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Fresnillo PLC
23 May 2017
 Fresnillo Plc
21 Upper Brook Street
London W1K 7PY
United Kingdom
www.fresnilloplc.com
23 May 2017
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 19) and special resolutions (resolutions 20 to 23) as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 18 April 2017. The votes cast for resolutions 10 to 16 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 
704,022,427
704,022,327
100.00
100
0.00
15,101
2: To approve the final dividend 
704,029,665
704,029,652
100.00
13
0.00
7,863
2: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy
703,993,627
703,105,882
99.87
887,745
0.13
43,901
4: To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration 
703,993,627
703,000,692
99.86
992,935
0.14
43,901
5: To re-elect Mr Alberto Baillres
650,025,231
624,131,634
96.02
25,893,597
3.98
54,012,296
6: To re-elect Mr Juan Bordes
704,029,477
703,122,363
99.87
907,114
0.13
8,051
7: To re-elect Mr Arturo Fernndez
704,029,477
695,762,447
98.83
8,267,030
1.17
8,051
8: To re-elect Mr Jaime Lomeln
704,029,477
703,439,451
99.92
590,026
0.08
8,051
9: To re-elect Mr Alejandro Baillres
704,029,477
703,126,021
99.87
903,456
0.13
8,051
10: To re-elect Mr Fernando Ruiz
686,287,191
666,862,463
97.17
19,424,728
2.83
17,750,335
(**)133,695,731
114,271,003
85.47
19,424,728
14.53
17,750,335
11: To re-elect Mr Charles Jacobs
704,022,338
703,420,244
99.91
602,094
0.09
15,189
(**)151,430,878
150,828,784
99.60
602,094
0.40
15,189
12: To re-elect Mr Guy Wilson
704,020,488
703,864,402
99.98
156,086
0.02
17,039
(**)151,429,028
151,272,942
99.90
156,086
0.10
17,039
13: To re-elect Ms Brbara Garza Lagera
704,029,377
696,936,687
98.99
7,092,690
1.01
8,151
(**)151,437,917
144,345,227
95.32
7,092,690
4.68
8,151
14. To re-elect Mr Jaime Serra
688,086,381
672,998,358
97.81
15,088,023
2.19
15,951,146
(**)135,494,921
120,406,898
88.86
15,088,023
11.14
15,951,146
15. To elect Mr Alberto Tiburcio
704,029,577
703,809,634
99.97
219,943
0.03
7,951
(**)151,438,117
151,218,174
99.85
219,943
0.15
7,951
16. To elect Dame Judith Macgregor
704,029,427
704,028,186
100.00
1,241
0.00
8,101
(**)151,437,967
151,436,726
100.00
1,241
0.00
8,101
17:To appoint the auditors
703,840,433
701,471,580
99.66
2,368,853
0.34
197,094
18: To allow the audit committee to determine the auditors remuneration
704,029,565
703,879,811
99.98
149,754
0.02
7,963
19: To give authority to Directors allot shares
704,028,956
704,016,722
100.00
12,234
0.00
8,572
20: To disapply pre-emption rights
703,922,816
703,910,644
100.00
12,172
0.00
114,712







21: To disapply pre-emption rights in in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment
704,022,615
700,942,114
99.56
3,080,501
0.44
14,912
22: To authorise purchase of own shares
703,776,264
701,162,135
99.63
2,614,129
0.37
261,263
23: Notice of general meetings
701,319,776
693,424,622
98.87
7,895,154
1.13
1,717,751
(*) = 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
Patrick Chambers
Tel: +44(0)20 7339 2470
Mexico
Ana Belm Zrate
Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206 
Bell Pottinger 
Liz Morley
Marianna Bowes
Aarti Iyer
Tel: +44(0)20 3772 2500
About Fresnillo plc
Fresnillo plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican Stock Exchanges under the symbol FRES.
Fresnillo plc has seven operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Saucito, Cinega (including the San Ramn satellite mine), Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos1, Noche Buena and San Julin (phase 1), three development projects - San Julin (phase 2), the Pyrites plant, and second line of DLP at Herradura, and four advanced exploration projects - 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 1.8 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 per year by 2018, having already surpassed the gold target of 750,000 ounces. 
1Operations at Soledad and Dipolos are currently suspended.

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