24 Apr 2014 13:28
Amsterdam, 24 April 2014
New World Resources
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Resolutions Passed
New World Resources Plc ('NWR' or the 'Company'), announces that its shareholders approved all twenty resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting (the 'AGM'), which took place today in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
A breakdown of the votes cast is as follows:
VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | TOTAL VOTES | |
Resolution 1: Approval of the Annual Report and Accounts 2013, and the Reports of the directors and auditors | 182,455,804 | 99.86 | 250,000 | 0.14 | 182,705,804 |
Resolution 2: Re-election of Gareth Penny as a Director | 177,783,530 | 97.12 | 5,279,222 | 2.88 | 183,062,752 |
Resolution 3: Re-election of Marek Jelínek as a Director | 183,658,823 | 100.00 | 2,192 | 0.00 | 183,661,015 |
Resolution 4: Re-election of Zdenek Bakala as a Director | 176,670,715 | 96.19 | 6,990,300 | 3.81 | 183,661,015 |
Resolution 5: Re-election of Peter Kadas as a Director | 181,669,409 | 98.92 | 1,991,606 | 1.08 | 183,661,015 |
Resolution 6: Re-election of Pavel Telicka as a Director | 182,004,943 | 99.10 | 1,656,072 | 0.90 | 183,661,015 |
Resolution 7: Re-election of Bessel Kok as a Director | 178,429,338 | 97.15 | 5,231,677 | 2.85 | 183,661,015 |
Resolution 8: Re-election of Steven Schuit as a Director | 182,419,335 | 99.32 | 1,241,680 | 0.68 | 183,661,015 |
Resolution 9: Re-election of Paul Everard as a Director | 182,419,335 | 99.32 | 1,241,680 | 0.68 | 183,661,015 |
Resolution 10: Re-election of Barry Rourke as a Director | 182,419,335 | 99.32 | 1,241,680 | 0.68 | 183,661,015 |
Resolution 11: Re-election of Hans-Jörg Rudloff as a Director | 183,274,621 | 99.79 | 386,852 | 0.21 | 183,661,473 |
Resolution 12: Re-election of Alyson Warhurst as a Director | 182,419,335 | 99.32 | 1,242,138 | 0.68 | 183,661,473 |
Resolution 13: Election of KPMG LLP as auditors
| 182,128,392 | 99.17 | 1,532,623 | 0.83 | 183,661,015 |
Resolution 14: Authorisation of the Directors to determine the remuneration of auditors | 182,421,985 | 99.33 | 1,239,488 | 0.67 | 183,661,473 |
Resolution 15: Approval of the policy section of the Directors' Remuneration Report | 175,473,487 | 95.54 | 8,187,786 | 4.46 | 183,661,273 |
Resolution 16: Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report | 175,912,839 | 95.78 | 7,748,434 | 4.22 | 183,661,273 |
Resolution 17: Approval of the Directors to allot shares | 176,331,705 | 96.01 | 7,329,768 | 3.99 | 183,661,473 |
Resolution 18: Authorisation of the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 176,417,325 | 96.06 | 7,244,148 | 3.94 | 183,661,473 |
Resolution 19: Authorisation of the Company to purchase its own shares | 176,421,907 | 96.06 | 7,239,566 | 3.94 | 183,661,473 |
Resolution 20: Amendment to notice period of general meetings | 181,742,828 | 98.96 | 1,918,645 | 1.04 | 183,661,473 |
A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection on the website: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
For a detailed overview of the resolutions, please refer to the Notice of AGM, published on 20 March 2014 and available on the Company's website.
The minutes of the AGM will be made available on the Company's website in due course.
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For further information please contact:
Investor Relations Corporate Communications
Tel: +31 20 570 2244 Tel: +31 20 570 2229
Email: ir@nwrgroup.eu Email: pr@nwrgroup.eu
Website: www.newworldresources.eu
About NWR:
New World Resources Plc is a Central European hard coal producer. NWR produces quality coking and thermal coal for the steel and energy sectors in Central Europe through its subsidiary OKD, the largest hard coal mining company in the Czech Republic.