Fresnillo PLC — AGM Information 2014

May 16, 2014

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Fresnillo PLC

16 May 2014

Fresnillo Plc

28 Grosvenor Street

London W1K 4QR

United Kingdom

www.fresnilloplc.com

16 May 2014

Fresnillo plc - Result of AGM

The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to shareholders  at today's Annual General Meeting were passed by means of a poll, including the ordinary resolutions  (resolutions 1 to 19) and special resolutions (resolutions 20 to 22) set out in  the Company's notice of AGM dated 11 April 2014.

The final voting figures are shown below.

Resolution	Total Votes Cast	For (*)		Against (*)		Withheld
Number	%	Number	%
1: Presentation of the accounts	700,766,946	700,766,696	100.00	250	0.00	537,315
2: To approve the final dividend	700,775,039	700,625,039	99.98	150,000	0.02	529,222
3: To approve the Remuneration Policy	700,771,672	698,830,864	99.72	1,940,808	0.28	532,589
4: To approve the Remuneration Report	700,773,189	700,754,395	100.00	18,794	0.00	531,072
5: To re-elect Mr Alberto Baillères	663,319,800	652,811,840	98.42	10,507,960	1.58	37,984,460
6: To re-elect Mr Fernando Ruiz	699,304,909	675,281,900	96.56	24,023,009	3.44	1,999,352
7: To re-elect Mr Guy Wilson	700,773,673	700,656,107	99.98	117,566	0.02	530,588
8: To re-elect Mr Juan Bordes	700,773,673	700,133,572	99.91	640,101	0.09	530,588
9: To re-elect Mr Arturo Fernández	700,773,673	692,105,140	98.76	8,668,533	1.24	530,588
10: To re-elect Mr Rafael Mac Gregor	700,773,673	699,516,652	99.82	1,257,021	0.18	530,588
11: To re-elect Mr Jaime Lomelín	700,773,122	700,005,934	99.89	767,188	0.11	531,138
12: To re-elect Ms María Asunción Aramburuzabala	700,119,631	699,616,539	99.93	503,092	0.07	1,184,630
13: To re-elect Mr Alejandro Baillères	700,773,473	699,806,641	99.86	966,832	0.14	530,788
14. To elect Ms Bárbara Garza Lagüera	700,773,273	700,768,128	100.00	5,145	0.00	530,988
15. To elect Mr Jaime Serra	700,774,589	691,976,957	98.74	8,797,632	1.26	529,672
16. To elect Mr Charles Jacobs	700,773,473	700,742,304	100.00	31,169	0.00	530,788
17:To appoint the auditors	700,770,830	700,610,693	99.98	160,137	0.02	533,431
18: To allow the board to determine the auditors remuneration	700,773,946	700,601,838	99.98	172,108	0.02	530,315
19: To allot shares	700,773,777	700,681,855	99.99	91,922	0.01	530,484
20: To disapply pre-emption rights	700,771,621	696,798,874	99.43	3,972,747	0.57	532,640
21: To authorise share Repurchase	700,774,077	700,704,621	99.99	69,456	0.01	530,184
22: Notice of general meetings	700,774,076	688,534,191	98.25	12,239,885	1.75	530,184

(*) = Includes discretionary votes

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares and total voting rights of the Company was 736,893,589 shares in issue. The Company's Articles of Association set out that every member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder on a poll. The scrutineer of the poll was Equiniti Limited.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, Fresnillo plc has submitted a copy of the resolutions dealing with the special business put to shareholders at the AGM today

to the National Storage Mechanism, which will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

ENDS

For further information, please visit our website:  www.fresnilloplc.com or contact:

Fresnillo plc

London Office                                                                                   Tel: +44 (0)20 7399 2470

Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor Relations

Mexico City Office                                                                           Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206

Ana Belém Zárate

Brunswick                                                                                        Tel: +44 (0)20 7404 5959

Carole Cable

David Litterick

About Fresnillo plc

Fresnillo plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's second largest gold producer, listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol FRES. 

Fresnillo plc has six operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Saucito, Ciénega (including the San Ramón satellite mine), Herradura, Soledad and Noche Buena; two development projects - Saucito II and San Julián and four advanced exploration prospects - Centauro Deep, Juanicipio, Orisyvo and Las Casas Rosario as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects. In total, Fresnillo plc has mining concessions covering approximately 2.1 million hectares in Mexico.

Fresnillo plc has a strong and long tradition of mining, a proven track record of mine development, reserve replacement, and production costs in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for both silver and gold.

Fresnillo plc's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company, producing 65 million ounces of silver and 500,000 ounces of gold by 2018.

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