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NORTHAM PLATINUM HOLDINGS LIMITED - Results of annual general meeting

Release Date: 25/10/2022 17:00
Code(s): NPH NHM023 NHM016 NHM021 NHM019 NHM018 NHM020 NHM015 NHM022     PDF:  
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Results of annual general meeting

NORTHAM PLATINUM HOLDINGS LIMITED                             NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa                  Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration number: 2020/905346/06                           Registration number: 1977/003282/06
Share code: NPH ISIN: ZAE000298253                            Debt issuer code: NHMI
(“Northam Holdings” or the “company” or, together with        Bond code: NHM015       Bond ISIN: ZAG000164922
its subsidiaries, “Northam” or the “group”)                   Bond code: NHM016       Bond ISIN: ZAG000167750
                                                              Bond code: NHM018       Bond ISIN: ZAG000168097
                                                              Bond code: NHM019       Bond ISIN: ZAG000168105
                                                              Bond code: NHM020       Bond ISIN: ZAG000172594
                                                              Bond code: NHM021       Bond ISIN: ZAG000181496
                                                              Bond code: NHM022       Bond ISIN: ZAG000190133
                                                              Bond code: NHM023       Bond ISIN: ZAG000190968
                                                              (“Northam Platinum”)

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Northam Holdings shareholders (“shareholders”) are advised that at the annual general meeting of shareholders held
on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 (“AGM”), all the ordinary resolutions (other than the non-binding resolutions 4.1 and 4.2)
and special resolutions, as set out in the notice of AGM dated Tuesday, 16 August 2022, were passed by the requisite
majority of shareholders present or represented by proxy at the AGM. Further details regarding the voting results for
each of the resolutions are contained below.

Each resolution proposed at the AGM, together with the number and percentage of Northam Holdings ordinary shares
(“shares”) voted, the percentage of shares in respect of which shareholders abstained from voting and the percentage
of votes carried for and against each resolution, are as follows:

Ordinary resolution number 1.1 – re-election of Mr JG Smithies as a director

 Shares voted                 For                           Against                      Abstained
 335 324 906                  99.85%                        0.15%                        0.08%

 84.55%


Ordinary resolution number 1.2 – re-election of Ms TE Kgosi as a director

 Shares voted                 For                           Against                      Abstained
 335 304 349                  91.19%                        8.81%                        0.09%

 84.54%


Ordinary resolution number 1.3 – re-election of Ms HH Hickey as a director

 Shares voted                 For                           Against                      Abstained
 335 304 349                  92.68%                        7.32%                        0.09%

 84.54%


Ordinary resolution number 2 – appointment of Pricewaterhouse Coopers Inc. (with the designated external audit
partner being Mr AJ Rossouw CA(SA)) as the independent external auditors of the group

 Shares voted                 For                           Against                      Abstained
 335 304 809                  99.87%                        0.13%                        0.09%

 84.54%


Ordinary resolution number 3.1 – election of Ms HH Hickey as a member of the audit and risk committee

 Shares voted                 For                           Against                      Abstained
 335 304 219                  99.51%                        0.49%                        0.09%

 84.54%


Ordinary resolution number 3.2 – election of Dr NY Jekwa as a member of the audit and risk committee

 Shares voted                 For                           Against                      Abstained
 335 304 219                  99.67%                        0.33%                        0.09%

 84.54%


Ordinary resolution number 3.3 – election of Mr MH Jonas as a member of the audit and risk committee

 Shares voted                 For                           Against                      Abstained
 335 304 219                  95.55%                        4.45%                        0.09%
 
 84.54%


Ordinary resolution number 4.1 * – non-binding endorsement of the group’s remuneration policy

 Shares voted                 For                           Against                      Abstained
 335 301 049                  43.52%                        56.48%                       0.09%

 84.54%


Ordinary resolution number 4.2 * – non-binding endorsement of the group’s remuneration implementation report

 Shares voted                 For                           Against                      Abstained
 335 301 049                  44.01%                        55.99%                       0.09%

 84.54%


Special resolution number 1 – approval of non-executive directors’ fees

 Shares voted                 For                           Against                      Abstained
 335 304 262                  97.82%                        2.18%                        0.09%

 84.54%


Special resolution number 2 – approval of financial assistance in terms of sections 44 and 45 of the Companies Act
No. 71 of 2008

 Shares voted                 For                           Against                      Abstained
 335 304 219                  94.72%                        5.28%                        0.09%

 84.54%


Special resolution number 3 – approval for the general authority to repurchase issued shares

 Shares voted                 For                           Against                      Abstained
 335 286 202                  80.20%                        19.80%                       0.09%

 84.54%


*As more than 25% of the votes cast by shareholders present or represented by proxy at the AGM on ordinary
resolutions 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, were against the non-binding endorsement of the group’s remuneration policy and
the non-binding endorsement of the group’s remuneration implementation report, the company will continue to engage
with dissenting shareholders (i.e. those shareholders who voted against the group’s remuneration policy and/or
remuneration implementation report) and hereby invites such shareholders to send comments / concerns / questions
relating to the group’s remuneration policy and/or remuneration implementation report, in writing, to Ms PB Beale, the
company secretary of Northam, via email at trish.beale@norplats.co.za, to be received by no later than close of business
on Thursday, 15 December 2022.

Notes
- The total number of shares eligible to vote at the AGM was 396 615 877. 1 share is held in treasury and not eligible
  to vote at the AGM.
- Percentages of shares voted are calculated in relation to the total issued share capital of Northam Holdings,
  amounting to 396 615 878 shares.
- Percentage of shares voted for and against are calculated in relation to the total number of shares voted in respect
  of the relevant resolution.
- Abstentions are calculated as a percentage in relation to the total issued share capital of Northam Holdings.


Johannesburg
25 October 2022

Corporate Advisor and Sponsor to Northam Holdings            
One Capital                                                  

Attorneys to Northam Holdings and Northam Platinum
Webber Wentzel

Corporate Advisor and Debt Sponsor to Northam Platinum
One Capital

Date: 25-10-2022 05:00:00
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