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27 November 2014
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LSE: PDL
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Petra Diamonds Limited
("Petra" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Result of Annual General Meeting
Petra Diamonds Limited is pleased to announce that, at its AGM held earlier today, shareholders passed each of the ordinary and special resolutions by the requisite majorities on a poll. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website. The total number of votes cast for each resolution is set out in the table below.
Resolutions
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Votes for (incl. discretionary)
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% of Votes cast
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Votes against
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% of Votes Cast
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Total Votes Cast
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Total Votes Withheld
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1. To receive the Financial Statements of
the Company for the year ended 30
June 2014, together with the Reports
of the Directors and Auditors thereon.
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411,170,714
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99.62
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1,569,796
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0.38
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412,740,510
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299,299
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2. To approve the Directors' Annual
Remuneration Report for the year
ended 30 June 2014.
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409,555,240
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99.98
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94,341
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0.02
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409,649,581
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3,390,228
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3. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Policy as contained in
the 2014 Annual Report.
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393,232,862
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95.27
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19,519,216
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4.73
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412,752,078
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287,731
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4. To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditors to
act as such until the conclusion of the
next AGM of the Company.
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408,395,637
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98.97
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4,266,739
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1.03
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412,662,376
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377,433
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5. To authorise the Directors of the
Company to fix the remuneration of the
Auditors.
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409,928,091
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99.32
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2,825,941
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0.68
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412,754,032
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285,777
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6. To re-appoint Mr Adonis Pouroulis,
who retires in accordance with the
Company's Bye-Laws, as a Director of
the Company.
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379,673,631
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94.24
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23,217,487
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5.76
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402,891,118
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10,148,691
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7. To re-appoint Mr Christoffel Johannes
Dippenaar, who retires in accordance
with the Company's Bye-Laws, as a
Director of the Company.
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390,639,729
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94.64
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22,113,805
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5.36
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412,753,534
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286,275
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8. To re-appoint Mr David Gary Abery,
who retires in accordance with the
Company's Bye-Laws, as a Director of
the Company.
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388,458,039
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94.11
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24,295,495
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5.89
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412,753,534
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286,275
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9. To re-appoint Mr James Murry
Davidson, who retires in accordance
with the Company's Bye-Laws, as a
Director of the Company.
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387,210,261
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93.81
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25,539,973
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6.19
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412,750,234
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289,575
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10. To re-appoint Mr Anthony Carmel
Lowrie, who retires in accordance with
the Company's Bye-Laws, as a
Director of the Company.
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403,378,388
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97.73
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9,375,146
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2.27
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412,753,534
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286,275
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11. To re-appoint Dr Patrick John Bartlett,
who retires in accordance with the
Company's Bye-Laws, as a Director
of the Company.
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403,378,888
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97.73
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9,374,646
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2.27
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412,753,534
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286,275
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12. To re-appoint Mr Alexander Gordon
Kelso Hamilton, who retires in
accordance with the Company's
Bye-Laws, as a Director of the
Company.
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404,699,142
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98.05
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8,050,592
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1.95
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412,749,734
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290,075
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13. To authorise the Directors of the
Company to allot Relevant Securities
within the meaning of Bye-Law 2.4 of
the Company's Bye-Laws.
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412,753,480
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99.99
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1,154
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0.01
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412,754,634
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285,175
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14. To disapply the pre-emption
provisions of Bye-Law 2.5(a)
pursuant to Bye-Law 2.6(a)(i) of the
Company's Bye-Laws.
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412,749,575
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99.99
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4,704
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0.01
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412,754,279
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285,530
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Notes:
1. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
2. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
3. Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 5pm on 25 November 2014 was 512,110,048 .
In accordance with LR 9.6.2R the full text of resolution 14 has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
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About Petra Diamonds Limited
Petra Diamonds is a leading independent diamond mining group and an increasingly important supplier of rough diamonds to the international market. The Company has interests in five producing mines: four in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan, Koffiefontein and Kimberley Underground) and one in Tanzania (Williamson). It also maintains an exploration programme in Botswana.
Petra offers an exceptional growth profile, with a core objective to steadily increase annual production to 5 million carats by FY 2019. The Group has a major resource base in excess of 300 million carats.
Petra conducts all operations according to the highest ethical standards and will only operate in countries which are members of the Kimberley Process. Petra is quoted with a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker 'PDL' and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
For more information, visit the Company's website at www.petradiamonds.com .
This information is provided by RNS
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