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.co.uk, along with a transcript of the Annual General Meeting, as soon as practicable:
Number of cards at meeting date:
Total Voting Rights (Issued share capital
excluding
Treasury Shares) at meeting date: 1,318,747,438
Number of votes per share: one
Meeting type: AGM
Resolution | Shares For (Incldg. Discretionary) |
Shares Against |
Shares Abstained |
---|---|---|---|
1. Report and Accounts | 786,372,544 | 268,412 | 1,487,282 |
2. Elect Sir Philip Hampton | 785,244,591 | 2,038,861 | 844,786 |
3. Elect Ray O’Rourke | 785,781,562 | 1,499,089 | 847,322 |
4. Elect Sir John Parker | 763,838,314 | 9,760,655 | 14,528,538 |
5. Elect Jack Thompson | 785,788,505 | 1,488,849 | 850,184 |
6. Re-elect Cynthia Carroll | 785,224,062 | 2,051,417 | 851,069 |
7. Re-elect Nicky Oppenheimer | 783,729,584 | 3,334,246 | 1,078,243 |
8. To re-appoint the auditors | 771,635,514 | 4,396,808 | 12,095,215 |
9. Auditors’ remuneration | 780,530,597 | 2,227,249 | 5,369,061 |
10. Remuneration Report | 733,987,289 | 24,667,928 | 29,471,605 |
11. Authority to allot shares | 685,307,001 | 93,636,199 | 9,184,549 |
12. Disapply pre-emption rights | 728,619,700 | 39,396,026 | 20,101,119 |
13. Authority to purchase own shares | 685,313,886 | 101,966,625 | 836,334 |
14. Amend Articles | 767,786,642 | 18,634,532 | 1,695,398 |
15. Hold general meetings (other than
AGM) on not less than 14 days notice |
720,052,835 | 67,029,063 | 1,034,711 |