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Petra Diamonds Ltd. — Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements 2014
Nov 27, 2014
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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements
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27 November 2014
Petra Diamonds Limited
("Petra" or the "Company" or the “Group”)
Result of Annual General Meeting
Petra Diamonds Limited is pleased to announce that, at its AGM held earlier today, shareholders passed each of the ordinary and special resolutions by the requisite majorities on a poll. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website. The total number of votes cast for each resolution is set out in the table below.
| Resolutions | Votes for (incl.discretionary) | % ofVotescast | Votesagainst | % ofVotesCast | Total VotesCast | Total VotesWithheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. To receive the Financial Statements ofthe Company for the year ended 30June 2014, together with the Reports oftheDirectors andAuditors thereon. | 411,170,714 | 99.62 | 1,569,796 | 0.38 | 412,740,510 | 299,299 |
| 2. To approve the Directors’ AnnualRemuneration Report for the year ended 30 June2014. | 409,555,240 | 99.98 | 94,341 | 0.02 | 409,649,581 | 3,390,228 |
| 3. To approve the Directors’Remuneration Policy as contained in the2014 Annual Report. | 393,232,862 | 95.27 | 19,519,216 | 4.73 | 412,752,078 | 287,731 |
| 4. To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditors toact as such until the conclusion of thenextAGMofthe Company. | 408,395,637 | 98.97 | 4,266,739 | 1.03 | 412,662,376 | 377,433 |
| 5. To authorise the Directors of theCompany to fix the remuneration of theAuditors. | 409,928,091 | 99.32 | 2,825,941 | 0.68 | 412,754,032 | 285,777 |
| 6. To re-appoint Mr Adonis Pouroulis,who retires in accordance with theCompany’s Bye-Laws, as a Director of the Company. | 379,673,631 | 94.24 | 23,217,487 | 5.76 | 402,891,118 | 10,148,691 |
| 7. To re-appoint Mr Christoffel JohannesDippenaar, who retires in accordancewith the Company’s Bye-Laws, as aDirectorofthe Company. | 390,639,729 | 94.64 | 22,113,805 | 5.36 | 412,753,534 | 286,275 |
| 8. To re-appoint Mr David Gary Abery,who retires in accordance with theCompany’s Bye-Laws, as a Director of the Company. | 388,458,039 | 94.11 | 24,295,495 | 5.89 | 412,753,534 | 286,275 |
| 9. To re-appoint Mr James MurryDavidson, who retires in accordancewith the Company’s Bye-Laws, as aDirectorofthe Company. | 387,210,261 | 93.81 | 25,539,973 | 6.19 | 412,750,234 | 289,575 |
| 10. To re-appoint Mr Anthony CarmelLowrie, who retires in accordance withthe Company’s Bye-Laws, as aDirectorofthe Company. | 403,378,388 | 97.73 | 9,375,146 | 2.27 | 412,753,534 | 286,275 |
| 11. To re-appoint Dr Patrick John Bartlett,who retires in accordance with theCompany’s Bye-Laws, as a Director ofthe Company. | 403,378,888 | 97.73 | 9,374,646 | 2.27 | 412,753,534 | 286,275 |
| 12. To re-appoint Mr Alexander GordonKelso Hamilton, who retires inaccordance with the Company’sBye-Laws, as a Director of the Company. | 404,699,142 | 98.05 | 8,050,592 | 1.95 | 412,749,734 | 290,075 |
| 13. To authorise theDirectors ofthe | 412,753,480 | 99.99 | 1,154 | 0.01 | 412,754,634 | 285,175 |
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| Company to allot Relevant Securitieswithin the meaning of Bye-Law 2.4 ofthe Company’s Bye-Laws. | ||||||
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| 14. To disapply the pre-emptionprovisions of Bye-Law 2.5(a)pursuant to Bye-Law 2.6(a)(i) of the Company’s Bye-Laws. | 412,749,575 | 99.99 | 4,704 | 0.01 | 412,754,279 | 285,530 |
Notes:
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Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. 2. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
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Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 5pm on 25 November 2014 was 512,110,048.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2R the full text of resolution 14 has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
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For further information, please contact:
Petra Diamonds, London Telephone: +44 20 7494 8203 Cathy Malins [email protected] Cornelia Grant [email protected] Buchanan Telephone: +44 20 7466 5000 (PR Adviser) Bobby Morse [email protected] Louise Mason [email protected] RBC Capital Markets Telephone: +44 20 7653 4000 (Joint Broker) Matthew Coakes [email protected] Jonathan Hardy [email protected] Barclays Telephone: +44 20 7623 2323 (Joint Broker) Bertie Whitehead [email protected] Marcus Jackson [email protected]
About Petra Diamonds Limited
Petra Diamonds is a leading independent diamond mining group and an increasingly important supplier of rough diamonds to the international market. The Company has interests in five producing mines: four in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan, Koffiefontein and Kimberley Underground) and one in Tanzania (Williamson). It also maintains an exploration programme in Botswana.
Petra offers an exceptional growth profile, with a core objective to steadily increase annual production to 5 million carats by FY 2019. The Group has a major resource base in excess of 300 million carats.
Petra conducts all operations according to the highest ethical standards and will only operate in countries which are members of the Kimberley Process. Petra is quoted with a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker ‘PDL’ and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
For more information, visit the Company’s website at www.petradiamonds.com.
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