AGM 2009 - Voting results
15 April, 2009
Anglo American plc (the “Company”) announces that all resolutions were passed by the requisite majorities at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held at The Royal Society at 11.00am on Wednesday 15 April 2009. In line with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each resolution at the meeting.
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:
Issued share capital at meeting date: 1,316,490,826
Number of votes per share: one
Meeting type: AGM
| Resolution | Shares For (Incldg. Discretionary) |
Shares Against |
Shares Abstained |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Report and Accounts | 656,584,110 | 3,456,228 | 2,530,059 |
| 2. Re-elect David Challen | 656,940,286 | 3,126,003 | 2,494,963 |
| 3. Re-elect Chris Fay | 646,880,378 | 13,080,304 | 2,601,561 |
| 4. Re-elect Sir Rob Margetts | 644,920,472 | 15,047,342 | 2,597,582 |
| 5. Re-elect Sir Mark Moody-Stuart | 656,796,413 | 4,977,240 | 760,522 |
| 6. Re-elect Fred Phaswana | 659,428,923 | 608,563 | 2,528,126 |
| 7. Re-elect Mamphela Ramphele | 652,764,779 | 8,970,684 | 764,805 |
| 8. Re-elect Peter Woicke | 652,794,450 | 8,973,185 | 766,654 |
| 9. To re-appoint the auditors | 655,779,150 | 2,531,556 | 4,259,691 |
| 10. Auditors’ remuneration | 659,650,976 | 399,847 | 2,499,917 |
| 11. Remuneration Report | 614,227,610 | 14,418,680 | 33,918,912 |
| 12. Authority to allot shares | 567,843,191 | 92,037,235 | 2,684,321 |
| 13. Disapply pre-emption rights | 599,616,977 | 58,423,727 | 4,524,043 |
| 14. Authority to purchase own shares | 604,032,379 | 55,817,427 | 2,715,396 |