ACACIA MINING PLC Result of AGM

 
TIDMACA 
 
20 April 2018 
 
                 Acacia Mining plc ("Acacia" or the "Company") 
                          Registration number 7123187 
 
               Results of voting at 2018 annual general meeting 
 
The Annual General Meeting of Acacia was held on 19 April 2018. As at the date 
of the annual general meeting, the total number of issued Ordinary Shares was 
410,085,499. Therefore, the total number of votes exercisable at the meeting 
was 410,085,499. The full text of the resolutions proposed at the annual 
general meeting was set out in the notice of annual general meeting dated 14 
March 2018. 
 
All resolutions at the meeting were put to Acacia's shareholders on a poll. The 
final voting figures of the poll as certified by the scrutineers, Computershare 
Investor Services PLC, were as follows: 
 
                            Total votes  For (*)      %       Against (*) %     Vote 
                            cast                                                withheld (* 
                                                                                *) 
 
 
     Ordinary Resolutions 
 
 1   Approval of the        370,396,745  370,089,235  99.92     307,510   0.08       0 
     audited annual 
     accounts for the 
     Company for the 
     financial year ended 
     31 December 2017, 
     together with the 
     Directors' Report and 
     the Auditors' Reports. 
 
 2   Approval of the        369,799,726  300,675,151   81.31  69,124,575  18.69   597,019 
     Directors' 
     Remuneration Report 
     (other than the part 
     containing the 
     Directors' 
     Remuneration Policy) 
     for the financial year 
     ended 31 December 
     2017. 
 
 3   Election of Kelvin     370,394,500  365,256,406   98.61   5,138,094  1.39     2,244 
     Dushnisky as a 
     Director 
     (non-executive) of the 
     Company. 
 
 4   Election of Peter      370,394,684  369,242,183   99.69   1,152,501  0.31     2,061 
     Geleta as a Director 
     (executive) of the 
     Company. 
 
 5   Election of Rachel     370,394,683  348,190,364   94.01  22,204,319  5.99     2,061 
     English as a Director 
     (independent 
     non-executive) of the 
     Company. 
 
 6   Election of Andre      370,394,684  369,158,090   99.67   1,236,594  0.33     2,061 
     Falzon as a Director 
     (independent 
     non-executive) of the 
     Company. 
 
 7   Election of Michael    370,394,683  345,108,597   93.17  25,286,086  6.83     2,061 
     Kenyon as a Director 
     (independent 
     non-executive) of the 
     Company. 
 
 8   Election of Steve      370,394,683  348,151,764   93.99  22,242,919  6.01     2,061 
     Lucas as a Director 
     (independent 
     non-executive) of the 
     Company. 
 
 9   Election of Stephen    370,394,684  369,160,168   99.67   1,234,516  0.33     2,061 
     Galbraith as a 
     Director 
     (non-executive) of the 
     Company. 
 
 10  Re-appointment of      370,365,340  369,262,453   99.70   1,102,887  0.30    31,404 
     PricewaterhouseCoopers 
     LLP as auditors of the 
     Company (the 
     "Auditors") to hold 
     office until the 
     conclusion of the next 
     general meeting of the 
     Company at which the 
     accounts are laid 
     before the Company. 
 
 11  Grant of authorisation 370,392,133  370,305,174   99.98    86,959    0.02     4,612 
     to the audit committee 
     of the Company to 
     agree the remuneration 
     of the Auditors. 
 
 12  Grant of authority to  370,391,950  369,722,368   99.82    669,582   0.18     4,795 
     the Directors, 
     generally and 
     unconditionally 
     pursuant to Section 
     551 of the Companies 
     Act 2006  (the "Act") 
     to exercise all powers 
     of the Company to 
     allot shares in the 
     Company or to grant 
     rights to subscribe 
     for or to convert any 
     security into shares 
     in the Company up to 
     an aggregate nominal 
     amount of GBP 
     13,532,821,  and up to 
     a further nominal 
     amount of  GBP13,532,821 
     in connection with a 
     rights issue, provided 
     that this authority 
     shall expire on the 
     date of the Company's 
     next annual general 
     meeting or 28 June 
     2019, whichever is 
     earlier. 
 
