Results of AGM

RNS Number : 3294Q
Petra Diamonds Limited
28 November 2016
 

 

 

 

28 November 2016

LSE: PDL

 

 

Petra Diamonds Limited

("Petra" or "the Company" or "the Group")

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

 

Petra Diamonds Limited is pleased to announce that, at its AGM held earlier today, shareholders passed each of the ordinary and special resolutions by the requisite majorities on a poll. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website. The total number of votes cast for each resolution is set out in the table below.

 

Resolutions

Votes for (incl. discretionary)

% of Votes cast

Votes against 

% of Votes Cast

Total Votes Cast

Total Votes Withheld

1. To receive the Financial Statements of

     the Company for the year ended 30

    June 2016, together with the Reports

    of the Directors and Auditors thereon.

424,818,208

100

0

0

424,818,208

88,217

2. To approve the Directors' Annual 

     Remuneration  Report for the year

     ended 30 June 2016.

404,935,706

98.17

7,529,622

1.83

412,465,328

12,441,097

3. To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditors to

    act as such until the conclusion of the

    next AGM of the Company.

422,076,207

99.43

2,416,001

0.57

424,492,208

414,217

4. To authorise the Directors of the

    Company to fix the remuneration of the

    Auditors.

424,842,200

100

8

0

424,842,208

64,217

5. To re-appoint Mr Adonis Pouroulis,

    who retires in accordance with the

    Company's Bye-Laws, as a Director of

    the Company.

407,069,340

96.35

15,419,530

3.65

422,488,870

2,417,555

6. To re-appoint Mr Christoffel Johannes

    Dippenaar, who retires in accordance

    with the Company's Bye-Laws, as a

    Director of the Company.

424,616,256

99.95

225,952

0.05

424,842,208

64,217

7. To re-appoint Mr James Murry 

     Davidson, who retires in accordance

     with the Company's Bye-Laws, as a

     Director of the Company.

424,616,256

99.95

225,952

0.05

424,842,208

64,217

8. To re-appoint Mr Anthony Carmel

     Lowrie, who retires in accordance with

     the Company's Bye-Laws, as a

     Director of the Company.

424,664,098

99.96

178,110

0.04

424,842,208

64,217

9. To re-appoint Dr Patrick John Bartlett,

      who retires in accordance with the

      Company's Bye-Laws, as a Director

      of the Company.

424,664,098

99.96

178,110

0.04

424,842,208

64,217

10.  To re-appoint Mr Alexander Gordon

       Kelso Hamilton, who retires in

       accordance with the Company's

       Bye-Laws, as a Director of the

       Company.

424,663,944

99.96

178,264

0.04

424,842,208

64,217

11.  To re-appoint Ms Octavia Matshidiso

       Matloa, who retires in accordance with the

       Company's Bye-Laws, as a Director of the

       Company.

424,663,090

99.96

179,118

0.04

424,842,208

64,217

12. To authorise the Directors of the

       Company to allot Relevant Securities

       within the meaning of Bye-Law 2.4 of

       the Company's Bye-Laws.

424,836,558

100

4,308

0

424,840,866

65,559

13. To disapply the pre-emption

       provisions of Bye-Law 2.5(a)

       pursuant to Bye-Law 2.6(a)(i) of the

       Company's Bye-Laws.

424,834,757

100

6,305

0

424,841,062

65,363

 

Notes:

1. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.

2. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

3. Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 5pm on 25 November 2016 was 529,989,968.

 

 

In accordance with LR 9.6.2R the full text of resolution 13 has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 

 

~ Ends ~

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Petra Diamonds, London                                         Telephone: +44 20 7494 8203

Cornelia Grant                                                             cornelia.grant@petradiamonds.com 

Salisha Ilyas                                                                salisha.ilyas@petradiamonds.com 

 

Buchanan                                                                  Telephone: +44 20 7466 5000

(PR Adviser)

Bobby Morse                                                               bobbym@buchanan.uk.com

Anna Michniewicz                                                       annam@buchanan.uk.com

 

RBC Capital Markets                                               Telephone: +44 20 7653 4000

(Joint Broker)

Matthew Coakes                                                         matthew.coakes@rbccm.com

Jonathan Hardy                                                           jonathan.hardy@rbccm.com

 

Barclays                                                                     Telephone: +44 20 7623 2323

(Joint Broker)

Bertie Whitehead                                                        bertie.whitehead@barclays.com

Philip Drake                                                                 philip.e.drake@barclays.com

 

BMO Capital Markets                                               Telephone : +44 20 7236 1010

(Joint Broker)

Jeffery Couch                                                              jeffery.couch@bmo.com

Neil Haycock                                                               neil.haycock@bmo.com

 

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About Petra Diamonds Limited

Petra Diamonds is a leading independent diamond mining group and an increasingly important supplier of rough diamonds to the international market. The Company has interests in five producing operations: three underground mines in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan and Koffiefontein), the Kimberley Operations (including the Kimberley Underground mine and extensive tailings retreatment operations) and one open pit mine in Tanzania (Williamson).  It also maintains an exploration programme in Botswana.

 

Petra has a core objective to steadily increase annual production to ca. 5.3 million carats by FY 2019. The Group has a significant resource base in excess of 300 million carats.

 

Petra conducts all operations according to the highest ethical standards and will only operate in countries which are members of the Kimberley Process. Petra is quoted with a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker 'PDL' and is a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.petradiamonds.com.


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