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Fresnillo PLC AGM Information 2024

May 21, 2024

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Fresnillo PLC

21 May 2024

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21 Upper Brook Street

London W1K 7PY

United Kingdom

www.fresnilloplc.com

21 May 2024

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 18) and special resolutions (resolutions 19 to 22) as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 23 April 2024. The votes cast for resolutions 9 to 15 relating to the re-election and election of the independent Directors were duly passed by both a majority of the votes cast by the independent shareholders as well as by a majority of votes cast by all shareholders. These votes have been calculated separately and are shown below (independent shareholder votes cast being marked **)

The final voting figures are shown below.

Resolution Total Votes Cast For (*) Against (*) Withheld
Number % Number %
1: Presentation of the report and accounts 651,993,549 651,929,657 99.99 63,892 0.01 3,629,900
2: To approve the final dividend 655,614,185 655,118,933 99.92 495,252 0.08 9,264
3: To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration 655,611,399 647,223,058 98.72 8,388,341 1.28 12,050
4: To re-elect Mr Alejandro Baillères 655,611,746 585,163,841 89.25 70,447,905 10.75 11,208
5: To re-elect Mr Arturo Fernández 652,461,760 636,609,976 97.57 15,851,784 2.43 3,161,194
6: To re-elect Mr Fernando Ruiz 655,612,704 637,612,283 97.25 18,000,421 2.75 10,250
7: To re-elect Mr Eduardo Cepeda 655,612,204 606,583,326 92.52 49,028,878 7.48 10,750
8: To re-elect Mr Charles Jacobs 655,612,131 642,974,251 98.07 12,637,880 1.93 10,823
9: To re-elect Mr Alberto Tiburcio 655,611,904 632,978,524 96.55 22,633,380 3.45 11,050
103,016,713 80,383,333 78.03 22,633,380 21.97 11,050
10: To re-elect Dame Judith Macgregor 655,611,176 651,388,890 99.36 4,222,286 0.64 11,778
103,015,985 98,793,699 95.90 4,222,286 4.10 11,778
11: To re-elect Ms Georgina Kessel 655,612,705 651,384,990 99.36 4,227,715 0.64 10,249
103,017,514 98,789,799 95.90 4,227,715 4.10 10,249
12: To re-elect Ms Guadalupe De la Vega 655,612,704 652,149,946 99.47 3,462,758 0.53 10,250
103,017,513 99,554,755 96.64 3,462,758 3.36 10,250
13: To re-elect Mr Hector Rangel 655,612,007 651,354,343 99.35 4,257,664 0.65 10,947
103,016,816 98,759,152 95.87 4,257,664 4.13 10,947
14: To elect Ms Luz Adriana Ramírez 655,611,767 655,584,498 100.00 27,269 0.00 11,187
103,016,576 102,989,307 99.97 27,269 0.03 11,187
15: To elect Ms Rosa Vázquez 655,612,725 655,585,214 100.00 27,511 0.00 10,229
103,017,534 102,990,023 99.97 27,511 0.03 10,229
16: To re-appoint the auditors 655,613,292 648,936,591 98.98 6,676,701 1.02 10,157
17: To authorise the audit committee to determine the auditors' remuneration 655,611,915 652,565,533 99.54 3,046,382 0.46 11,534
18: To give authority to Directors allot shares 655,611,720 655,033,626 99.91 578,094 0.09 11,729
19: To disapply pre-emption rights 655,611,235 651,725,175 99.41 3,886,060 0.59 12,214
20: To disapply pre-emption rights in in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment 655,611,237 651,942,205 99.44 3,669,032 0.56 11,717
21: To authorise purchase of own shares 655,614,270 649,624,945 99.09 5,989,325 0.91 9,179
22: Notice of general meetings 655,613,994 654,392,796 99.81 1,221,198 0.19 9,455

(*) = Includes discretionary votes

(**) =Votes cast by the independent shareholders

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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

The Board is pleased with the support from shareholders for the majority of the resolutions but notes that resolution 9 (re-election of Alberto Tiburcio) was passed by 96.55% of the total votes cast, and by 78.03% of votes cast by independent shareholders. As noted in the Annual Report, the Board considers it to be in the best interests of the Company that Mr Tiburcio serves as a Director and considers him to be independent in character and judgement. The Board notes the level of dissent on this resolution among some shareholders and given the importance of the views of all the Company's shareholders to the Board, it will engage with those independent shareholders to understand the reasons for their votes against it. An update will be published on that engagement within six months.

ENDS

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

FRESNILLO PLC     

London Office                        

Gabriela Mayor, IRO

Mark Mochalski
Tel: +44 (0)20 7399 2470
Mexico City Office

Ana Belem Zárate

Investor Relations
Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206
POWERSCOURT

Peter Ogden

Public Relations
Tel: +44 (0)7793 858 211

ABOUT FRESNILLO PLC

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

Fresnillo plc has eight operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Saucito, Juanicipio, Ciénega, Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos1, Noche Buena and San Julián (Veins and Disseminated Ore Body) and four advanced exploration projects - Orisyvo, Rodeo, Guanajuato and Tajitos as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects.

Fresnillo plc has mining concessions and exploration projects in Mexico, Peru and Chile.

Fresnillo plc's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company and Mexico's largest gold producer.

1  Operations at Soledad-Dipolos are currently suspended.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Information contained in this announcement may include 'forward-looking statements'. All statements other than statements of historical facts included herein, including, without limitation, those regarding the Fresnillo Group's intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, amongst other things, the Fresnillo Group's results of operations, financial position, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the silver and gold industries are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the actual results of the Fresnillo Group's operations, financial position and liquidity, and the development of the markets and the industry in which the Fresnillo Group operates, may differ materially from those described in, or suggested by, the forward-looking statements contained in this document. In addition, even if the results of operations, financial position and liquidity, and the development of the markets and the industry in which the Fresnillo Group operates are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this document, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. A number of factors could cause results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements including, without limitation, general economic and business conditions, industry trends, competition, commodity prices, changes in regulation, currency fluctuations (including the US dollar and Mexican Peso exchanges rates), the Fresnillo Group's ability to recover its reserves or develop new reserves, including its ability to convert its resources into reserves and its mineral potential into resources or reserves, changes in its business strategy and political and economic uncertainty.

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