KIO - Kumba Iron Ore Limited - Results of general meeting

KIO - Kumba Iron Ore Limited - Results of general meeting                       
Kumba Iron Ore Limited                                                          
A member of the Anglo American plc group                                        
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 2005/015852/06)                                            
(ISIN: ZAE000085346)                                                            
(Share code: KIO)                                                               
("Kumba")                                                                       
RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING                                                      
Shareholders are referred to various announcements released on the Securities   
Exchange News Service and the circular to shareholders dated 5 October 2011     
relating to the proposed transactions and statutory approvals, being:           
-    the implied issue for cash of approximately five million Kumba shares as a 
    result of the swap of approximately fifteen million Sishen Iron Ore Company 
    (Proprietary) Limited ("SIOC") shares distributed to employees              
participating in the SIOC Employee Share Participation Scheme ("SIOC ESPS") 
    ("Participating Employees") in exchange for Kumba shares, at the end of the 
    first phase of Envision and subsequent repurchase by SIOC from Kumba of an  
    equivalent number of SIOC shares;                                           
-    the proposed repurchase by Kumba of approximately five million Kumba shares
    from SIOC ESPS Participating Employees;                                     
-    approval of the swap of SIOC shares distributed to Participating Employees 
    from the SIOC ESPS in exchange for Kumba shares, at the end of the second   
phase of Envision; and                                                      
-    the approval of financial assistance in terms of sections 44 and 45 of the 
    Companies Act, 2008, to:                                                    
    -    subsidiaries and other related and inter-related entities; and         
-    directors, prescribed officers and other participants in employee      
         incentive schemes operating in the Kumba Group.                        
At the general meeting of the shareholders of Kumba held today, 2 November 2011,
all the ordinary and special resolutions proposed at the meeting were approved  
by the requisite majority of votes.                                             
Centurion                                                                       
2 November 2011                                                                 
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
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