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RNS Number : 4675J  Fresnillo PLC  20 May 2025

 
Fresnillo plc

21 Upper Brook Street

London W1K 7PY

United Kingdom

www.fresnilloplc.com (http://www.fresnilloplc.com)

 

 

20 May 2025

 

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 15 April 2025. 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 report and accounts                                    654,477,668       654,473,482  100.00  4,186       0.00    3,981,631
 2: To approve the final dividend                                              658,447,236       658,075,471  99.94   371,765     0.06    12,063
 3: To approve the special dividend                                            658,447,236       658,074,412  99.94   372,824     0.06    12,063
 4: To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration                               655,340,480       650,201,314  99.22   5,139,166   0.78    3,118,818
 5: To re-elect Mr Alejandro Baillères                                         658,443,468       595,159,491  90.39   63,283,977  9.61    15,831
 6: To re-elect Mr Arturo Fernández                                            655,339,744       643,840,679  98.25   11,499,065  1.75    3,119,555
 7: To re-elect Mr Fernando Ruiz                                               658,442,244       653,351,975  99.23   5,090,269   0.77    17,055
 8: To re-elect Mr Eduardo Cepeda                                              658,440,244       646,783,677  98.23   11,656,567  1.77    19,055

 9: To re-elect Mr Charles Jacobs                                              658,442,294       654,302,564  99.37   4,139,730   0.63    17,005
 10: To re-elect Mr Alberto Tiburcio                                           658,441,417       644,153,383  97.83   14,288,034  2.17    17,881
                                                                               105,846,226       91,558,192   86.50   14,288,034  13.50   17,881
 11: To re-elect Dame Judith Macgregor                                         658,443,044       655,391,158  99.54   3,051,886   0.46    16,255
                                                                                                 102,795,967  97.12   3,051,886   2.88    16,255

                                                                               105,847,853
 12: To re-elect Ms Georgina Kessel                                            658,442,754       657,951,123  99.93   491,631     0.07    16,545
                                                                               105,847,563       105,355,932  99.54   491,631     0.46    16,545
 13: To re-elect Ms Guadalupe De la Vega                                       658,443,928       658,319,044  99.98   124,884     0.02    15,371
                                                                               105,848,737       105,723,853  99.88   124,884     0.12    15,371
 14: To re-elect Mr Hector Rangel                                              658,440,244       657,951,866  99.93   488,378     0.07    19,055
                                                                               105,845,053       105,356,675  99.54   488,378     0.46    19,055
 15: To re-elect Ms Luz Adriana Ramírez                                        658,442,754       658,363,445  99.99   79,309      0.01    16,545
                                                                                                 105,768,254  99.93   79,309      0.07    16,545

                                                                               105,847,563
 16: To re-elect Ms Rosa Vázquez                                               658,442,754       658,363,496  99.99   79,258      0.01    16,545
                                                                                                 105,768,305  99.93   79,258      0.07

                                                                               105,847,563                                                16,545
 17: To re-appoint the auditors                                                658,438,618       653,776,996  99.29   4,661,622   0.71    20,681
 18: To authorise the audit committee to determine the auditors' remuneration  658,441,019       657,273,752  99.82   1,167,267   0.18    18,280
 19: To give authority to Directors allot shares                               658,439,771       657,577,321  99.87   862,450     0.13    19,528
 20: To disapply pre-emption rights                                            658,042,160       657,630,885  99.94   411,275     0.06    417,139
 21: To disapply pre-emption rights in in connection with an acquisition or    658,440,211       658,031,230  99.94   408,981     0.06    19,088
 other capital investment
 22: To authorise purchase of own shares                                       658,444,355       656,124,366  99.65   2,319,989   0.35    14,944
 23: Notice of general meetings                                                658,444,913       657,245,375  99.82   1,199,538   0.18    14,386

 

(*) = 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
(http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm)

ENDS

 

For further information, please visit our website www.fresnilloplc.com
(http://www.fresnilloplc.com) or contact:

 FRESNILLO PLC                                                              Tel: +44 (0)20 7399 2470

 London Office

 Gabriela Mayor, IRO

 Mark Mochalski

 Mexico City Office                                                         Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206

 Ana Belem Zárate

 Investor Relations

 POWERSCOURT                                                                Tel: +44 (0)7793 858 211

 Peter Ogden

 Public Relations

 

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 eight operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo,
Saucito, Juanicipio, Ciénega, Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos(1), Noche Buena and
San Julián Veins and four advanced exploration projects - Orisyvo, Rodeo,
Guanajuato and Tajitos 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'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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