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Pan African Resources Plc - Result of AGM & Salient Dividend DatesPan African Resources Plc - Result of AGM & Salient Dividend Dates
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LONDON, United Kingdom, November 24
Pan African Resources PLC Pan African Resources Funding Company
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales Limited
under Companies Act 1985 with registered Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
number 3937466 on 25 February 2000) with limited liability
Share code on AIM: PAF Registration number: 2012/021237/06
Share code on JSE: PAN Alpha code: PARI
ISIN: GB0004300496
ADR code: PAFRY
(“Pan African” or “the Company” or “the Group”)
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Pan African shareholders (Shareholders) are advised that at the annual general meeting (AGM) of Shareholders held on Thursday, 23 November 2023, all the ordinary and special resolutions, as set out in the notice of AGM dated 31 October 2023, other than Resolution 13, were approved by the requisite majority of Shareholders present or represented by proxy.
The total number of Pan African ordinary shares (Shares) eligible to vote at the AGM is 2,222,862,046.
All resolutions proposed at the AGM, together with the percentage of shares abstained, as well as the percentage of votes carried for and against each resolution, are as follows:
Resolution 1: To receive the accounts and the report of the directors of the Company and the auditors’ report thereon
Shares Voted 1,551,121,238 69.78% | Abstained2,755,908 0.12% | For1,551,119,329 100% | Against1,909 0.00% |
Resolution 2: To approve the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2023
Shares Voted 1,553,611,654 69.89% | Abstained265,492 0.01% | For1,553,609,133 100% | Against2,521 0.00% |
Resolution 3: To re-elect JAJ Loots as an executive director of the Company
Shares Voted 1,553,474,067 69.89% | Abstained403,079 0.02% | For1,551,981,236 99.90% | Against1,492,831 0.10% |
Resolution 4: To re-elect GP Louw as an executive director of the Company
Shares Voted 1,553,423,567 69.88% | Abstained453,579 0.02% | For1,550,620,365 99.82% | Against2,803,202 0.18% |
Resolution 5: To re-elect D Earp as a member of the audit and risk committee
Shares Voted 1,553,427,808 69.88% | Abstained449,338 0.02% | For1,546,394,104 99.55% | Against7,033,704 0.45% |
Resolution 6: To re-elect CDS Needham as a member of the audit and risk committee
Shares Voted 1,553,427,808 69.88% | Abstained449,338 0.02% | For1,547,846,908 99.64% | Against5,580,900 0.36% |
Resolution 7: To re-elect TF Mosololi as a member of the audit and risk committee
Shares Voted 1,553,423,567 69.88% | Abstained453,579 0.02% | For1,497,610,478 96.41% | Against55,813,089 3.59% |
Resolution 8: To increase the limit for ordinary aggregate fees payable to the non-executive directors (Note 1)
Shares Voted 1,548,468,463 69.66% | Abstained5,408,683 0.24% | For1,125,839,313 72.71% | Against422,629,150 27.29% |
Resolution 9: To endorse the Company’s remuneration policy (Notes 1 and 2)
Shares Voted 1,553,250,653 69.88% | Abstained626,493 0.03% | For1,033,502,912 66.54% | Against519,747,741 33.46% |
Resolution 10: To endorse the Company’s remuneration implementation report (Notes 1 and 2)
Shares Voted 1,553,145,963 69.87% | Abstained731,183 0.03% | For780,828,115 50.27% | Against772,317,848 49.73% |
Resolution 11: To reappoint PwC as auditors of the Company and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration
Shares Voted 1,553,291,098 69.88% | Abstained586,048 0.03% | For1,552,976,094 99.98% | Against315,004 0.02% |
Resolution 12: To authorise the directors to allot equity securities (Note 1)
Shares Voted 1,553,548,366 69.89% | Abstained328,780 0.01% | For985,460,309 63.43% | Against568,088,057 36.57% |
Resolution 13: To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights and general authority to issue shares for cash
Shares Voted 1,553,476,521 69.89% | Abstained400,625 0.02% | For870,263,150 56.02% | Against683,213,371 43.98% |
Resolution 14: To approve market purchases of ordinary shares
Shares Voted 1,553,360,821 69.88% | Abstained516,325 0.02% | For1,445,809,162 93.08% | Against107,551,659 6.92% |
Resolution 15: To amend the Articles of Association of the Company
Shares Voted 1,553,412,494 69.88% | Abstained464,652 0.02% | For1,553,283,529 99.99% | Against128,965 0.01% |
Notes
Percentages of shares voted are calculated in relation to the total issued ordinary share capital of Pan African.Percentages of shares voted for and against each resolution are calculated in relation to the total number of shares voted in respect of each resolution.Abstentions are calculated as a percentage in relation to the total issued ordinary share capital of Pan African.In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, when 20% or more of the votes have been cast against the board recommendation for a resolution, the Company will consult with those shareholders who voted against resolution numbers 8, 9, 10 and 12 (Resolutions), (Dissenting Shareholders) in order to ascertain the reasons for doing so, following which an update on the views expressed by such Dissenting Shareholders and the subsequent actions taken by the Company will be issued.Furthermore, as required in terms of the King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa, 2016 and paragraph 3.84(j) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, Pan African invites those Dissenting Shareholders who voted against ordinary resolution number 9 and/or ordinary resolution 10 to engage with the Company regarding their views on the Company’s remuneration policy and/or implementation report.Dissenting Shareholders may forward their concerns / questions pertaining to the Resolutions to the Company Secretary via email at general@corpserv.co.uk by close of business on 8 December 2023. The Company will then respond in writing to these Dissenting Shareholders, and if required, engage further with the Dissenting Shareholders in this regard.