 
     Special resolutions 
 
 13  Grant of authority to  370,393,569  369,938,328   99.88    455,241   0.12     3,176 
     the Directors of the 
     Company pursuant to 
     Sections 570 and 573 
     of the Act to allot 
     equity securities 
     (within the meaning of 
     Section 560 of the 
     Act) wholly for cash 
     as if Section 561(1) 
     of the Act did not 
     apply (a) in 
     connection with a 
     pre-emptive offer or 
     rights issue or (b) 
     otherwise up to an 
     aggregate nominal 
     value of GBP2,050,427. 
     This authority shall 
     expire when the 
     authority to allot 
     referred to above 
     expires. 
 
 14  In addition to         370,393,568  369,848,873   99.85    544,695   0.15     3,176 
     resolution 13 above, 
     grant of authority to 
     the Directors of the 
     Company pursuant to 
     Sections 570 and 573 
     of the Act to allot 
     equity securities 
     (within the meaning of 
     Section 560 of the 
     Act) for cash as if 
     Section 561 of the Act 
     did not apply provided 
     that this power is (a) 
     limited to allotment 
     of equity securities 
     up to an aggregate 
     nominal value of GBP 
     2,050,427 and (b) used 
     only for the purposes 
     of financing (or 
     refinancing, if the 
     power is to be 
     exercised within six 
     months after the date 
     of the original 
     transaction) a 
     transaction which the 
     Directors determine to 
     be an acquisition or 
     other capital 
     investment of a kind 
     contemplated by the 
     Statement of 
     Principles on 
     Disapplying 
     Pre-Emption Rights. 
     This authority shall 
     expire when the 
     authority to allot 
     referred to above 
     expires. 
 
 15  Grant of authority to  370,311,588  369,803,892   99.86    507,696   0.14    85,156 
     the Company for the 
     purpose of Section 701 
     of the Act to make 
     market purchases (as 
     defined in Section 693 
     (4) of that Act) of 
     Ordinary Shares each 
     in the capital of the 
     Company, subject to 
     satisfying certain 
     conditions and 
     provided that the 
     authority shall expire 
     at the conclusion of 
     the Company's next 
     annual general 
     meeting, or 28 June 
     2019, whichever is 
     earlier. 
 
 16  Grant of authority to  370,394,802  360,942,493   97.45   9,452,309  2.55     1,943 
     the Company to call a 
     general meeting other 
     than an annual general 
     meeting on not less 
     than 14 clear days' 
     notice. 
 
 
 
 
VOTES OF INDEPEDNDENT SHAREHOLDERS (EXCLUDING THE VOTING INTERESTS OF BARRICK 
GOLD CORPORATION AND ITS ASSOCIATES AS CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER) ON THE 
RESOLUTIONS FOR THE ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS 
 
     Ordinary resolutions:  Total votes For (*)     %       Against (*) %     Vote 
                            cast                                              withheld (* 
                                                                              *) 
 
 5   Election of Rachel     108,147,733 85,943,414   79.47  22,204,319  20.53    2,061 
     English as a Director 
     (independent 
     non-executive) of the 
     Company. 
 
 6   Election of Andre      108,147,733 106,911,140  98.86   1,236,594  1.14     2,061 
     Falzon as a Director 
     (independent 
     non-executive) of the 
     Company. 
 
 7   Election of Michael    108,147,733 82,861,647   76.62  25,286,086  23.38    2,061 
     Kenyon as a Director 
     (independent 
     non-executive) of the 
     Company. 
 
 8   Election of Steve      108,147,733 85,904,814   79.43  22,242,919  20.57    2,061 
     Lucas as a Director 
     (independent 
     non-executive) of the 
     Company. 
 
(*) Includes discretionary votes 
(**) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation 
of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution. 
 
ENQUIRIES 
 
For further information contact: 
 
Acacia Mining plc                                      [phone] 
                                                       7150 
 
Giles Blackham, Head of Investor Relations and 
Corporate Development 
 
 
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an 
invitation or offer to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or 
dispose of any securities of Acacia in any jurisdiction. 
 
 
 
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