REG-Pan African Resources Plc: Result of AGM & Salient Dividend Dates

Pan African ResourcesAnnouncement

29/11/2019 07:05

Pan African Resources PLC
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under Companies Act 1985
with registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)
Share code on AIM: PAF
Share code on JSE: PAN
ISIN: GB0004300496
(“Pan African” or the “Company” or the “Group”)

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Pan African shareholders (“Shareholders”) are advised that at the annual
general meeting (“AGM”) of Shareholders held on Thursday, 28 November
2019, all the ordinary and special resolutions, save for ordinary resolution
number 13, as set out in the notice of AGM dated 18 September 2019, were
approved by the requisite majority of Shareholders present or represented by
proxy.

The total number of Pan African ordinary shares (“Shares”) eligible to
vote at the AGM is 2,234,687,537.

All resolutions proposed at the AGM, together with the percentage of shares
abstained, as well as the percentage of votes carried for and against each
resolution, are as follows:

Ordinary resolution number 1: To receive and adopt the directors’ report,
the audited statement of accounts and the auditor’s report for the year
ended 30 June 2019

 Shares Voted 1,610,303,019 72.06%  Abstained 2,448,832 0.11%  For 1,532,003,019 95.14%  Against 78,300,000 4.86%  

Ordinary resolution number 2: To approve the final dividend of 2.23745 ZAR
cents per share

 Shares Voted 1,612,121,832 72.14%  Abstained 630,019 0.03%  For 1,612,071,832 100.00%  Against 50,000 0.00%  

Ordinary resolution number 3: To re-elect Mrs HH Hickey as a director of the
Company

 Shares Voted 1,610,173,716 72.05%  Abstained 2,578,135 0.11%  For 1,595,092,766 99.06%  Against 15,080,950 0.94%  

Ordinary resolution number 4: To re-elect Mr TF Mosololi as a director of the
Company committee

 Shares Voted 1,610,172,341 72.05%  Abstained 2,579,510 0.11%  For 1,570,650,858 97.55%  Against 39,521,483 2.45%  

Ordinary resolution number 5: To re-elect Mr CDS Needham as a director of the
Company

 Shares Voted 1,606,173,716 71.87%  Abstained 6,578,135 0.29%  For 1,606,136,145 100.00%  Against 37,571 0.00%  

Ordinary resolution number 6: To re-elect Ms YN Themba as a director of the
Company

 Shares Voted 1,606,172,341 71.87%  Abstained 6,579,510 0.29%  For 1,603,695,305 99.85%  Against 2,477,036 0.15%  

Ordinary resolution number 7: To re-elect Mrs HH Hickey as a member of the
audit committee

 Shares Voted 1,610,174,320 72.05%  Abstained 2,577,075 0.11%  For 1,595,357,141 99.08%  Against 14,817,179 0.92%  

Ordinary resolution number 8: To re-elect Mr CDS Needham as a member of the
audit committee

 Shares Voted 1,606,174,776 71.87%  Abstained 6,577,075 0.29%  For 1,583,199,117 98.57%  Against 22,975,659 1.43%  

Ordinary resolution number 9: To re-elect Mr TF Mosololi as a member of the
audit committee

 Shares Voted 1,610,174,776 72.05%  Abstained 2,577,075 0.11%  For 1,595,176,315 99.07%  Against 14,998,461 0.93%  

Ordinary resolution number 10: To endorse the Company’s Remuneration Policy

 Shares Voted 1,610,217,936 72.06%  Abstained 2,533,459 0.11%  For 1,533,119,123 95.21%  Against 77,098,813 4.79%  

Ordinary resolution number 11: To endorse the Company’s Remuneration
Implementation Report (Notes 1 and 2)

 Shares Voted 1,610,252064 72.06%  Abstained 2,499,787 0.11%  For 927,948,817 57.63%  Against 682,303,247 42.37%  

Ordinary resolution number 12: To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as
auditor of the Company and to authorise the directors to determine their
remuneration

 Shares Voted 1,610,117,427 72.05%  Abstained 2,634,424 0.12%  For 1,609,903,713 99.99%  Against 213,714 0.01%  

Ordinary resolution number 13: To authorise the directors to allot equity
securities (Note 1)

 Shares Voted 1,610,237,488 72.06%  Abstained 2,514,363 0.11%  For 693,984,323 43.10%  Against 916,253,165 56.90%  

Special resolution number 14: To approve market purchases of ordinary shares

 Shares Voted 1,610,322,930 72.06%  Abstained 2,428,921 0.11%  For 1,603,163,650 99.56%  Against 7,159,280 0.44%  

