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7 December 2012
Bezant Resources Plc
("Bezant" or the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
Bezant (AIM: BZT), the AIM listed gold and copper exploration and development company operating in the Philippines and Argentina, announces that the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today, as set out in the notice dated 14 November 2012, were all duly approved by shareholders.
Details of the proxy votes lodged with the Company's registrars as at 5 December 2012 are set out below:
Resolution | Total Votes For * (%) | Total Votes Against (%) | Total Votes Withheld |
1. To receive and consider the Company's annual report and financial statements for the twelve months ended 30 June 2012 and the reports of the directors and auditors thereon. | 22,623,711 (98.82%) | 270,164 (1.18%) | 743,250 |
2. To approve the re-appointment of Mr. Gerard Nealon as an executive Director of the Company, having been made a director previously, and being eligible for re-election. | 22,576,676 (95.64%) | 1,028,514 (4.36%) | 31,935 |
3. To ratify the appointment of Mr. Laurence Read as a non-executive Director of the Company. | 22,578,776 (95.65%) | 1,026,414 (4.35%) | 31,935 |
4. To ratify the re-appointment of UHY Hacker Young LLP as auditors of the Company and to authorise the directors to fix their remuneration. | 22,579,276 (95.82%) | 985,914 (4.18%) | 71,935 |
5. To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities up to an aggregate maximum nominal amount of £6,746. | 22,571,477 (95.63%) | 1,031,213 (4.37%) | 34,435 |
6. To dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights when allotting shares or rights over shares up to an aggregate nominal value not exceeding £6,746, for the allotment of shares to holders of Share Options granted pursuant to the Company's Share Option Plan ratified by the Company's shareholders at the General Meeting of the Company held on 9 July 2007 and for the allotment of shares pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants issued on 4 May 2012. | 22,578,577 (95.65%) | 1,026,613 (4.35%) | 31,935 |
* - includes discretionary votes.
For further information, please contact:
Gerry Nealon Executive Chairman, Bezant Resources Plc
Bernard Olivier Chief Executive Officer, Bezant Resources Plc
Laurence Read Director / Communications Officer, Bezant Resources Plc
James Harris / Matthew Chandler / David Altberg Strand Hanson Limited
James Maxwell / Jenny Wyllie N+1 Singer
or visit http://www.bezantresources.com
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