Centamin plc: Results of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

PERTH, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwired – May 11, 2016) – Centamin (LSE: CEY) (TSX: CEE) wishes to advise the results of the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) held at the Royal Yacht, Weighbridge, St Helier, Jersey, on Wednesday 11th May 2016 at 10.00am (UK time). The results of each of the resolutions are set out below:

    VOTES
FOR
  %   VOTES
AGAINST
  %   VOTES
WITHHELD
(1)
Ordinary Resolution 1
Annual accounts, strategic and directors’ report and auditor’s report
  820,666,289   99.36   5,282,482   0.64   4,844,350
Ordinary Resolution 2
Declaration of a final dividend
  830,676,498   99.99   114,129   0.01   2,495
Ordinary Resolution 3.1
Approval of the remuneration report
  806,745,332   98.58   11,641,708   1.42   12,406,078
Ordinary Resolution 3.2
Approval of the remuneration policy
  811,706,430   99.13   7,155,779   0.87   11,930,910
Ordinary Resolution 4.1
Re-election of Mr Josef El-Raghy
  811,756,694   98.40   13,163,143   1.60   107,073
Ordinary Resolution 4.2
Re-election of Mr Andrew Pardey
  822,207,782   99.67   2,712,455   0.33   106,673
Ordinary Resolution 4.3
Re-election of Mr Trevor Schultz
  751,523,022   91.10   73,396,815   8.90   107,073
Ordinary Resolution 4.4
Re-election of Mr Gordon Edward Haslam
  779,927,345   94.55   44,988,664   5.45   110,901
Ordinary Resolution 4.5
Re-election of Mr Mark Arnesen
  820,078,179   99.41   4,835,830   0.59   112,901
Ordinary Resolution 4.6
Re-election of Mr Mark Bankes
  823,608,298   99.84   1,305,711   0.16   112,901
Ordinary Resolution 4.7
Re-election of Mr Kevin Tomlinson
  823,601,924   99.84   1,297,585   0.16   127,401
Ordinary Resolution 5.1
Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Auditor)
  830,643,904   99.99   75,662   0.01   73,556
Ordinary Resolution 5.2
Authorise the directors to agree the auditor’s remuneration
  829,168,377   99.81   1,557,733   0.19   67,011
Ordinary Resolution 6
Authority to allot relevant securities
  817,972,274   99.44   4,633,091   0.56   2,421,545
Special Resolution 7
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
  811,116,072   99.47   4,307,222   0.53   9,603,616
Special Resolution 8
Market purchase of ordinary shares
  827,331,385   99.93   585,984   0.07   2,875,754

(1) A “Vote Withheld” is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes ‘For’ and ‘Against’ the resolution.

The total number of ordinary shares eligible to be voted at the AGM was 1,152,107,984. The scrutineers of the poll were Computershare Investor Services (Jersey) Limited.

A copy of the results of the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM, copies of which are available on the Centamin website at www.centamin.com.

For more information please contact:

Centamin plc
Josef El-Raghy
Chairman
Andrew Pardey
CEO
Andy Davidson
Head of Investor Relations
[email protected]
+44 (0) 1534 828708

Buchanan
Bobby Morse
+ 44 (0) 20 7466 5000