SALIENT DIVIDEND DATESShareholders are referred to the Group’s provisional summarised audited results that were released on 13 September 2023, wherein an exchange rate of South African Rand (ZAR) to the British Pound (GBP) of GBP/ZAR:23.93 and an exchange rate of ZAR to the US Dollar (USD) of USD/ZAR:18.83 was used for illustrative purposes to convert the proposed ZAR dividend of 18.00000 ZA cents per share into GBP and USD, respectively.
Shareholders are advised that, following the approval of the final dividend at the AGM, the exchange rate for conversion of the final ZAR dividend into GBP has been fixed at an exchange rate of GBP/ZAR: 23.61 which translates to a final GBP dividend of 0.76239 pence per share and the exchange rate for conversion of the final ZAR dividend into USD for illustrative purposes is USD/ZAR: 18.85, which translates to an illustrative final USD dividend of US 0.95491 cents per share.
The following salient dates apply:
Currency conversion date | Thursday, 23 November 2023 |
Last date to trade on the JSE | Tuesday, 28 November 2023 |
Last date to trade on the LSE | Wednesday, 29 November 2023 |
Ex-dividend date on the JSE | Wednesday, 29 November 2023 |
Ex-dividend date on the LSE | Thursday, 30 November 2023 |
Record date on the JSE and LSE | Friday, 1 December 2023 |
Payment date | Tuesday, 12 December 2023 |
Notes
No transfers between the Johannesburg and London registers, between the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 29 November 2023 and close of business on Friday, 1 December 2023 will be permitted.No shares may be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 29 November 2023 and Friday, 1 December 2023, both days inclusive.The final dividend per share was calculated on 2,222,862,046 total shares in issue equating to 18.00000 ZA cents per share or 0.76239 pence or 0.95491 US cents per share.The South African dividends tax rate is 20% per ordinary share for shareholders who are liable to pay the dividends tax, resulting in a net dividend of 14.40000 ZA cents per share 0.60991 pence per share and US 0.76393 cents per share for these shareholders. Foreign investors may qualify for a lower dividend tax rate, subject to completing a dividend tax declaration and submitting it to Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited or Link Group who manage the SA and UK register, respectively. The Company's South African income tax reference number is 9154588173. The dividend will be distributed from South African income reserves/ retained earnings, without drawing on any other capital reserves.Johannesburg
24 November 2023
Corporate information | |
Corporate office The Firs Building 2nd Floor, Office 204 Corner Cradock and Biermann Avenues Rosebank, Johannesburg South Africa Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900 info@paf.co.za | Registered office 2nd Floor 107 Cheapside London EC2V 6DN United Kingdom Office: + 44 (0) 20 7796 8644 info@paf.co.za |
Chief executive officer Cobus Loots Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900 | Financial director and debt officer Deon Louw Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900 |
Head investor relations Hethen HiraTel: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900Email: hhira@paf.co.za | Website: www.panafricanresources.com |
Company secretary Jane Kirton St James's Corporate Services Limited Office: + 44 (0) 20 7796 8644 | Nominated adviser and joint broker Ross Allister/ Bhavesh Patel Peel Hunt LLP Office: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900 |
JSE sponsor Ciska Kloppers Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited Office: + 27 (0) 11 011 9200 | Joint broker Thomas Rider/Nick Macann BMO Capital Markets Limited Office: +44 (0) 20 7236 1010 |
| Joint broker Matthew Armitt/Jennifer Lee Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG Office: +44 (0) 20 3207 7800 |
