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Fresnillo PLC — AGM Information 2017
May 23, 2017
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Fresnillo Plc 21 Upper Brook Street London W1K 7PY United Kingdom www.fresnilloplc.com
23 May 2017
Company Number: 06344120
THE COMPANIES ACT 2006
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
Resolutions of Fresnillo plc
(Passed 23 May 2017)
At the Annual General Meeting of the members of the Company convened and held on 23 May 2017, the following resolutions were duly passed:
As an Ordinary Resolution:
Resolution 19: Directors' authority to allot
THAT, the Directors of the Company be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (or the 'Act') to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of US\$122,815,598, such authority to apply in substitution for all previous authorities pursuant to Section 551 of the Act and provided that this authority shall expire at the end of the next annual general meeting of the Company or on Saturday 30 June 2018, whichever is the earlier, save that the Company may before such expiry make offers and enter into agreements which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted after the authority given by this resolution has expired.
As a Special Resolution:
Resolution 20: Disapplication of pre-emption rights
THAT, subject to the passing of Resolution 19 above, the Board be authorised to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) wholly for cash pursuant to the authority given by that resolution or where the allotment constitutes an allotment of equity securities by virtue of Section 560(3) of the Companies Act 2006, in each case:
(A) in connection with a pre-emptive offer; and
(B) otherwise than in connection with a pre-emptive offer, up to an aggregate nominal amount of US\$18,422,339, as if Section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment:
such authority to expire at the end of the next AGM of the Company (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 30 June 2018 but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers. and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority given by this Resolution has expired and the Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
For the purposes of this Resolution:
- "pre-emptive offer" means an offer of equity securities open for acceptance for a period i. fixed by the Directors to (a) holders (other than the Company) on the register on a record date fixed by the Directors of Ordinary Shares in proportion to their respective holdings and (b) other persons so entitled by virtue of the rights attaching to any other equity securities held by them, but subject in both cases to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory;
- ii. references to an allotment of equity securities shall include a sale of treasury shares; and
- iii. the nominal amount of any securities shall be taken to be, the case of rights to subscribe for or convert any securities into shares of the Company, the nominal amount of such shares which may be allotted pursuant to such rights.
As a Special Resolution:
Resolution 21: Disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment
THAT, subject to the passing of Resolution 19 above the Board be authorised in addition to any authority granted under Resolution 20 to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) wholly for cash pursuant to the authority given by Resolution 19 or where the allotment constitutes an allotment of equity securities by virtue of Section 560(3) of the Companies Act 2006 as if Section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment, such authority to be:
- (A) limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of US\$18,422,339; and
- (B) used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within six months after the original transaction) a transaction which the Board determines to be an acquisition or other capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice,
such authority to expire at the end of the next AGM of the Company (or, if earlier, at the close of business on Saturday 30 June 2018) but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority given by this resolution has expired and the
Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
As a Special Resolution:
Resolution 22: Authority to purchase own shares
THAT, the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purpose of Section 701 of the Act to make market purchases (as defined in Section 693 of that Act) of Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company, provided that:
- the maximum number of Ordinary Shares that may be purchased is 73,689,358; $(a)$
- $(b)$ the minimum price that may be paid for an Ordinary Share shall be not less than the nominal value of such share:
- $(c)$ the maximum price to be paid for each Ordinary Share shall be the higher of (i) an amount equal to 5% above the average of the middle market quotation for the Company's Ordinary Shares as derived from the London Stock Exchange's Daily Official List for the five business days' prior to the day on which such share is contracted to be purchased and (ii) the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current bid as stipulated by Commission-adopted Regulatory Technical Standards pursuant to article 5(6) of the Market Abuse Regulation;
- $(d)$ this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, Saturday 30 June 2018, unless such authority is previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting; and
- $(e)$ the Company may enter into a contract to purchase its Ordinary Shares under this authority prior to its expiry, which will or may be executed wholly or partly after such expiry.
As a Special Resolution:
Resolution 23: Notice of general meetings
THAT, a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice, provided that facilities are available to shareholders to vote by electronic means for meetings called at such notice.
Aussisse de Marino
Company Secretary 23 May 2017