Results of General Meeting
PPC Ltd
Registration Number 1892/000667/06
JSE & ZSE Code: PPC
ISIN: ZAE000170049
(“PPC” or the “Company”)
RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING
PPC shareholders (“Shareholders”) are referred to the announcement
released on the Stock Exchange News Service of the JSE Limited on 1
July 2016 regarding the posting of the circular to Shareholders,
including the Notice of a General Meeting of Shareholders (“General
Meeting”) in terms of which Shareholders were requested to approve
the proposed resolutions for the purposes of implementing a proposed
rights offer.
Shareholders are advised that all the resolutions set out in the
Notice of a General Meeting were passed by the requisite majority of
shareholders present and represented at the General Meeting held
today, 1 August 2016.
Details of the results of the voting are as follows:
Resolution Resolution Number of Percentage For# Against# Abstained*
shares voted of shares in
Number issue# % % %
%
1 Special resolution 1: 446 328 169 71 99.56 0.44 0.04
Increase of authorised
shares of the Company
2 Special resolution 2: 446 168 408 71 99.54 0.46 0.06
Amendment of the MOI
3 Special resolution 3: 446 327 868 71 99.49 0.51 0.04
Authorisation for the
ability to issue 30% or
more of the Company’s
Ordinary Shares for the
purposes of implementing
the Proposed Rights Offer
4 Ordinary resolution 1: 446 204 737 71 99.29 0.71 0.06
Placing control of the
authorised but unissued
shares under the control of
the Directors for the
purposes of implementing
the Proposed Rights Offer
5 Ordinary resolution 2: 445 975 090 71 99.49 0.51 0.1
Waiver of the mandatory
offer provisions of the
Companies Act
*Based on 624 746 762 total issued ordinary shares at the date of the General
Meeting.
#Based on 624 746 762 total issued ordinary shares and in relation to the total
number of shares voted at the General Meeting.
“This is a pleasing result for PPC; it places us firmly on a path to resolving our
immediate liquidity challenges, enabling us to pursue our corporate strategy ”
commented Darryll Castle, CEO of PPC.
“PPC is fundamentally strong and profitable with a solid operating base. I am
confident that we have the appropriate plans in place to navigate the current
economic landscape by driving cost efficiencies and leveraging our capabilities to
achieve operational excellence. We are on track to complete our sizeable projects
in the DRC, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe which, in the medium-term, will start to
contribute to PPC’s revenue stream ” explains Castle.
Johannesburg
1 August 2016
Sole Global Co-ordinator, Joint Bookrunner and Joint Transaction
Sponsor
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
Joint Bookrunner and Joint Transaction Sponsor
Nedbank Limited
Joint Bookrunners
ABSA Bank Limited
Rand Merchant Bank Limited
Legal Advisor to PPC as to South African Law
Bowman Gilfillan Inc.
Legal Advisor to PPC as to US and English Law
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Legal Advisor to the Joint Bookrunners as to South African Law
Webber Wentzel
Legal Advisor to the Joint Bookrunners as to US and English Law
Linklaters
Financial Advisor and Company Sponsor
Merrill Lynch
PPC:
Azola Lowan
Tel: +27 (0) 11 386 9000
Azola.Lowan@ppc.co.za
Financial Communications Advisor:
Instinctif Partners
Morne Reinders
Mobile: +27 (0) 82 325 1810
Morne.Reinders@instinctif.com
Louise Fortuin
Mobile: +27 (0) 71 605 4294
Louise.Fortuin@instinctif.com
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