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30 June 2023
KEFI Gold and Copper plc
("KEFI" or the "Company")
Result of AGM
KEFI Gold and Copper plc (AIM: KEFI), the gold and copper exploration and development company with projects in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announces that at today's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company all resolutions were duly passed.
The votes were cast as follows:
Votes For | % For | Votes Against | % Against | *Votes Withheld | |
1. To receive and adopt the audited financial statements of the Company, the Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the Auditor's Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 | 1,170,594,638 | 99.93% | 538,364 | 0.05% | 232,597 |
2. To reappoint Rich Robinson as a director of the Company | 1,161,570,888 | 99.16% | 8,051,289 | 0.69% | 1,743,422 |
3. To reappoint John Leach as a director of the Company | 1,122,324,217 | 95.81% | 47,297,960 | 4.04% | 1,743,422 |
4. To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditors of the Company | 1,164,384,395 | 99.40% | 6,555,722 | 0.56% | 425,482 |
5. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Company's auditors | 1,166,935,622 | 99.62% | 3,997,437 | 0.34% | 432,540 |
6. To authorise the Directors pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to allot shares and grant rights to subscribe for shares | 1,115,763,761 | 95.25% | 55,244,966 | 4.72% | 356,872 |
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS | |||||
7. To authorise the Directors under Section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 560 of the Act) as if Section 561 of the Act did not apply to such allotment | 1,115,059,484 | 95.19% | 55,949,243 | 4.78% | 356,872 |
* Votes withheld are not a vote in law and were not included in the calculations for the "for" and "against" percentages
Following the passing of Resolution 7, an application has been made for the 98,325,128 Conditional Subscription Shares, 34,820,080 Retail Shares and 107,142,857 Remuneration Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective on or around 8.00 a.m. on 3 July 2023.
Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the total issued share capital of the Company will consist of 4,965,121,400 Ordinary Shares each with voting rights. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 4,965,121,400 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Defined terms in this announcement shall have the same meaning as in the announcement dated 30 May 2023 at 17.32 entitled "Placing and Notice of AGM" and 9 June 2023 at 13.16 entitled "Proposed Issue of Remuneration Shares" unless otherwise specified.
Enquiries
KEFI Gold and Copper plc | |
Harry Anagnostaras-Adams (Executive Chairman) | +357 994 57843 |
John Leach (Finance Director) | +357 992 08130 |
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) |
+44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
Jeff Keating, Adam Cowl | |
Tavira Financial Limited (Joint Broker) |
+44 (0) 20 7100 5100 |
Oliver Stansfield, Jonathan Evans | |
IFC Advisory Ltd (Financial PR and IR) |
+44 (0) 20 3934 6630 |
Tim Metcalfe, Florence Chandler | |
Further information can be viewed at https://www.kefi-goldandcopper.com
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||||||||||
a) | Name: | 1. Harry Anagnostaras-Adams 2. John Leach | |||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||
a) | Position/status: | 1. Executive Chairman 2. Finance Director | |||||||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | |||||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
a) | Name: | KEFI Gold and Copper plc | |||||||||
b) | LEI: | GB00BD8GP619 | |||||||||
4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||||||||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code: | Ordinary shares of £0.001 each GB00BD8GP619
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b) | Nature of the transaction: | Shares in lieu of cash | |||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume: Price:
| Single transactions as in 4 c) above
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e) | Date of the transaction: | 30 June 2023 | |||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction: | Outside a trading venue | |||||||||