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, 21
November 2024, all the ordinary and special resolutions, as
set out in the notice of AGM dated 31
October 2024, 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
1,636,327,723
73.61%
|
Abstained
4,912,132
0.22%
|
For
1,636,319,494
100.00%
|
Against
8,229
0.00%
|
Resolution
2: To
approve the payment of a final dividend for the year ended
30 June 2024
Shares
Voted
1,640,778,195
73.81%
|
Abstained
461,660
0.02%
|
For
1,640,769,966
100.00%
|
Against
8,229
0.00%
|
Resolution
3: To
re-elect D Earp as a non-executive director of the
Company
Shares
Voted
1,598,708,282
71.92%
|
Abstained
42,531,573
1.91%
|
For
1,594,948,321
99.76%
|
Against
3,759,961
0.24%
|
Resolution
4: To
re-elect TF Mosololi as
a non-executive director of the Company
Shares
Voted
1,640,188,951
73.79%
|
Abstained
1,050,904
0.05%
|
For
1,546,939,522
94.31%
|
Against
93,249,429
5.69%
|
Resolution
5: To
re-elect CDS Needham as a non-executive director of the
Company
Shares
Voted
1,640,188,737
73.79%
|
Abstained
1,051,118
0.05%
|
For
1,593,772,745
97.17%
|
Against
46,415,992
2.83%
|
Resolution
6: To
confirm the appointment of M Kok as an executive director of the
Company
Shares
Voted
1,640,147,951
73.79%
|
Abstained
1,091,904
0.05%
|
For
1,637,048,865
99.81%
|
Against
3,099,086
0.19%
|
Resolution
7: To
re-elect D Earp as a member of the audit and risk
committee
Shares
Voted
1,640,147,951
73.79%
|
Abstained
1,091,904
0.05%
|
For
1,636,388,377
99.77%
|
Against
3,759,574
0.23%
|
Resolution
8: To
re-elect TF Mosololi as a member of the audit and risk
committee
Shares
Voted
1,640,143,951
73.79%
|
Abstained
1,095,904
0.05%
|
For
1,567,856,499
95.59%
|
Against
72,287,452
4.41%
|
Resolution
9: To
re-elect CDS Needham as a member of the audit and risk
committee
Shares
Voted
1,640,144,944
73.79%
|
Abstained
1,094,911
0.05%
|
For
1,629,541,547
99.35%
|
Against
10,603,397
0.65%
|
Resolution
10: To endorse
the Company’s remuneration policy
Shares
Voted
1,640,390,276
73.80%
|
Abstained
849,579
0.04%
|
For
1,520,542,207
92.69%
|
Against
119,848,069
7.31%
|
Resolution
11: To
endorse the Company’s remuneration implementation report (Notes 1
and 2)
Shares
Voted
1,640,390,822
73.80%
|
Abstained
849,033
0.04%
|
For
1,268,209,549
77.31%
|
Against
372,181,273
22.69%
|
Resolution
12: To
reappoint PwC as auditors of the Company and to authorise the
directors to determine their remuneration
Shares
Voted
1,640,185,593
73.79%
|
Abstained
1,054,262
0.05%
|
For
1,635,745,950
99.73%
|
Against
4,439,643
0.27%
|
Resolution
13: To
authorise the directors to allot equity securities
Shares
Voted
1,640,574,149
73.80%
|
Abstained
665,706
0.03%
|
For
1,599,891,673
97.52%
|
Against
40,682,476
2.48%
|
Resolution
14: To
approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights and general
authority to issue shares for cash
Shares
Voted
1,640,554,070
73.80%
|
Abstained
685,785
0.03%
|
For
1,552,573,670
94.64%
|
Against
87,980,400
5.36%
|
Resolution
15: To
approve market purchases of ordinary shares
Shares
Voted
1,640,205,674
73.79%
|
Abstained
1,034,181
0.05%
|
For
1,487,815,155
90.71%
|
Against
152,390,519
9.29%
|
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 number 11, (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 11 to engage with the Company regarding
their views on the Company’s remuneration 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 6 December
2024. 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 DATES
Shareholders
are referred to the Group’s provisional summarised audited results
that were released on 11 September
2024, wherein an exchange rate of South African Rand (ZAR)
to the British Pound (GBP) of GBP/ZAR:23.01 and an exchange rate of
ZAR to the US Dollar (USD) of USD/ZAR:18.19 was used for
illustrative purposes to convert the proposed ZAR dividend of
22.00000 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:22.93 which
translates to a final GBP dividend of 0.95944 pence per share and the exchange rate for
conversion of the final ZAR dividend into USD for illustrative
purposes is USD/ZAR:18.10, which translates to an illustrative
final USD dividend of US 1.21547
cents per share.
The
following salient dates apply:
Currency
conversion date
|
Thursday,
21 November 2024
|
Last date
to trade on the JSE
|
Tuesday,
26 November 2024
|
Last date
to trade on the LSE
|
Wednesday,
27 November 2024
|
Ex-dividend
date on the JSE
|
Wednesday,
27 November 2024
|
Ex-dividend
date on the LSE
|
Thursday,
28 November 2024
|
Record
date on the JSE and LSE
|
Friday, 29
November 2024
|
Payment
date
|
Tuesday,
10 December 2024
|
Notes
-
No
transfers between the Johannesburg
and London registers, between the
commencement of trading on Wednesday, 27
November 2024 and close of business on Friday, 29 November 2024 will be permitted.
-
No shares
may be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday,
27 November 2024 and Friday,
29 November 2024, both days
inclusive.
-
The final
dividend per share was calculated on 2,222,862,046 total shares in
issue equating to 22.00000 ZA cents per share or 0.95944 pence or 1.21547 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 17.60000 ZA cents per share, 0.76755 pence per share and US 0.97238 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
21 November 2024
Corporate
information
|
Corporate
office
The Firs
Building
2nd Floor,
Office 204
Cnr.
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 3869 0706
info@paf.co.za
|
Chief
executive officer
Cobus
Loots
Office: +
27 (0)11 243 2900
|
Financial
director and debt officer
Marileen
Kok
Office: +
27 (0)11 243 2900
|
Head:
Investor relations
Hethen
Hira
Tel: + 27
(0)11 243 2900
E-mail:
hhira@paf.co.za
|
Website:
www.panafricanresources.com
|
Company
secretary
Jane
Kirton
St
James's Corporate Services Limited
Office: +
44 (0)20 3869 0706
|
Nominated
adviser and joint broker
Ross
Allister/Georgia Langoulant
Peel
Hunt LLP
Office:
+44 (0)20 7418 8900
|
JSE
Sponsor and JSE debt sponsor
Ciska
Kloppers
Questco
Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited
Office: +
27 (0) 63 482 3802
|
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
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