26 May 2009 14:48
Hochschild Mining plc ("the Company") The Company announces the following results of the poll taken at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today: | ||||||||||
FOR | AGAINST | |||||||||
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 2008 Report and Accounts | 275,098,570 | 95.15 | 14,000,000 | 4.85 | 289,098,570 | 105,523 | |||
2 | Approve 2008 Directors' Remuneration Report | 288,280,541 | 99.77 | 647,352 | 0.23 | 288,927,893 | 276,200 | |||
3 | Approve 2008 Final Dividend | 289,098,570 | 99.96 | 102,723 | 0.04 | 289,201,293 | 2,800 | |||
4 | Elect Miguel Aramburú | 274,690,230 | 99.81 | 508,463 | 0.19 | 275,198,693 | 14,005,400 | |||
5 | Elect Ignacio Rosado | 274,690,230 | 99.81 | 508,463 | 0.19 | 275,198,693 | 14,005,400 | |||
6 | Re-elect Jorge Born Jr. | 274,333,150 | 99.86 | 360,502 | 0.14 | 274,693,652 | 14,510,441 | |||
7 | Re-elect Nigel Moore | 289,133,191 | 99.97 | 65,502 | 0.03 | 289,198,693 | 5,400 | |||
8 | Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 288,671,252 | 99.89 | 295,000 | 0.11 | 288,966,252 | 237,841 | |||
9 | Authorise the Audit Committee to set the auditors' remuneration | 289,092,362 | 99.99 | 6,208 | 0.01 | 289,098,570 | 105,523 | |||
10 | Authorise directors to allot shares | 287,667,652 | 99.79 | 592,255 | 0.21 | 288,259,907 | 944,186 | |||
11 | Disapply pre-emption rights | 289,103,964 | 99.96 | 92,229 | 0.04 | 289,196,193 | 7,900 | |||
12 | Authorise the Company to make market purchases of own shares | 289,106,193 | 99.96 | 95,100 | 0.04 | 289,201,293 | 2,800 | |||
13 | To authorise general meetings other than AGMs to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 289,042,138 | 99.94 | 156,555 | 0.06 | 289,198,693 | 5,400 | |||
14 | Amend, with effect from 1 October 2009, provisions of the Articles of Association | 289,106,193 | 99.96 | 90,000 | 0.04 | 289,196,193 | 7,900 | |||
15 | To revoke any deemed limit in the Articles of Association on the number of shares the Company may allot | 289,103,464 | 99.96 | 96,929 | 0.04 | 289,200,393 | 3,700 | |||
*excluding Votes Withheld |