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Fresnillo PLC
18 May 2015
 Fresnillo Plc
28 Grosvenor Street
London W1K 4QR
United Kingdom
www.fresnilloplc.com
18 May 2015
Fresnillo plc - Result of AGM
The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to shareholders at today's Annual General Meeting were passed by means of a poll, including the ordinary resolutions (resolutions 1 to 18) and special resolutions (resolutions 19 to 21) set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 15 April 2015. The votes cast for resolutions 10 to 15 relating to the re-election of the independent Directors were duly passed by both a majority of the votes cast by the independent shareholders as well as by a majority of votes cast by all shareholders. These votes have been calculated separately and are shown below (independent shareholder votes cast being marked **) 
The final voting figures are shown below.
Resolution
Total Votes Cast
For (*)
Against (*)
Withheld 
Number
%
Number
%
1: Presentation of the accounts 
697,946,119
697,944,583
100.00
1,536
0.00
297,223
2: To approve the final dividend 
697,953,689
697,952,653
100.00
1,036
0.00
289,653
3: To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration 
697,428,353
696,779,846
99.91
648,507
0.09
814,989
4: To re-elect Mr Alberto Baillres
672,090,885
656,059,942
97.61
16,030,943
2.39
26,152,457
5: To re-elect Mr Juan Bordes
697,950,788
696,892,902
99.85
1,057,886
0.15
292,554
6: To re-elect Mr Arturo Fernndez
697,950,788
696,993,599
99.86
957,189
0.14
292,554
7: To re-elect Mr Rafael Mac Gregor
697,952,415
696,811,274
99.84
1,141,141
0.16
290,927
8: To re-elect Mr Jaime Lomeln
697,324,325
696,431,693
99.87
892,632
0.13
919,017
9: To re-elect Mr Alejandro Baillres
697,321,478
696,156,230
99.83
1,165,248
0.17
921,594
10: To re-elect Mr Guy Wilson
697,942,264
697,762,376
99.97
179,888
0.03
300,808
145,350,804**
145,170,916
99.88
179,888
0.12
300,808
11: To re-elect Mr Fernando Ruiz
697,947,061
693,585,028
99.38
4,362,033
0.62
296,281
145,355,601**
140,993,568
97.00
4,362,033
3.00
296,281
12: To re-elect Ms Mara Asuncin Aramburuzabala
697,324,599
696,703,661
99.91
620,938
0.09
918,743
144,733,139**
144,112,201
99.57
620,938
0.43
918,743
13: To re-elect Ms Brbara Garza Lagera
697,946,047
697,617,659
99.95
328,388
0.05
297,295
145,354,587**
145,026,199
99.77
328,388
0.23
297,295
14. To elect Mr Jaime Serra
697,943,196
694,032,030
99.44
3,911,166
0.56
300,146
145,351,736**
141,440,570
97.31
3,911,166
2.69
300,146
15. To elect Mr Charles Jacobs
697,940,196
697,652,659
99.96
287,537
0.04
303,146
145,348,736**
145,061,199
99.80
287,537
0.20
303,146
16:To appoint the auditors
697,155,010
696,992,689
99.98
162,321
0.02
1,088,332
17: To allow the board to determine the auditors remuneration
697,949,589
697,746,079
99.97
203,510
0.03
293,753
18: To allot shares
693,400,151
693,109,906
99.96
290,245
0.04
4,843,191
19: To disapply pre-emption rights
693,394,758
691,983,049
99.80
1,411,709
0.20
4,848,584
20: To authorise share Repurchase
693,200,122
693,079,926
99.98
120,196
0.02
5,043,220
21: Notice of general meetings
697,952,688
681,656,656
97.67
16,296,032
2.33
290,654
(*) = Includes discretionary votes
(**) =Votes cast by the independent shareholders
As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares and total voting rights of the Company was 736,893,589 shares in issue. The Company's Articles of Association set out that every member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder on a poll. The scrutineer of the poll was Equiniti Limited. 
 
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, Fresnillo plc has submitted a copy of the resolutions dealing with the special business put to shareholders at the AGM today
to the National Storage Mechanism, which will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
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For further information, please visit our website: www.fresnilloplc.com or contact:
Fresnillo plc 

London
Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor Relations
Floriana Michalowska
Tel: +44(0)20 7339 2470
Mexico
Ana Belm Zrate
Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206 
Bell Pottinger 
Gavin Davis 
Daniel Thole
Marianna Bowes
Tel: +44(0)20 3772 2500
About Fresnillo plc
Fresnillo plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's second largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican Stock Exchanges under the symbol FRES.
Fresnillo plc has six operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Saucito, Cinega (including the San Ramn satellite mine), Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos1 and Noche Buena, two development projects - San Julin and the Pyrites plant, and four advanced exploration prospects - Orisyvo, Juanicipio, Las Casas Rosario & Cluster Cebollitas and Centauro Deep, as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects. In total, Fresnillo plc has mining concessions covering approximately 2 million hectares in Mexico.
Fresnillo plc has a strong and long tradition of mining, a proven track record of mine development, reserve replacement, and production costs in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for silver.
Fresnillo plc's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company, producing 65 million ounces of silver and 750,000 ounces of gold by 2018.
1Operations at Soledad-Dipolos are currently suspended.

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