Last checked at 10 May 2023 18:37
NEWS RELEASE, 10 MAY 2023
ANTOFAGASTA PLC
RESULTS OF 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At today's Annual General Meeting, a poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting dated 23 March 2023.
The results of the polls are:
Annual General Meeting |
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Resolution |
| Votes For |
| Votes Against |
| Votes Cast as % of Issued Share Capital |
| Votes withheld |
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(1) | Receive the 2022 Annual Report and Financial Statements | 1,094,640,543 | 10,317 | 92.31% | 4,072,152 | |||||
100.00% |
| 0.00% |
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(2) | Approve the 2022 Remuneration Report | 1,043,582,371 | 53,013,212 | 92.47% | 2,127,429 | |||||
95.17% |
| 4.83% |
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(3) | Approve the 2023 Remuneration Policy | 1,036,351,144 | 62,339,995 | 92.65% | 31,873 | |||||
94.33% |
| 5.67% |
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(4) | Declare a final dividend | 1,098,711,188 | 10,042 | 92.65% | 1,782 | |||||
100.00% |
| 0.00% |
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(5) | Re-elect Jean-Paul Luksic as a Director | 1,038,768,647 | 59,937,389 | 92.65% | 16,171 | |||||
94.54% |
| 5.46% |
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(6) | Re-elect Tony Jensen as a Director | 1,089,702,022 | 8,991,308 | 92.65% | 28,877 | |||||
99.18% |
| 0.82% |
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259,049,892 | * | 8,991,308 | * | |||||||
96.65% | * | 3.35% | * |
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(7) | Re-elect Ramón Jara as a Director | 1,074,253,252 | 24,439,380 | 92.65% | 29,575 | |||||
97.78% |
| 2.22% |
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(8) | Re-elect Juan Claro as a Director | 1,091,067,236 | 7,639,626 | 92.65% | 14,695 | |||||
99.30% |
| 0.70% |
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(9) | Re-elect Andrónico Luksic as a Director | 1,084,233,341 | 14,480,393 | 92.65% | 8,473 | |||||
98.68% |
| 1.32% |
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(10) | Re-elect Vivianne Blanlot as a Director | 1,094,403,240 | 3,223,023 | 92.56% | 1,095,944 | |||||
99.71% |
| 0.29% |
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(11) | Re-elect Jorge Bande as a Director | 1,094,865,311 | 3,842,219 | 92.65% | 14,677 | |||||
99.65% |
| 0.35% |
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264,213,181 | * | 3,842,219 | * | |||||||
98.57% | * | 1.43% | * |
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(12) | Re-elect Francisca Castro as a Director | 1,083,267,433 | 15,432,896 | 92.65% | 21,878 | |||||
98.60% |
| 1.40% |
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252,615,303 | * | 15,432,896 | * | |||||||
94.24% | * | 5.76% | * |
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(13) | Re-elect Michael Anglin as a Director | 1,094,172,217 | 4,520,773 | 92.65% | 29,217 | |||||
99.59% |
| 0.41% |
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263,520,087 | * | 4,520,773 | * | |||||||
98.31% | * | 1.69% | * |
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(14) | Re-elect Eugenia Parot as a Director | 1,097,095,258 | 1,597,732 | 92.65% | 29,217 | |||||
99.85% |
| 0.15% |
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266,443,128 | * | 1,597,732 | * | |||||||
99.40% | * | 0.60% | * |
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(15) | Re-elect Heather Lawrence as a Director | 1,090,699,878 | 5,899,261 | 92.47% | 2,123,668 | |||||
99.46% |
| 0.54% |
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260,047,748 | * | 5,899,261 | * | |||||||
97.78% | * | 2.22% | * |
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(16) | Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors | 1,097,589,260 | 1,131,621 | 92.65% | 2,131 | |||||
| 99.90% |
| 0.10% |
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(17) | Authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix the auditor's remuneration | 1,098,708,155 | 12,688 | 92.65% | 2,169 | |||||
100.00% |
| 0.00% |
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(18) | Grant Directors authority to allot securities | 1,082,694,607 | 16,015,365 | 92.65% | 13,040 | |||||
98.54% |
| 1.46% |
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(19) | Grant Directors authority to allot securities for cash other than on a pro rata basis to shareholders | 1,088,569,378 | 10,141,197 | 92.65% | 12,437 | |||||
99.08% |
| 0.92% |
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(20) | Grant Directors authority to allot securities for cash other than on a pro rata basis to shareholders for the purposes of an acquisition or specified capital investment | 1,078,563,344 | 20,018,439 | 92.64% | 141,229 | |||||
98.18% |
| 1.82% |
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(21) | Authorise purchase of own shares | 1,088,704,837 | 9,178,570 | 92.58% | 839,605 | |||||
99.16% |
| 0.84% |
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(22) | Permit general meetings to be called on not less than 14 days' clear notice | 1,074,163,644 | 24,557,136 | 92.65% | 2,232 | |||||
97.76% |
| 2.24% |
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* Result of the votes cast by shareholders excluding the controlling shareholders. | ||||||||||
Notes to the poll results
1. Any proxy votes that were at the discretion of the Chairman are included in the total of "votes for" each resolution.
2. Percentages of votes for and votes against each resolution are included on the basis of votes cast and therefore exclude abstentions.
3. The Company had in issue 985,856,695 Ordinary Shares carrying one vote each, and 2,000,000 5% Cumulative Preference Shares carrying 100 votes each. Accordingly, the total number of votes available was 1,185,856,695 votes and the total number of votes available excluding the controlling shareholders was 350,086,090 votes at the Annual General Meeting.
4. "Votes Cast as % of Issued Share Capital" represents the percentage of votes cast as a percentage of all votes that could have been cast on the resolution.
These results will be published within "news" in the "media" section of the website of Antofagasta plc, www.antofagasta.co.uk.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 passed at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism today and will shortly be available for inspection at https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism.
Investors - London |
| Media - London | |
Rosario Orchard | rorchard@antofagasta.co.uk | Carole Cable | antofagasta@brunswickgroup.com |
Telephone | +44 20 7808 0988 | Telephone | +44 20 7404 5959 |
Robert Simmons | rsimmons@antofagasta.co.uk | ||
Telephone | +44 20 7808 0988 |
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| Media - Santiago | |
Pablo Orozco | porozco@aminerals.cl | ||
Carolina Pica | cpica@aminerals.cl | ||
| Telephone | +56 2 2798 7000 | |