Following its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 9:00am (Mountain Daylight Time) on Tuesday 28 May 2024, AngloGold Ashanti plc (the "Company" or "AngloGold Ashanti") announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution set out in the notice of AGM published on 15 April 2024 (the "Notice of AGM"). The full text of the resolutions proposed at the AGM is included in the Notice of AGM.
All of the resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions. A copy of the poll results for the AGM, along with the Notice of AGM, is available on the AngloGold Ashanti website at www.anglogoldashanti.com.
Resolution |
Votes For1 |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Votes Withheld/ Abstentions2 |
Broker Non-Votes |
|
1. |
To receive the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts |
310,840,109 |
99.99 |
32,290 |
0.01 |
1,174,419 |
6,446,280 |
2. |
To approve the Director's Remuneration Report |
265,067,666 |
85.19 |
46,080,673 |
14.81 |
898,479 |
6,446,280 |
3. |
To approve the Director's Remuneration Policy3 |
294,659,361 |
94.75 |
16,310,923 |
5.25 |
1,076,534 |
6,446,280 |
4. |
To elect Dr. Kojo Busia as a director |
309,028,493 |
99.32 |
2,113,525 |
0.68 |
904,800 |
6,446,280 |
5. |
To elect Mr. Alan Ferguson as a director |
293,157,131 |
94.21 |
18,007,245 |
5.79 |
882,442 |
6,446,280 |
6. |
To elect Mr. Albert Garner as a director |
306,597,871 |
98.53 |
4,570,683 |
1.47 |
878,264 |
6,446,280 |
7. |
To elect Mr. Ridwaan Gasant as a director |
268,324,021 |
86.23 |
42,840,911 |
13.77 |
881,886 |
6,446,280 |
8. |
To elect Mr. Scott Lawson as a director |
310,426,865 |
99.76 |
733,822 |
0.24 |
886,131 |
6,446,280 |
9. |
To elect Ms. Jinhee Magie as a director |
311,079,310 |
99.97 |
82,448 |
0.03 |
885,060 |
6,446,280 |
10. |
To elect Ms. Diana Sands as a director |
311,026,764 |
99.96 |
137,913 |
0.04 |
882,141 |
6,446,280 |
11. |
To elect Mr. Jochen Tilk as a director |
295,177,001 |
94.88 |
15,913,577 |
5.12 |
956,240 |
6,446,280 |
12. |
To elect Mr. Alberto Calderon as a director |
311,064,649 |
99.97 |
95,881 |
0.03 |
886,288 |
6,446,280 |
13. |
To elect Ms. Gillian Doran as a director |
310,995,167 |
99.95 |
160,521 |
0.05 |
891,130 |
6,446,280 |
14. |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as statutory auditors of the Company |
317,417,789 |
99.93 |
219,726 |
0.07 |
855,583 |
0 |
15. |
To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee of the Company to determine the remuneration of the Company's statutory auditors |
310,955,543 |
99.93 |
213,929 |
0.07 |
877,346 |
6,446,280 |
16. |
To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. as independent registered public accountants of the Company |
317,366,267 |
99.91 |
271,882 |
0.09 |
854,949 |
0 |
17. |
To authorise the Company to make political donations up to an aggregate limit of £100,000 |
220,504,551 |
70.87 |
90,628,965 |
29.13 |
913,302 |
6,446,280 |
1. |
Votes ‘for' include those votes giving the Chair discretion. |
2. |
For all relevant purposes votes which are "withheld" or "abstained" are not votes in law and are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against each resolution. |
3. |
For the purposes of s.430(2C) Companies Act 2006, the number of votes cast in relation to Resolution 3 was 318,493,098. This constitutes 75.77% of AngloGold Ashanti's issued share capital as at the close of business on 24 May 2024 which was 420,337,540. |
On 2 April 2024, the record date as set out in the Notice of AGM, there were 420,090,173 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share on a poll.
ENDS
London, Denver, Johannesburg
29 May 2024
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