Notes
* Percentages of Shares voted are calculated in relation to the total issued
ordinary share capital of Pan African.
* Percentages of Shares voted for and against each resolution are calculated
in relation to the total number of Shares voted in respect of each resolution.
* Abstentions are calculated as a percentage in relation to the total issued
ordinary share capital of Pan African.
1. In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, when 20% or more of
the votes have been cast against the board recommendation for a resolution,
the company will consult with those shareholders who voted against ordinary
resolution numbers 11 and 13 (“Resolutions”), (“Dissenting
Shareholders”) in order to ascertain the reasons for doing so, following
which an update on the views expressed by such Dissenting Shareholders and the
subsequent actions taken by the Company will be issued.
2. Furthermore, as required in terms of the King IV Report on Corporate
Governance for South Africa, 2016 and paragraph 3.84(k) of the JSE Limited
Listings Requirements, Pan African invites those Dissenting Shareholders who
voted against ordinary resolution number 11 to engage with the Company
regarding their views on the Company’s remuneration implementation report.
Dissenting Shareholders may forward their concerns / questions pertaining to
the Resolutions to the Company Secretary via email at
phil.dexter@corpserv.co.uk by close of business on  13 December 2019. The
Company will then respond in writing to these Shareholders, and if required,
engage further with the Shareholders in this regard.

SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES

Shareholders are referred to the Group’s results that were released on
18 September 2019, wherein an exchange rate of South African Rand
(“ZAR”) to the British Pound (“GBP”) of ZAR/GBP: R18:25  and  an
exchange rate of ZAR to the US Dollar (“USD”) of ZAR/USD: 14.75 were used
for illustrative purposes to convert the proposed ZAR dividend of 2.23745 ZAR
cents per share into GBP and USD.

Shareholders are advised that, following the approval of the final dividend at
the AGM, the exchange rate for conversion of the final dividend into GBP is a
fixed exchange rate of ZAR/GBP:19.0825 which translates to a final GBP
dividend of 0.11725 pence per share and the exchange rate for conversion of
the final dividend into USD is a fixed exchange rate of  ZAR/USD: 14.74 which
translates to a final USD dividend of 0.15179 US cents per share.

The dividend will be distributed from South African income reserves.

The following salient dates apply:

 Currency conversion date                                      Thursday, 28 November 2019   
 Currency conversion announcement released by 11.00 (SA time)  Friday 29 November 2019      
 Last date to trade on the JSE                                 Tuesday, 10 December 2019    
 Last date to trade on the LSE                                 Wednesday 11 December 2019   
 Ex-dividend date on the JSE                                   Wednesday, 11 December 2019  
 Ex-dividend date on the LSE                                   Thursday, 12 December 2019   
 Record date on the JSE and LSE                                Friday, 13 December 2019     
 Payment date                                                  Monday 30 December 2019      

Notes
* No transfers between the Johannesburg and London registers between the
commencement of trading on Wednesday 11 December 2019 and close of business on
Friday, 13 December 2019 will be permitted.
* No Shares may be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday 11
December 2019 and Friday, 13 December 2019, both days inclusive.
* The final dividend per share was calculated on 2,234,687,537 total shares in
issue equating to 2.23745 ZAR cents per share or 0.11725 pence or 0.15179 US
cents per share.
* The South African dividends tax rate is 20% per ordinary share for
shareholders who are liable to pay the dividends tax, resulting in a net
dividend of 1.78996 ZAR cents per share (0.09380 pence per share and 0.12143
US cents per share) for these shareholders. Foreign investors may qualify for
a lower dividend tax rate, subject to completing a dividend tax declaration
and submitting it to Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited or
Link Asset Services who manage the SA and UK register, respectively. The
company's South African income tax reference number is 9154588173. The
proposed dividend will be paid out of the company’s retained earnings,
without drawing on any other capital reserves.
Johannesburg

29 November 2019

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Contact information                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Corporate Office The Firs Office Building 2nd Floor, Office 204 Cnr. Cradock and Biermann Avenues Rosebank, Johannesburg South Africa Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900 info@paf.co.za  Registered Office Suite 31 Second Floor 107 Cheapside London EC2V 6DN United Kingdom Office: + 44 (0) 20 7796 8644  
 Cobus Loots Pan African Resources PLC Chief Executive Officer Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900                                                                                         Deon Louw Pan African Resources PLC Financial Director Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900                                 
 Phil Dexter/Jane Kirton St James's Corporate Services Limited Company Secretary Office: + 44 (0) 20 7796 8644                                                                      John Prior/Will Wickham Numis Securities Limited Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker Office: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000    
 Ciska Kloppers Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited JSE Sponsor Office: + 27 (0) 11 011 9200                                                                             Ross Allister/David McKeown Peel Hunt LLP Joint Broker Office: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900                                 
 Julian Gwillim Aprio Strategic Communications Public & Investor Relations SA Office: +27 (0) 11 880 0037                                                                           Thomas Rider/Neil Elliot BMO Capital Markets Limited Joint Broker Office: +44 (0) 20 7236 1010                      
 Bobby Morse/Chris Judd Buchanan Public and Investor Relations UK Office: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 paf@buchanan.uk.com                                                                                                                                                                                      
 Website: www.panafricanresources.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   



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