AGM 2010 - Voting results
23 April, 2010
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 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre at 11.00am on Thursday 22 April 2010. 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:
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 |