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RNS Number : 1044I Bushveld Minerals Limited 02 August 2023
2 August 2023
Bushveld Minerals Limited
("Bushveld Minerals", "Bushveld" or the "Company")
Annual General Meeting Results
Bushveld Minerals Limited (AIM: BMN), the AIM quoted, integrated primary
vanadium producer and energy storage provider, with ownership of high-grade
assets in South Africa, announces that all ordinary resolutions put to
shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today were duly
passed.
No. ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS VOTES
IN FAVOUR AGAINST WITHHELD
1 To receive and adopt the Annual Financial Statements of the Company and the 98 533 384 90 204 1 397 262
Directors report and the report of the Auditors for the financial year ended
31 December 2022.
2 To approve the Directors' fees as reflected in the Remuneration Report and in 94 251 126 4 821 496 948 228
note 35 of the Annual Financial Statements.
3 That Messrs RSM UK Audit LLP be reappointed as Auditors to the Company. 98 407 596 565 752 1 047 502
4 That the Directors be authorised to approve the remuneration of the Company's 98 188 877 785 554 1 046 419
Auditors.
5 That Michael Kirkwood shall be re-elected as a Director, having retired by 93 991 307 4 407 531 1 622 012
rotation and offered himself for re-election.
6 That Kevin Alcock shall be re-elected as a Director, having retired by 96 996 430 1 402 408 1 622 012
rotation and offered himself for re-election.
7 That Craig Coltman shall be re-elected as a Director in accordance with 97 963 133 1 036 196 1 021 521
Article 140 of the Articles, having been appointed by the Directors in July
2023.
8 The Company be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of 97 900 593 733 945 1 386 312
Articles 50.3 of the Articles to make on market acquisitions (as defined in
Article 50.5 of the Articles) of ordinary shares on such terms and in such
manner as the Directors determine provided that:
(i) the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares which may be purchased is
128,781,828 ordinary shares;
(ii) the minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for each
ordinary share is £0.01;
(iii) the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for any
ordinary share does not exceed 105 percent of the average closing
price of such shares for the five business days of AIM prior to the date of
purchase; and
(iv) this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General
Meeting of the Company unless such authority is renewed prior to that time
(except in relation the purchase of Ordinary Shares the contract for which was
concluded before the expiry of such authority, in which case such purchase may
be concluded wholly or partly after such expiry).
9 The Directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to exercise all 92 717 716 5 870 756 1 387 378
powers of the Company to issue, grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert
any securities into, up to 429,272,760 shares (together "Equity Securities")
in the capital of the Company being approximately one- third of the issued
share capital of the Company (excluding treasury shares) in accordance with
Article 8.3 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company such authority to
expire, unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company by
ordinary resolution, at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the
Company or, if earlier, at the close of business on the date falling 15 months
from the date of the passing of this Resolution, but in each case, during this
period the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or
might, require Equity Securities to be issued or granted after the authority
given to the Directors of the Company pursuant to this
Resolution ends and the Directors of the Company may issue or grant Equity
Securities under any such offer or agreement as if the authority given to the
Directors of the Company pursuant to this Resolution had not ended. This
Resolution is in substitution for all unexercised
authorities previously granted to the Directors of the Company to issue or
grant Equity Securities; and
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
10 If Resolution 9 is passed, the Directors of the Company be and they are hereby 92 428 510 5 893 134 1 699 206
authorised to exercise all powers of the Company to issue or grant Equity
Securities in the capital of the Company pursuant to the issue or grant
referred to in Resolution 9 as if the pre-emption rights contained in Article
9.9 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company did not apply to such
issue or grant provided that: (A) the maximum aggregate number of Equity
Securities that may be issued or granted under this authority is 128,781,828
shares, being approximately 10.0 percent of the issued share capital of the
Company (excluding treasury shares); and (B) the authority hereby conferred,
unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company by special
resolution, shall expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the
Company or, if earlier, at the close of business on the date falling 15 months
from the date of the passing of this Resolution, save that the Company may
before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require
Equity Securities to be issued or granted after such expiry and the Directors
may issue or grant Equity Securities in pursuance of such an offer or
agreement as if the authority conferred by the above resolution had not
expired. This Resolution is in substitution for all unexercised authorities
previously granted to the Directors of the Company to issue or grant Equity
Securities in the capital of the Company as if the pre-emption rights
contained in Article 9.9 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company did
not apply to such issue or grant.
Enquiries: info@bushveldminerals.com
Bushveld Minerals Limited +27 (0) 11 268 6555
Craig Coltman, Chief Executive Officer
Chika Edeh, Head of Investor Relations
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP Nominated Adviser & Broker +44 (0) 20 3470 0470
Richard Morrison / Charlie Bouverat
Grant Baker / Richard Parlons
RBC Capital Markets Joint Broker +44 (0) 20 7653 4000
Jamil Miah / Sahil Suleman
Tavistock Financial PR
Gareth Tredway / Tara Vivian-Neal/ James Whitaker +44 (0) 207 920 3150
ABOUT BUSHVELD MINERALS LIMITED
Bushveld Minerals is a low-cost, vertically integrated primary vanadium
producer. It is one of only three operating primary vanadium producers, owning
2 of the world's 4 operating primary vanadium processing facilities. In 2022,
the Company produced more than 3,800 mtV, representing approximately three per
cent of the global vanadium market. With a diversified vanadium product
portfolio serving the needs of the steel, energy and chemical sectors, the
Company participates in the entire vanadium value chain through its two main
pillars: Bushveld Vanadium, which mines and processes vanadium ore; and
Bushveld Energy, an energy storage solutions provider.
Bushveld Energy is focused on developing and promoting the role of vanadium in
the growing global energy storage market through the advancement of
vanadium-based energy storage systems, specifically Vanadium Redox Flow
Batteries ("VRFBs").
Detailed information on the Company and progress to date can be accessed on
the website www.bushveldminerals.com (http://www.bushveldminerals.com)
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