Centamin plc: Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

Centamin plc: Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
  
 

PERTH, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwired - May 16, 2014) - Centamin plc ("Centamin" or "the Company") (LSE: CEY) (TSX: CEE) wishes to advise that the outcomes of each resolution put to the Company's members at the Annual General Meeting held at The Royal Yacht Hotel, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands on Friday 16th May 2014 at 11.00am (Jersey time), are as set out below:

	VOTES FOR		%		VOTES AGAINST		%		VOTES WITHHELD(1)
Ordinary Resolution 1 Annual Accounts, Director's Report and Auditor's Report		644,025,499		99.13		5,661,925		0.87		18,127,910
Ordinary Resolution 2 Adoption of the Remuneration Report		392,308,097		74.02		137,672,263		25.98		137,834,974
Ordinary Resolution 3.1 Re-Election of Mr Josef El-Raghy		534,355,558		89.51		62,649,401		10.49		70,810,375
Ordinary Resolution 3.2 Re-Election of Mr Trevor Schultz		597,824,967		89.54		69,813,772		10.46		176,595
Ordinary Resolution 3.3 Re-Election of Mr Edward Haslam		657,610,438		98.59		9,410,341		1.41		794,555
Ordinary Resolution 3.4 Re-Election of Prof. G. Robert Bowker		659,792,088		98.83		7,787,822		1.17		235,424
Ordinary Resolution 3.5 Re-Election of Mr Mark Arnesen		666,496,590		99.83		1,135,349		0.17		183,395
Ordinary Resolution 3.6 Re-Election of Mr Mark Bankes		667,049,979		99.92		518,561		0.08		246,794
Ordinary Resolution 3.7 Re-Election of Mr Kevin Tomlinson		659,790,539		99.00		6,632,774		1.00		1,392,021
Ordinary Resolution 4.1 Re-Appointment of Deloitte LLP as the Company Auditors until the conclusion of the audit tender process		672,200,258		99.22		5,282,946		0.78		721,390
Ordinary Resolution 4.2 Authorising the Directors to agree the Auditor's Remuneration		675,634,105		99.92		542,839		0.08		2,027,649
Ordinary Resolution 5 Authorise Directors to Allot Relevant Securities		640,333,165		95.92		27,231,844		4.08		250,325
Special Resolution 6 Disapplication of Pre-Emptive Rights		640,247,066		95.91		27,285,196		4.09		283,072
Special Resolution 7 Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares		676,216,598		99.95		325,713		0.05		1,662,281

(1) A "Vote Withheld" is not a 'vote' in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution.

The total number of ordinary shares of no par value eligible to be voted at the Annual General Meeting was 1,152,107,984. The scrutineers of the poll were Computershare Investor Services PLC.

A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing shortly at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available on the Centamin website at www.centamin.com.

For more information please contact: Centamin plc Josef El-Raghy Chairman Andy Davidson Head of Business Development and Investor Relations ([e-mail]) [phone] Buchanan Bobby Morse Gordon Poole Gabriella Clinkard + 44 (0) 20 7466 5000