Last checked at 22 May 2014 15:13
Hochschild Mining plc
("the Company")
The Company announces the following results of the poll taken at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today:
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Resolution | Description of Resolution | Number of Votes | % of Votes Cast* | Number of Votes | % of Votes Cast* | Total Number of Votes Cast | Votes Withheld | |||
1 | Receipt of 2013 Report and Accounts | 340,189,105 | 99.99 | 5,000 | 0.01 | 340,194,105 | 0 | |||
2 | Approve 2013 Directors' Remuneration Report | 338,788,812 | 99.59 | 1,404,990 | 0.41 | 340,193,802 | 303 | |||
3 | Approve Directors' Remuneration Policy | 308,258,985 | 91.91 | 27,144,983 | 8.09 | 335,403,968 | 4,790,137 | |||
4 | Re-elect Graham Birch | 334,443,829 | 98.68 | 4,489,244 | 1.32 | 338,933,073 | 1,261,032 | |||
5 | Re-elect Enrico Bombieri | 340,026,303 | 99.96 | 152,802 | 0.04 | 340,179,105 | 15,000 | |||
6 | Re-elect Jorge Born Jr. | 285,055,682 | 84.10 | 53,877,591 | 15.90 | 338,933,273 | 1,260,832 | |||
7 | Re-elect Ignacio Bustamante | 338,357,086 | 99.46 | 1,821,516 | 0.54 | 340,178,602 | 15,503 | |||
8 | Re-elect Roberto Danino | 339,636,421 | 99.84 | 542,181 | 0.16 | 340,178,602 | 15,503 | |||
9 | Re-elect Sir Malcolm Field | 340,006,103 | 99.95 | 173,002 | 0.05 | 340,179,105 | 15,000 | |||
10 | Re-elect Eduardo Hochschild | 293,055,048 | 86.14 | 47,138,754 | 13.86 | 340,193,802 | 303 | |||
11 | Re-elect Nigel Moore | 337,838,100 | 99.31 | 2,340,805 | 0.69 | 340,178,905 | 15,200 | |||
12 | Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 338,339,033 | 99.83 | 589,240 | 0.17 | 338,928,273 | 1,265,832 | |||
13 | Authorise the Audit Committee to set the auditors' remuneration | 340,041,303 | 99.96 | 152,802 | 0.04 | 340,194,105 | 0 | |||
14 | Authorise directors to allot shares/grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any securities into shares | 339,909,661 | 99.92 | 284,141 | 0.08 | 340,193,802 | 303 | |||
15 | To approve the rules of the Deferred Bonus Plan | 340,153,495 | 99.99 | 40,107 | 0.01 | 340,193,602 | 503 | |||
16 | Disapply statutory pre-emption rights | 335,595,459 | 98.65 | 4,598,343 | 1.35 | 340,193,802 | 303 | |||
17 | Authorise the Company to make market purchases of own shares | 340,172,200 | 99.99 | 21,602 | 0.01 | 340,193,802 | 303 | |||
18 | Authorise general meetings other than AGMs to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 334,443,480 | 98.31 | 5,735,625 | 1.69 | 340,179,105 | 15,000 | |||
*excluding Votes Withheld
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The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 20 May 2014 at 6pm was 367,101,352. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes cast.
A copy of the Resolutions passed as Special Business at the Annual General Meeting is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
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