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Fresnillo plc - Result of General Meeting
The Board is pleased to announce that at its General Meeting held today, the Resolution put to the Shareholders as set out in the Circular and Notice of General Meeting dated 12 September 2014 was duly passed on a poll. The poll result showing the number of votes received for and against the Resolution is shown below.
Resolution | Total Votes Cast | For (*) | Against (*) | Withheld | ||
Number | % | Number | % | |||
Approval of the proposed acquisition of Newmont's 44 per cent. interest in the Penmont JV as described in the circular | 693,860,733 | 693,771,592 | 99.99 | 89,141 | 0.01 | 567,903 |
(*) = Includes discretionary votes
As at the date of the General Meeting, 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 resolution to the National Storage Mechanism, which will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
ENDS
For further information, please visit our website: www.fresnilloplc.com or contact:
Fresnillo plc
London Office Tel: +44 (0)20 7399 2470
Gabriela Mayor, Head of Investor Relations
Floriana Michalowska
Mexico City Office Tel: +52 55 52 79 3206
Ana Belém Zárate
Bell Pottinger Tel: +44 (0)20 3772 2500
Daniel Thöle
Marianna Bowes
About Fresnillo plc
Fresnillo plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's second largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican Stock Exchanges under the symbol FRES.
Fresnillo plc has six operating mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Saucito, Ciénega (including the San Ramón satellite mine), Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos1 and Noche Buena; two development projects - Saucito II and San Julián and four advanced exploration prospects - Centauro Deep, Juanicipio, Orisyvo and Las Casas Rosario as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects. In total, Fresnillo plc has mining concessions covering approximately 2.1 million hectares in Mexico.
Fresnillo plc has a strong and long tradition of mining, a proven track record of mine development, reserve replacement, and production costs in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for both silver and gold.
Fresnillo plc's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company, producing 65 million ounces of silver and 750,000 ounces of gold by 2018.
1Operations at Soledad and Dipolos are currently suspended.