REG - Fresnillo Plc - Result of AGM

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24/06/2021 14:20

RNS Number : 0415D
  
Fresnillo PLC
  
24 June 2021
  
 

                                                                                                        Fresnillo plc
21 Upper Brook Street
London W1K 7PY
United Kingdom
www.fresnilloplc.com
 
24 June 2021
 
FRESNILLO PLC (the "COMPANY") - 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 23) as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 19 May 2021. The votes cast for resolutions 9 to 15 relating to the re-election and 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 


663,861,410


663,723,770


99.98


137,640


0.02


3,114,617




2: To approve the final dividend 


666,973,950


666,635,837


99.95


338,113


0.05


2,077




3: To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration


665,606,680


661,179,743


99.33


4,426,937


0.67


1,369,347




4: To re-elect Mr Alejandro Baillères


666,972,351


624,536,221


93.64


42,436,130


6.36


3,676




5: To re-elect Mr Juan Bordes


665,608,037


659,297,911


99.05


6,310,126


0.95


1,367,990




6: To re-elect Mr Arturo Fernández


662,495,598


655,754,274


98.98


6,741,324


1.02


4,480,429




7: To re-elect Mr Fernando Ruiz


666,528,560


622,205,547


93.35


44,323,013


6.65


447,467




8: To elect Mr Eduardo Cepeda


666,972,400


662,382,618


99.31


4,589,782


0.69


3,627




9: To re-elect Mr Charles Jacobs


666,972,250


666,336,746


99.90


635,504


0.10


3,777




114,377,059**


113,741,555


99.44


635,504


0.56


3,777




10: To re-elect Ms Bárbara Garza Lagüera


666,972,351


665,022,673


99.71


1,949,678


0.29


3,676




114,377,160**


112,427,482


98.30


1,949,678


1.70


3,676




11: To re-elect Mr Alberto Tiburcio


666,972,350


660,232,044


98.99


6,740,306


1.01


3,677




114,377,159**


107,636,853


94.11


6,740,306


5.89


3,677




12: To re-elect Dame Judith Macgregor


666,972,695


666,851,914


99.98


120,781


0.02


3,332




114,377,504**


114,256,723


99.89


120,781


0.11


3,332




13: To re-elect Ms Georgina Kessel


666,972,251


666,962,479


100.00


9,772


0.00


3,776




114,377,060**


114,367,288


99.99


9,772


0.01


3,776




14: To re-elect Ms Guadalupe De la Vega


666,972,351


666,965,848


100.00


6,503


0.00


3,676




114,377,160**


114,370,657


99.99


6,503


0.01


3,676




15: To elect Mr Hector Rangel


666,972,301


666,339,298


99.91


633,003


0.09


3,726




114,377,110**


113,744,107


99.45


633,003


0.55


3,726




16: To appoint the auditors


666,971,644


659,470,056


98.88


7,501,588


1.12


4,383




17: To authorise the audit committee to determine the auditors remuneration


666,971,341


664,460,303


99.62


2,511,038


0.38


4,686




18: To give authority to Directors to allot shares


666,974,075


662,012,035


99.26


4,962,040


0.74


1,952




19: To disapply pre-emption rights


666,062,960


661,339,315


99.29


4,723,645


0.71


913,067




20: To disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment


666,972,910


655,011,559


98.21


11,961,351


1.79


3,117




21: To authorise purchase of the Company's shares


666,633,525


663,014,388


99.46


3,619,137


0.54


342,502




22: Notice of general meetings


666,974,350


660,759,650


99.07


6,214,700


0.93


1,677




23: Adoption of new articles of association


666,966,648


666,952,011


100.00


14,637


0.00


9,379




 
(*) = 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
 
ENDS
 
 
For further information, please visit our website www.fresnilloplc.com or contact:




 
FRESNILLO PLC      
London Office                         
Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor Relations
Patrick Chambers


 
Tel: +44 (0)20 7399 2470




Mexico City Office 
Ana Belem Zárate


Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206




 
POWERSCOURT
Peter Ogden
 


 
Tel: +44 (0)7793 858 211




 
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, Ciénega (including the San Ramón satellite mine, Las Casas Rosario & Cluster Cebollitas), Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos1, Noche Buena and San Julián (Veins and Disseminated Ore Body), three development projects - the Pyrites Plant at Fresnillo, the optimisation of the beneficiation plant also at Fresnillo and Juanicipio, and four advanced exploration projects - Orisyvo, Rodeo, Guanajuato and Pilarica, as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects. 
Fresnillo plc has mining concessions and exploration projects in Mexico, Peru and Chile.
Fresnillo plc has a strong and long tradition of exploring, 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 and Mexico's largest gold producer.
1 Operations at Soledad-Dipolos are currently suspended. 
 
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Information contained in this announcement may include 'forward-looking statements'. All statements other than statements of historical facts included herein, including, without limitation, those regarding the Fresnillo Group's intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, amongst other things, the Fresnillo Group's results of operations, financial position, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the silver and gold industries are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the actual results of the Fresnillo Group's operations, financial position and liquidity, and the development of the markets and the industry in which the Fresnillo Group operates, may differ materially from those described in, or suggested by, the forward-looking statements contained in this document. In addition, even if the results of operations, financial position and liquidity, and the development of the markets and the industry in which the Fresnillo Group operates are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this document, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. A number of factors could cause results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements including, without limitation, general economic and business conditions, industry trends, competition, commodity prices, changes in regulation, currency fluctuations (including the US dollar and Mexican Peso exchanges rates), the Fresnillo Group's ability to recover its reserves or develop new reserves, including its ability to convert its resources into reserves and its mineral potential into resources or reserves, changes in its business strategy and political and economic uncertainty. 
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