AI assistant
Petra Diamonds Ltd. — Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements 2019
Nov 29, 2019
14860_agm-r_2019-11-29_17c9377b-ac7c-4af0-ab24-77c79ad5060b.pdf
Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements
Open in viewerOpens in your device viewer
29 November 2019
LSE:PDL
==> picture [98 x 42] intentionally omitted <==
==> picture [151 x 69] intentionally omitted <==
Petra Diamonds Limited
("Petra" or the "Company")
Results 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 | Resolutions | Votes for | % of | Votes Against | % of | Total Votes | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (incl. | Votes | Votes | Cast | Withheld | |||
| discretionary) | Cast | Cast | |||||
| Ordinary resolutions | |||||||
| 1. | To receive the Financial | ||||||
| Statements of the | |||||||
| Company for the year | |||||||
| ended 30 June 2019, | |||||||
| together with the Reports | |||||||
| of the Directors and | |||||||
| Auditors thereon (“2019 | |||||||
| Annual Report”). | 419,753,325 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 419,753,325 | 9,010 | |
| 2. | To approve the Directors’ | ||||||
| Annual Remuneration | |||||||
| Report for the year ended | |||||||
| 30 June 2019, as | |||||||
| contained in the 2019 | |||||||
| Annual Report. | 396,518,936 | 94.47 | 23,231,139 | 5.53 | 419,750,075 | 12,260 | |
| 3. | To re-appoint BDO LLP as | ||||||
| auditors to act as such until | |||||||
| the conclusion of the next | |||||||
| AGM of the Company. | 419,751,876 | 100.00 | 1,449 | 0.00 | 419,753,325 | 9,010 | |
| 4. | To authorise the Directors | ||||||
| of the Company to fix the | |||||||
| remuneration of the | |||||||
| auditors. | 419,748,626 | 100.00 | 1,449 | 0.00 | 419,750,075 | 12,260 | |
| 5. | To re-appoint Mr Adonis | ||||||
| Pouroulis, who retires in | |||||||
| accordance with the | |||||||
| Company’s Bye-Laws, as a | |||||||
| Director of the Company. | 396,436,494 | 98.90 | 4,418,694 | 1.10 | 400,855,188 | 18,907,147 | |
| 6. | To re-appoint Mr Jacques | ||||||
| Breytenbach, who retires in | |||||||
| accordance with the | |||||||
| Company’s Bye-Laws, as a | |||||||
| Director of the Company. | 415,098,310 | 98.89 | 4,655,015 | 1.11 | 419,753,325 | 9,010 | |
| 7. | To re-appoint Mr Anthony | ||||||
| Carmel Lowrie, who retires | |||||||
| in accordance with the | |||||||
| Company’s Bye-Laws, as a | |||||||
| Directorofthe Company. | 415,423,216 | 98.97 | 4,330,109 | 1.03 | 419,753,325 | 9,010 |
1
| 8.To re-appoint Dr PatrickJohn Bartlett, who retires inaccordance with theCompany’s Bye-Laws, as aDirectorofthe Company. | 415,423,216 | 98.97 | 4,330,109 | 1.03 | 419,753,325 | 9,010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.To re-appoint Mr AlexanderGordon Kelso Hamilton,who retires in accordancewith the Company’s Bye-Laws, as a Director of theCompany. | 415,423,216 | 98.97 | 4,330,109 | 1.03 | 419,753,325 | 9,010 |
| 10. To re-appoint Ms OctaviaMatshidiso Matloa, whoretires in accordance withthe Company’s Bye-Laws,as a Director of theCompany. | 415,421,591 | 98.97 | 4,331,734 | 1.03 | 419,753,325 | 9,010 |
| 11. To re-appoint Ms VardaShine, who was appointedas a Director by theCompany’s Board ofDirectors in accordance withthe Company’s Bye-Lawson 1 January 2019, as aDirector of the Company. | 419,736,519 | 100.00 | 16,806 | 0.00 | 419,753,325 | 9,010 |
| 12. To re-appoint Mr BernardRobert Pryor, who wasappointed as a Director bythe Company’s Board ofDirectors in accordance withthe Company’s Bye-Lawson 1 January 2019, as aDirector of the Company. | 419,736,519 | 100.00 | 16,806 | 0.00 | 419,753,325 | 9,010 |
| 13. To re-appoint Mr RichardNeil Duffy, who wasappointed as a Director bythe Company’s Board ofDirectors in accordance withthe Company’s Bye-Lawson 1 April 2019, as aDirector of the Company. | 419,734,894 | 100.00 | 18,431 | 0.00 | 419,753,325 | 9,010 |
| 14. To authorise the Directorsof the Company to allotRelevant Securities withinthe meaning of Bye-Law 2.4of the Company’s Bye-Laws. | 415,420,107 | 98.97 | 4,329,968 | 1.03 | 419,750,075 | 12,260 |
| Special resolution | ||||||
| 15. To disapply the pre-emptionprovisions of Bye-Law2.5(a) pursuant to Bye-Law2.6(a)(i) of the Company’sBye-Laws. | 415,410,431 | 98.97 | 4,330,092 | 1.03 | 419,740,523 | 21,812 |
Notes:
-
Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
-
A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
-
Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 5pm on 28 November 2019 was 865,431,343.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2R the full text of resolution 15 has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm .
**~ Ends ~**
2
For further information, please contact:
Petra Diamonds, London Telephone: +44 20 7494 8203 Cathy Malins Des Kilalea Marianna Bowes [email protected] Buchanan Telephone: +44 20 7466 5000 (PR Adviser) Bobby Morse Ariadna Peretz [email protected]
About Petra Diamonds Limited
Petra Diamonds is a leading independent diamond mining group and a consistent supplier of gem quality rough diamonds to the international market. The Company has a diversified portfolio incorporating interests in three underground producing mines in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan and Koffiefontein) and one open pit producing mine in Tanzania (Williamson). Petra also conducts a limited exploration programme in Botswana and South Africa.
Petra's strategy is to focus on value rather than volume production by optimising recoveries from its high-quality asset base in order to maximise their efficiency and profitability. The Group has a significant resource base of ca. 250 million carats, which supports the potential for long-life operations.
Petra conducts all operations according to the highest ethical standards and will only operate in countries which are members of the Kimberley Process. The Company aims to generate tangible value for each of its stakeholders, thereby contributing to the socio-economic development of its host countries and supporting long-term sustainable operations to the benefit of its employees, partners and communities.
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 FTSE4Good Index. The Company’s US$650 million loan notes due in 2022 are listed on the Global Exchange market of the Irish Stock Exchange. For more information, visit www.petradiamonds.com.
3