distributed from South African income reserves. The proposed dividend will be paid out of the company’s retained earnings, without drawing on any other capital reserves.

Johannesburg

26 November 2020

Contact information

Contact information
Corporate Office
The Firs Office Building
2nd Floor, Office 204
Cnr. Cradock and Biermann Avenues
Rosebank, Johannesburg
South Africa
Office:  + 27 (0)11 243 2900
info@paf.co.za
Registered Office
Suite 31
Second Floor
107 Cheapside
London
EC2V 6DN
United Kingdom
Office: + 44 (0)20 7796 8644
Cobus Loots 
Pan African Resources PLC 
Chief Executive Officer 
Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 
Deon Louw
Pan African Resources PLC
Financial Director
Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900
Phil Dexter/Jane Kirton
St James's Corporate Services Limited
Company Secretary
Office: + 44 (0)20 7796 8644
Ross Allister/David McKeown
Peel Hunt LLP
Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Office: +44 (0)20 7418 8900
Ciska Kloppers
Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited
JSE Sponsor
Office: + 27 (0)11 011 9200
Thomas Rider/Neil Elliot
BMO Capital Markets Limited
Joint Broker
Office: +44 (0)20 7236 1010
Hethen Hira
Pan African Resources PLC
Head: Investor Relations
Tel: + 27 (0)11 243 2900
E-mail: hhira@paf.co.za
Huneiza Goolam
CMS RM Partners
Transaction Legal Advisors
Office: + 27 (0)87 210 0711
Website: www.panafricanresources.com
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