18 NOVEMBER 2015
South32 Limited
(Incorporated in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth))
(ACN 093 732 597)
ASX / LSE / JSE Share Code: S32
ISIN: AU000000S320
South32 Limited
2015 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING VOTING RESULTS
South32 Limited (ASX, LSE, JSE: S32) ("South32") advises that the resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held on 18 November 2015 at 2:00pm (AWST), in Perth, Western Australia, were carried1.
The following is information on the number of votes cast on the poll in respect of each resolution:
Item 2 | Election of Xolani Mkhwanazi as a Director | For Against Abstain | 2,818,558,691 45,894,431 8,889,721 | 98.40% 1.60% |
Item 3 | Re-election of David Crawford as a Director | For Against Abstain | 2,826,666,387 39,042,730 7,602,209 | 98.64% 1.36% |
Item 4 | Appointment of auditor | For Against Abstain | 2,848,304,947 17,918,961 7,077,551 | 99.37% 0.63% |
Item 5 | Adoption of the Remuneration Report | For Against Abstain | 2,686,918,525 162,347,158 13,004,246 | 94.30% 5.70% |
Item 6 | Grant of Awards to Executive Director | For Against Abstain | 2,743,134,042 117,765,581 12,080,914 | 95.88% 4.12% |
Item 7 | Approval of leaving entitlements | For Against Abstain | 2,792,489,059 66,627,676 13,268,944 | 97.67% 2.33% |
Further information, as required by section 251AA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), is set out below.
The following information is provided in accordance with section 251AA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
| | Instructions given to validly appointed proxies
(as at proxy close) | |
Ordinary Resolutions | | For | Against | Proxy's
Discretion | Abstain | |
Item 2 Election of Xolani Mkhwanazi as a Director | | 2,770,660,079 | 45,892,931 | 45,882,354 | 8,708,264 | |
| 96.79% | 1.60% | 1.61% | | |
Item 3 Re-election of David Crawford as a Director | | 2,779,197,217 | 38,861,318 | 45,451,617 | 7,601,959 | |
| 97.06% | 1.35% | 1.59% | | |
Item 4 Appointment of auditor | | 2,800,249,596 | 17,910,975 | 45,864,558 | 7,077,115 | |
| 97.78% | 0.62% | 1.60% | | |
Item 5 Adoption of the Remuneration Report | | 2,650,954,837 | 151,884,829 | 45,177,748 | 12,969,412 | |
| 93.08% | 5.33% | 1.59% | | |
Item 6 Grant of Awards to Executive Director | | 2,706,534,887 | 107,512,637 | 45,043,668 | 12,048,377 | |
| 94.67% | 3.76% | 1.57% | | |
Item 7 Approval of leaving entitlements | | 2,756,416,473 | 56,531,041 | 44,967,046 | 13,228,941 | |
| 96.44% | 1.98% | 1.58% | | |
| | Number of votes cast on the poll
(where applicable) |
Ordinary Resolutions | | For | Against | Abstain* |
Item 2 Election of Xolani Mkhwanazi as a Director | | 2,818,558,691 | 45,894,431 | 8,889,721 |
| 98.40% | 1.60% | |
Item 3 Re-election of David Crawford as a Director | | 2,826,666,387 | 39,042,730 | 7,602,209 |
| 98.64% | 1.36% | |
Item 4 Appointment of auditor | | 2,848,304,947 | 17,918,961 | 7,077,551 |
| 99.37% | 0.63% | |
Item 5 Adoption of the Remuneration Report | | 2,686,918,525 | 162,347,158 | 13,004,246 |
| 94.30% | 5.70% | |
Item 6 Grant of Awards to Executive Director | | 2,743,134,042 | 117,765,581 | 12,080,914 |
| 95.88% | 4.12% | |
Item 7 Approval of leaving entitlements | | 2,792,489,059 | 66,627,676 | 13,268,944 |
| 97.67% | 2.33% | |
*votes cast by a person who abstains on an item are not counted in calculating the required majority on a poll.
1 This release was made outside the hours of operation of the ASX Market Announcements Office.
INVESTOR RELATIONS |
Leng Lau T +61 8 9324 9008 M +61 (0) 408 202 698 E [email protected] | Susie Bath T +61 8 9324 9647 M +61 (0) 418 933 792 E [email protected] | Paul Formosa T +61 8 9324 9376 M +61 (0) 431 152 742 E Paul.Formosa@south32.net |
MEDIA RELATIONS |
Jill Thomas T +61 8 9324 9191 M +61 (0) 423 259 190 E [email protected] | | |
Further information on South32 can be found at www.south32.net.
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18 November 2015
