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RNS Number : 4163A
Fresnillo PLC
23 May 2023
Fresnillo plc
21 Upper Brook Street
London W1K 7PY
United Kingdom
www.fresnilloplc.com
23 May 2023
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 23) as set out in
the Company's notice of AGM dated 19 April 2023. The votes cast for
resolutions 10 to 16 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 For (*) Against (*) Withheld
Cast
Number % Number %
------------ ------ ----------- ------
1: Presentation of
the report and accounts 674,898,465 674,845,133 99.99 53,332 0.01 2,872,574
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2: To approve the
final dividend 677,768,368 677,309,467 99.93 458,901 0.07 2,671
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3: To approve the
Annual Report on
Remuneration 677,753,546 667,414,110 98.47 10,339,436 1.53 17,493
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4. To approve the
Directors' Remuneration
Policy, 677,018,935 637,400,310 94.15 39,618,625 5.85 752,104
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5: To re-elect Mr
Alejandro Baillères 677,749,840 600,029,855 88.53 77,719,985 11.47 21,199
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6: To re-elect Mr
Juan Bordes 677,750,533 660,036,750 97.39 17,713,783 2.61 20,506
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7: To re-elect Mr
Arturo Fernández 673,518,233 647,539,084 96.14 25,979,149 3.86 4,252,806
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
8: To re-elect Mr
Fernando Ruiz 673,518,233 660,755,712 98.11 12,762,521 1.89 4,252,806
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
9: To re-elect Mr
Eduardo Cepeda 677,750,534 638,656,022 94.23 39,094,512 5.77 20,505
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
10: To re-elect Mr
Charles Jacobs 677,749,839 673,307,580 99.34 4,442,259 0.66 21,200
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125,154,648** 120,712,389 96.45 4,442,259 3.55 21,200
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
11: To re-elect Ms
Bárbara Garza
Lagüera 677,755,770 670,809,355 98.98 6,946,415 1.02 15,269
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
125,160,579** 118,214,164 94.45 6,946,415 5.55 15,269
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
12: To re-elect Mr
Alberto Tiburcio 677,750,033 665,585,772 98.21 12,164,261 1.79 20,506
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
125,154,842** 112,990,581 90.28 12,164,261 9.72 20,506
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
13: To re-elect Dame
Judith Macgregor 677,751,415 677,505,331 99.96 246,084 0.04 19,124
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
125,156,224** 124,910,140 99.80 246,084 0.20 19,124
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
14: To re-elect Ms
Georgina Kessel 677,744,842 677,097,936 99.90 646,906 0.10 25,697
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
125,149,651** 124,502,745 99.48 646,906 0.52 25,697
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
15: To re-elect Ms
Guadalupe De la Vega 677,744,559 676,831,929 99.87 912,630 0.13 25,980
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
125,149,368** 124,236,738 99.27 912,630 0.73 25,980
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
16: To re-elect Mr
Hector Rangel 677,749,916 676,967,517 99.88 782,399 0.12 20,623
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
125,154,725** 124,372,326 99.37 782,399 0.63 20,623
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
17: To re-appoint
the auditors 677,759,512 673,210,202 99.33 4,549,310 0.67 11,027
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
18: To authorise
the audit committee
to determine the
auditors' remuneration 677,760,720 675,714,595 99.70 2,046,125 0.30 10,319
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
19: To give authority
to Directors allot
shares 677,762,120 673,212,223 99.33 4,549,897 0.67 8,419
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
20: To disapply pre-emption
rights 676,531,200 672,035,379 99.34 4,495,821 0.66 1,239,339
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
21: To disapply pre-emption
rights in in connection
with an acquisition
or other capital
investment 677,760,379 674,000,824 99.45 3,759,555 0.55 10,160
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
22: To authorise
purchase of own shares 677,741,715 671,939,579 99.14 5,802,136 0.86 29,324
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
23: Notice of general
meetings 677,762,734 675,944,975 99.73 1,817,759 0.27 8,305
-------------- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
(*) = 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
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For further information, please visit our website
www.fresnilloplc.com or contact:
FRESNILLO PLC Tel: +44 (0)20 7399 2470
London Office
Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor
Relations
Mark Mochalski
Mexico City Office Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206
Ana Belem Zárate
POWERSCOURT Tel: +44 (0)7793 858 211
Peter Ogden
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), one development project - the Pyrites Plant
at Fresnillo, which has been completed and tied-in to the national
electricity grid, 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 has a strong and long tradition of exploring,
mining, a proven track record of mine development, reserve
replacement, and production costs in the lowest quartile of the
cost curve for silver.
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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