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RNS Number : 1379X
Fresnillo PLC
04 May 2016
 Fresnillo Plc
21 Upper Brook Street
London W1K 7PY
United Kingdom
www.fresnilloplc.com
4 May 2016
Fresnillo plc - Result of AGM
The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to shareholders at yesterday's Annual General Meeting were passed by means of a poll, including the ordinary resolutions (resolutions 1 to 6 and 8 to 18) and special resolutions (resolutions 19 to 21) as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 31 March 2016. Resolution 7 was withdrawn. 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 
702,553,657
702,500,333
99.99%
40,100
0.01%
13,224
2: To approve the final dividend 
702,553,657
702,547,376
100.00%
0
0.00%
6,281
3: To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration 
702,553,657
701,731,967
99.89%
779,199
0.11%
44,391
4: To re-elect Mr Alberto Baillres
702,553,657
637,928,863
97.11%
19,006,652
2.89%
45,618,142
5: To re-elect Mr Juan Bordes
702,553,657
701,513,804
99.85%
1,033,284
0.15%
6,569
6: To re-elect Mr Arturo Fernndez
702,553,657
698,863,611
99.48%
3,683,477
0.52%
6,569
7. Resolution Withdrawn






8: To re-elect Mr Jaime Lomeln
702,553,657
700,012,068
99.64%
2,535,020
0.36%
6,569
9: To re-elect Mr Alejandro Baillres
702,553,657
701,557,190
99.86%
989,898
0.14%
6,569
10: To re-elect Mr Guy Wilson
702,553,657
702,313,102
99.97%
233,986
0.03%
6,569
(**)149,959,644
149,721,642
99.84%
233,986
0.16%
6,569
11: To re-elect Mr Fernando Ruiz
702,553,657
691,545,893
98.68%
9,262,991
1.32%
1,744,773
(**)149,959,644
138,954,433
93.75%
9,262,991
6.25%
1,744,773
12: To re-elect Ms Mara Asuncin Aramburuzabala
702,553,657
700,075,245
99.90%
733,739
0.10%
1,744,673
(**)149,959,644
147,483,785
99.50%
733,739
0.50%
1,744,673
13: To re-elect Ms Brbara Garza Lagera
702,553,657
702,220,498
99.95%
326,690
0.05%
6,469
(**)149,959,644
149,629,038
99.78%
326,690
0.22%
6,469
14. To elect Mr Jaime Serra
702,553,657
701,869,842
99.90%
677,346
0.10%
6,469
(**)149,959,644
149,278,382
99.55%
677,346
0.45%
6,469
15. To elect Mr Charles Jacobs
702,553,657
657,466,253
93.64%
44,675,512
6.36%
411,892
(**)149,959,644
104,874,793
70.13%
44,675,512
29.87%
411,892
16:To appoint the auditors
702,553,657
700,628,641
99.99%
48,300
0.01%
1,876,716
17: To allow the audit committee to determine the auditors remuneration
702,553,657
702,547,176
100.00%
100
0.00%
6,381
18: To give authority to Directors allot shares
702,553,657
702,442,578
99.99%
103,798
0.01%
7,281
19: To disapply pre-emption rights
702,553,657
697,706,396
99.31%
4,839,390
0.69%
7,871
20: To authorise purchase of own shares
702,553,657
700,426,344
99.70%
2,119,432
0.30%
7,881
21: Notice of general meetings
702,553,657
682,308,196
97.56%
17,062,809
2.44%
3,182,652
Withdraw Resolution 7
702,553,657
702,553,657
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
(*) = 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
Aarti Iyer
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 - Centauro Deep, Juanicipio, Orisyvo and Las Casas Rosario & Cluster Cebollitas 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 and Dipolos are currently suspended.

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