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%
|
Abstained
2,755,908
0.12%
|
For
1,551,119,329
100%
|
Against
1,909
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%
|
Abstained
265,492
0.01%
|
For
1,553,609,133
100%
|
Against
2,521
0.00%
|
Resolution
3: To
re-elect JAJ Loots as an executive director of the
Company
Shares
Voted
1,553,474,067
69.89%
|
Abstained
403,079
0.02%
|
For
1,551,981,236
99.90%
|
Against
1,492,831
0.10%
|
Resolution
4: To
re-elect GP Louw as an executive director of the Company
Shares
Voted
1,553,423,567
69.88%
|
Abstained
453,579
0.02%
|
For
1,550,620,365
99.82%
|
Against
2,803,202
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%
|
Abstained
449,338
0.02%
|
For
1,546,394,104
99.55%
|
Against
7,033,704
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%
|
Abstained
449,338
0.02%
|
For
1,547,846,908
99.64%
|
Against
5,580,900
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%
|
Abstained
453,579
0.02%
|
For
1,497,610,478
96.41%
|
Against
55,813,089
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%
|
Abstained
5,408,683
0.24%
|
For
1,125,839,313
72.71%
|
Against
422,629,150
27.29%
|
Resolution
9: To endorse
the Company’s remuneration policy (Notes 1 and 2)
Shares
Voted
1,553,250,653
69.88%
|
Abstained
626,493
0.03%
|
For
1,033,502,912
66.54%
|
Against
519,747,741
33.46%
|
Resolution
10: To
endorse the Company’s remuneration implementation report (Notes 1
and 2)
Shares
Voted
1,553,145,963
69.87%
|
Abstained
731,183
0.03%
|
For
780,828,115
50.27%
|
Against
772,317,848
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%
|
Abstained
586,048
0.03%
|
For
1,552,976,094
99.98%
|
Against
315,004
0.02%
|
Resolution
12: To
authorise the directors to allot equity securities (Note
1)
Shares
Voted
1,553,548,366
69.89%
|
Abstained
328,780
0.01%
|
For
985,460,309
63.43%
|
Against
568,088,057
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%
|
Abstained
400,625
0.02%
|
For
870,263,150
56.02%
|
Against
683,213,371
43.98%
|
Resolution
14: To
approve market purchases of ordinary shares
Shares
Voted
1,553,360,821
69.88%
|
Abstained
516,325
0.02%
|
For
1,445,809,162
93.08%
|
Against
107,551,659
6.92%
|
Resolution
15: To amend
the Articles of Association of the Company
Shares
Voted
1,553,412,494
69.88%
|
Abstained
464,652
0.02%
|
For
1,553,283,529
99.99%
|
Against
128,965
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 DATES
Shareholders
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
Hira
Tel: + 27
(0) 11 243 2900
Email:
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
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