Electoral Reform Services acted as independent assessors and the result of the polls was as follows. This announcement will be available for viewing on the Company’s website, www.angloamerican.com, along with a transcript of the Annual General Meeting, as soon as practicable:
Number of cards at meeting date: 13,571
Total Voting Rights (Issued share capital excluding
Treasury Shares) at meeting date: 1,393,689,923
Number of votes per share: one
Meeting type: AGM
Resolution | Shares For (Incldg. Discretionary) |
Shares Against |
Shares Withheld |
---|---|---|---|
1. Report and Accounts | 868,353,267 | 1,584,233 | 970,769 |
2. Dividend | 869,527,168 | 433,463 | 947,638 |
3. Elect Mark Cutifani | 869,932,007 | 18,556 | 957,706 |
4. Elect Byron Grote | 869,747,463 | 196,573 | 964,233 |
5. Elect Anne Stevens | 863,587,831 | 6,176,831 | 1,143,607 |
6. Re-elect David Challen | 846,206,612 | 18,201,223 | 6,500,434 |
7. Re-elect Sir CK Chow | 867,206,387 | 2,739,618 | 962,264 |
8. Re-elect Sir Philip Hampton | 867,587,968 | 2,358,096 | 962,205 |
9. Re-elect René Médori | 859,592,076 | 9,978,212 | 1,337,981 |
10. Re-elect Phuthuma Nhleko | 864,567,333 | 209,652 | 6,131,284 |
11. Re-elect Ray O’Rourke | 869,735,479 | 201,487 | 971,303 |
12. Re-elect Sir John Parker | 856,013,086 | 13,941,490 | 953,693 |
13. Re-elect Jack Thompson | 867,632,012 | 2,308,732 | 967,525 |
14. To re-appoint the auditors | 866,365,554 | 1,526,049 | 3,016,666 |
15. Auditors’ remuneration | 869,643,954 | 282,617 | 981,698 |
16. Remuneration Report | 629,554,600 | 167,304,694 | 74,048,974 |
17. Authority to allot shares | 608,779,648 | 261,176,009 | 952,612 |
18. Disapply pre-emption rights | 620,310,104 | 249,632,746 | 965,419 |
19. Authority to purchase own shares | 857,072,799 | 12,883,121 | 952,348 |
20. Hold general meetings (other than AGM) on not less than 14 days notice | 724,070,137 | 145,842,001 | 996,130 |
Resolution 18, a special resolution relating to the disapplication of pre-emption rights, did not achieve the necessary 75% majority and thus was not passed. Although this is a routine resolution for public companies in the UK, the directors had no present intention of exercising the proposed authority, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting. The Company does not therefore anticipate any consequences arising from the resolution not being passed. The Company will discuss any concerns with those shareholders, predominantly outside the UK, who voted against this resolution.
Nicholas Jordan
Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
20 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AN
Registered Number 3564138