Results of AGM

RNS Number : 9133D

Fresnillo PLC

02 May 2013

 



                                                                                                         Fresnillo Plc

28 Grosvenor Street

London W1K 4QR

United Kingdom

www.fresnilloplc.com

2 May 2013

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 18) and special resolutions (resolutions 19 to 21) set out in  the Company's notice of AGM dated 26 March 2013.

The final voting figures are shown below.

Resolution	Total Votes Cast	For (*)		Against (*)		Withheld
		Number	%	Number	%
1: Presentation of the accounts	684,932,662	684,632,662	99.96	300,000	0.04	102,935
2: To approve the final dividend	684,932,662	684,932,662	100.00	0	0.00	102,935
3: To approve the Remuneration Report	684,919,610	684,683,936	99.97	235,674	0.03	115,987
4: To re-elect Mr Alberto Baillères	649,165,769	637,662,674	98.23	11,503,095	1.77	35,869,826
5: To re-elect Lord Cairns	684,163,662	683,766,786	99.94	396,876	0.06	872,034
6: To re-elect Mr Javier Fernández	684,164,062	683,750,201	99.94	413,861	0.06	871,634
7: To re-elect Mr Fernando Ruiz	683,930,475	674,395,740	98.61	9,534,735	1.39	1,105,221
8: To re-elect Mr Fernando Solana	684,164,062	683,766,286	99.94	397,776	0.06	871,634
9: To re-elect Mr Guy Wilson	684,932,462	677,813,451	98.96	7,119,011	1.04	103,235
10: To re-elect Mr Juan Bordes	684,932,062	682,694,157	99.67	2,237,905	0.33	103,635
11: To re-elect Mr Arturo Fernández	684,932,462	682,444,105	99.64	2,488,357	0.36	103,235
12: To re-elect Mr Rafael MacGregor	684,932,262	682,761,709	99.68	2,170,553	0.32	103,435
13: To re-elect Mr Jaime Lomelín	684,932,262	682,190,397	99.60	2,741,865	0.40	103,435
14: To re-elect Ms María Asunción Aramburuzabala	683,930,475	682,614,754	99.81	1,315,721	0.19	1,105,221
15: To re-elect Mr Alejandro Baillères	684,932,262	682,715,592	99.68	2,216,670	0.32	103,435
16:To appoint the auditors	684,932,612	684,591,870	99.95	340,742	0.05	103,085
17: To allow the board to determine the auditors remuneration	684,932,612	684,889,283	99.99	43,329	0.01	103,085
18: To issue shares with pre-emption rights	684,932,512	684,518,174	99.94	414,338	0.06	103,185
19: To disapply pre-emption rights	684,931,762	683,086,006	99.73	1,845,756	0.27	103,935
20: To authorise Share Repurchase	684,931,762	684,762,826	99.98	168,936	0.02	103,935
21: Notice of general meetings	684,932,562	672,539,452	98.19	12,393,110	1.81	103,135

(*) = Includes discretionary votes

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares and total voting rights of the Company was 717,160,159 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

Gabriela Mayor

Head of Investor Relations                    Tel: [phone]

Mexico City Office

Ana Belem Zárate                                  Tel: [phone]

About Fresnillo plc

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

Fresnillo has seven operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Saucito, Ciénega, San Ramón (satellite of the Ciénega gold mine), Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos and Noche Buena; three development projects - a dynamic leaching plant to treat high grade gold ore from the Herradura and Soledad-Dipolos mines; San Julián and Saucito II and four advanced exploration prospects - Centauro Deep, Juanicipio, Orysivo and Las Casas-Rosario as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects. In total, Fresnillo has mining concessions covering approximately 2.1 million hectares in Mexico.

Fresnillo 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'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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