Result of AGM & Salient Dividend Dates
Pan African Resources PLC Pan African Resources Funding Company
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales Limited
under Companies Act 1985 with registered Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
number 3937466 on 25 February 2000) with limited liability
Share code on AIM: PAF Registration number: 2012/021237/06
Share code on JSE: PAN Alpha code: PARI
ISIN: GB0004300496
ADR code: PAFRY
(“Pan African” or “the Company” or “the Group”)
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES
- RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Pan African shareholders (Shareholders) are advised that at the annual general meeting (AGM) of Shareholders held on Thursday, 21 November 2024, all the ordinary and special resolutions, as set out in the notice of AGM dated 31 October 2024, 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 2,222,862,046.
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:
Resolution 1: To receive the accounts and the report of the directors of the Company and the auditors’ report thereon
| Shares Voted 1,636,327,723 73.61% | Abstained 0.22% | For 100.00% | Against 0.00% |
Resolution 2: To approve the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2024
| Shares Voted 1,640,778,195 73.81% | Abstained 0.02% | For 100.00% | Against 0.00% |
Resolution 3: To re-elect D Earp as a non-executive director of the Company
| Shares Voted 1,598,708,282 71.92% | Abstained 1.91% | For 99.76% | Against 0.24% |
Resolution 4: To re-elect TF Mosololi as a non-executive director of the Company
| Shares Voted 1,640,188,951 73.79% | Abstained 0.05% | For 94.31% | Against 5.69% |
Resolution 5: To re-elect CDS Needham as a non-executive director of the Company
| Shares Voted 1,640,188,737 73.79% | Abstained 0.05% | For 97.17% | Against 2.83% |
Resolution 6: To confirm the appointment of M Kok as an executive director of the Company
| Shares Voted 1,640,147,951 73.79% | Abstained 0.05% | For 99.81% | Against 0.19% |
Resolution 7: To re-elect D Earp as a member of the audit and risk committee
| Shares Voted 1,640,147,951 73.79% | Abstained 0.05% | For 99.77% | Against 0.23% |
Resolution 8: To re-elect TF Mosololi as a member of the audit and risk committee
| Shares Voted 1,640,143,951 73.79% | Abstained 0.05% | For 95.59% | Against 4.41% |
Resolution 9: To re-elect CDS Needham as a member of the audit and risk committee
| Shares Voted 1,640,144,944 73.79% | Abstained 0.05% | For 99.35% | Against 0.65% |
Resolution 10: To endorse the Company’s remuneration policy
| Shares Voted 1,640,390,276 73.80% | Abstained 0.04% | For 92.69% | Against 7.31% |
Resolution 11: To endorse the Company’s remuneration implementation report (Notes 1 and 2)
| Shares Voted 1,640,390,822 73.80% | Abstained 0.04% | For 77.31% | Against 22.69% |
Resolution 12: To reappoint PwC as auditors of the Company and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration
| Shares Voted 1,640,185,593 73.79% | Abstained 0.05% | For 99.73% | Against 0.27% |
Resolution 13: To authorise the directors to allot equity securities
| Shares Voted 1,640,574,149 73.80% | Abstained 0.03% | For 97.52% | Against 2.48% |
Resolution 14: To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights and general authority to issue shares for cash
| Shares Voted 1,640,554,070 73.80% | Abstained 0.03% | For 94.64% | Against 5.36% |
Resolution 15: To approve market purchases of ordinary shares
| Shares Voted 1,640,205,674 73.79% | Abstained 0.05% | For 90.71% | Against 9.29% |
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.
- 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 resolution number 11, (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.
- 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 11 to engage with the Company regarding their views on the Company’s remuneration 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 6 December 2024. The Company will then respond in writing to these Dissenting Shareholders, and if required, engage further with the Dissenting Shareholders in this regard.
- SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES
Shareholders are referred to the Group’s provisional summarised audited results that were released on 11 September 2024, wherein an exchange rate of South African Rand (ZAR) to the British Pound (GBP) of GBP/ZAR:23.01 and an exchange rate of ZAR to the US Dollar (USD) of USD/ZAR:18.19 was used for illustrative purposes to convert the proposed ZAR dividend of 22.00000 ZA cents per share into GBP and USD, respectively.
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:22.93 which translates to a final GBP dividend of 0.95944 pence per share and the exchange rate for conversion of the final ZAR dividend into USD for illustrative purposes is USD/ZAR:18.10, which translates to an illustrative final USD dividend of US 1.21547 cents per share.
The following salient dates apply:
| Currency conversion date | Thursday, 21 November 2024 |
| Last date to trade on the JSE | Tuesday, 26 November 2024 |
| Last date to trade on the LSE | Wednesday, 27 November 2024 |
| Ex-dividend date on the JSE | Wednesday, 27 November 2024 |
| Ex-dividend date on the LSE | Thursday, 28 November 2024 |
| Record date on the JSE and LSE | Friday, 29 November 2024 |
| Payment date | Tuesday, 10 December 2024 |
Notes
- No transfers between the Johannesburg and London registers, between the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 27 November 2024 and close of business on Friday, 29 November 2024 will be permitted.
- No shares may be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 27 November 2024 and Friday, 29 November 2024, both days inclusive.
- The final dividend per share was calculated on 2,222,862,046 total shares in issue equating to 22.00000 ZA cents per share or 0.95944 pence or 1.21547 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 17.60000 ZA cents per share, 0.76755 pence per share and US 0.97238 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 Group 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/ retained earnings, without drawing on any other capital reserves.
Johannesburg
21 November 2024
| Corporate information | |
| Corporate office The Firs Building 2nd Floor, Office 204 Cnr. Cradock and Biermann Avenues Rosebank, Johannesburg South Africa Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 | Registered office 2nd Floor 107 Cheapside London EC2V 6DN United Kingdom Office: + 44 (0)20 3869 0706 |
| Chief executive officer Cobus Loots Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 | Financial director and debt officer Marileen Kok Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 |
| Head: Investor relations Hethen Hira | Website: www.panafricanresources.com |
| Company secretary Jane Kirton St James's Corporate Services Limited Office: + 44 (0)20 3869 0706 | Nominated adviser and joint broker Ross Allister/Georgia Langoulant Peel Hunt LLP Office: +44 (0)20 7418 8900 |
| JSE Sponsor and JSE debt sponsor Ciska Kloppers Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited Office: + 27 (0) 63 482 3802 | Joint broker Thomas Rider/Nick Macann BMO Capital Markets Limited Office: +44 (0)20 7236 1010 |
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| Joint broker Matthew Armitt/Jennifer Lee Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG Office: +44 (0)20 3207 7800 |
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