Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3765H
Fresnillo PLC
16 May 2014
 



                                                                                                         Fresnillo Plc

28 Grosvenor Street

London W1K 4QR

United Kingdom

www.fresnilloplc.com

 

16 May 2014

 

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 22) set out in  the Company's notice of AGM dated 11 April 2014.

 

The final voting figures are shown below.

 

Resolution

Total Votes Cast

For (*)

Against (*)

Withheld

Number

%

Number

%

1: Presentation of the accounts

700,766,946

700,766,696

100.00

250

0.00

537,315

2: To approve the final dividend

700,775,039

700,625,039

99.98

150,000

0.02

529,222

3: To approve the Remuneration Policy

700,771,672

698,830,864

99.72

1,940,808

0.28

532,589

4: To approve the Remuneration Report

700,773,189

700,754,395

100.00

18,794

0.00

531,072

5: To re-elect Mr Alberto Baillères

663,319,800

652,811,840

98.42

10,507,960

1.58

37,984,460

6: To re-elect Mr Fernando Ruiz

699,304,909

675,281,900

96.56

24,023,009

3.44

1,999,352

7: To re-elect Mr Guy Wilson

700,773,673

700,656,107

99.98

117,566

0.02

530,588

8: To re-elect Mr Juan Bordes

700,773,673

700,133,572

99.91

640,101

0.09

530,588

9: To re-elect Mr Arturo Fernández

700,773,673

692,105,140

98.76

8,668,533

1.24

530,588

10: To re-elect Mr Rafael Mac Gregor

700,773,673

699,516,652

99.82

1,257,021

0.18

530,588

11: To re-elect Mr Jaime Lomelín

700,773,122

700,005,934

99.89

767,188

0.11

531,138

12: To re-elect Ms María Asunción Aramburuzabala

700,119,631

699,616,539

99.93

503,092

0.07

1,184,630

13: To re-elect Mr Alejandro Baillères

700,773,473

699,806,641

99.86

966,832

0.14

530,788

14. To elect Ms Bárbara Garza Lagüera

700,773,273

700,768,128

100.00

5,145

0.00

530,988

15. To elect Mr Jaime Serra

700,774,589

691,976,957

98.74

8,797,632

1.26

529,672

16. To elect Mr Charles Jacobs

700,773,473

700,742,304

100.00

31,169

0.00

530,788

17:To appoint the auditors

700,770,830

700,610,693

99.98

160,137

0.02

533,431

18: To allow the board to determine the auditors remuneration

700,773,946

700,601,838

99.98

172,108

0.02

530,315

19: To allot shares

700,773,777

700,681,855

99.99

91,922

0.01

530,484

20: To disapply pre-emption rights

700,771,621

696,798,874

99.43

3,972,747

0.57

532,640

21: To authorise share Repurchase

700,774,077

700,704,621

99.99

69,456

0.01

530,184

22: Notice of general meetings

700,774,076

688,534,191

98.25

12,239,885

1.75

530,184

(*) = Includes discretionary votes

 

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 www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

ENDS

 

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

Fresnillo plc

London Office                                                                                   Tel: +44 (0)20 7399 2470

Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor Relations

 

Mexico City Office                                                                           Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206

Ana Belém Zárate

 

Brunswick                                                                                        Tel: +44 (0)20 7404 5959

Carole Cable

David Litterick

 

About Fresnillo plc

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

 

Fresnillo plc has six operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Saucito, Ciénega (including the San Ramón satellite mine), Herradura, Soledad and Noche Buena; two development projects - Saucito II and San Julián and four advanced exploration prospects - Centauro Deep, Juanicipio, Orisyvo and Las Casas Rosario as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects. In total, Fresnillo plc has mining concessions covering approximately 2.1 million hectares in Mexico.

 

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

 

Fresnillo plc's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company, producing 65 million ounces of silver and 500,000 ounces of gold by 2018.


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