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NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED - Results of Annual General Meeting

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Results of Annual General Meeting

Northam Platinum Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
(Registration number 1977/003282/06)
Share code: NHM
ISIN: ZAE000030912
(“Northam” or “the company”)

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Northam shareholders (“shareholders”) are advised that at the annual general meeting
(“AGM”) of shareholders held on Wednesday, 11 November 2015, the ordinary and special
resolutions, as set out in the notice of AGM dated 25 September 2015, were approved by
the requisite majority of shareholders present or represented by proxy thereat, with the
exception of ordinary resolutions 2.2 and 4.1, which were withdrawn prior to the
commencement of the AGM.

Mr M E Beckett retired from the board of directors at the conclusion of the AGM and did not
avail himself for re-election as a director or member of the audit and risk committee. The
board would like to thank Mr Beckett for his valuable contribution to the company during his
sixteen year tenure as a director of Northam.

The total number of Northam shares eligible to vote at the AGM is 509 781 212. The number
of shares voted in person or by proxy was 486 479 829 representing 95.4% of the total
issued share capital of the company.

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:

Ordinary resolution number 1 – adoption of annual financial statements for the year ended
30 June 2015

Shares Voted             For              Against         Abstained (a percentage of the
(number of                                                total issued share capital)
shares and
percentage of
total issued
share capital)

485 981 414

95.3%                  100.0%              0.0%                         0.1%

Ordinary resolution number 2.1 – re-election of Mr K B Mosehla as a director

Shares Voted             For             Against         Abstained (a percentage of the
(number of                                               total issued share capital)
shares and
percentage of
total issued
share capital)

486 105 799

95.4%                  99.9%              0.01%                       0.1%


Ordinary resolution number 2.2 – re-election of M E Beckett as a director

The above ordinary resolution was withdrawn.

Ordinary resolution number 2.3 – re-election of Mrs T E Kgosi as a director

Shares Voted             For             Against         Abstained (a percentage of the
(number of                                               total issued share capital)
shares and
percentage of
total issued
share capital)

486 105 799

95.4%                  99.5%              0.5%                        0.1%


Ordinary resolution number 3 – re-appointment of Ernst & Young Inc. as the independent
external auditor of the company

Shares Voted             For             Against         Abstained (a percentage of the
(number of                                               total issued share capital)
shares and
percentage of
total issued
share capital)

482 823 532

94.7%                  90.8%              9.2%                        0.7%


Ordinary resolution number 4.1 – re-election of Mr M E Beckett as a member of the audit
and risk committee

The above ordinary resolution was withdrawn.

Ordinary resolution number 4.2 – re-election of Mr R Havenstein as a member of the audit
and risk committee

Shares Voted            For             Against         Abstained (a percentage of the
(number of                                              total issued share capital)
shares and
percentage of
total issued
share capital)

486 105 799

95.4%                  93.9%              6.1%                       0.1%


Ordinary resolution number 4.3 – re-election of Mrs T E Kgosi as a member of the audit
and risk committee

Shares Voted            For             Against         Abstained (a percentage of the
(number of                                              total issued share capital)
shares and
percentage of
total issued
share capital)

486 105 799

95.4%                  93.9%              6.1%                       0.1%


Ordinary resolution number 4.4 – re-election of Mr A R Martin as a member of the audit
and risk committee

Shares Voted            For             Against         Abstained (a percentage of the
(number of                                              total issued share capital)
shares and
percentage of
total issued
share capital)

485 031 086

95.1%                  99.6%              0.4%                       0.3%


Ordinary resolution number 5 – approval of the group’s remuneration policy

Shares Voted            For             Against         Abstained (a percentage of the
(number of                                              total issued share capital)
shares and
percentage of
total issued
share capital)

486 105 799

95.4%                  93.6%              6.4%                       0.1%

Ordinary resolution number 6 – approval of non-executive directors’ remuneration paid for
the year ended 30 June 2015

Shares Voted            For              Against        Abstained (a percentage of the
(number of                                              total issued share capital)
shares and
percentage of
total issued
share capital)

486 105 799

95.4%                 100.0%              0.0%                        0.1%


Special resolution number 1 – approval of non-executive directors’ remuneration for the
year ending 30 June 2016

Shares Voted            For              Against        Abstained (a percentage of the
(number of                                              total issued share capital)
shares and
percentage of
total issued
share capital)

486 105 799

95.4%                  99.9%              0.1%                        0.1%


Special resolution number 2 – approval of financial assistance to subsidiary companies

Shares Voted            For              Against        Abstained (a percentage of the
(number of                                              total issued share capital)
shares and
percentage of
total issued
share capital)

486 105 799

95.4%                 100.0%              0.0%                        0.1%


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

Shares Voted            For              Against        Abstained (a percentage of the
(number of                                              total issued share capital)
shares and
percentage of
total issued
share capital)

486 105 799

95.4%                  99.7%              0.3%                        0.1%

Notes

   - Percentages of shares voted are calculated in relation to the total issued share
     capital of Northam
   - Percentage of shares for and against are calculated in relation to the total number of
     shares voted at the AGM
   - Abstentions are calculated as a percentage in relation to the total issued share
     capital of Northam

Johannesburg
11 November 2015

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