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Results of annual general meeting
Mediclinic International plc
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
Company Number: 08338604
LSE Share Code: MDC
JSE Share Code: MEI
NSX Share Code: MEP
ISIN: GB00B8HX8Z88
(the “Company”)
20 July 2016
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Mediclinic International plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) held today, 20 July 2016, all resolutions set out in the notice of the AGM were
passed by the requisite majority of votes by shareholders by way of poll. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:
VOTES FOR % VOTES % VOTES TOTAL % OF
AGAINST WITHHELD SHARES ISSUED
VOTED SHARE
CAPITAL
VOTED
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
1. To receive the financial
statements and the reports of
the Directors and the auditor
for the year ended 31 March
2016 622,578,350 99.98% 118,999 0.02% 449,397 622,697,349 84.46%
2. To approve the Directors’
Remuneration Report
(excluding the Directors’
Remuneration Policy) for the
year ended 31 March 2016 529,410,739 85.02% 93,301,901 14.98% 434,105 622,712,640 84.46%
3. To declare a final cash
dividend for the year ended 31
March 2016 of 5.24 pence per 622,181,842 99.91% 530,799 0.09% 434,105 622,712,641 84.46%
ordinary share
4. To re-elect Seamus Keating
as a director 621,545,846 99.83% 1,080,481 0.17% 520,419 622,626,327 84.45%
5. To re-elect Ian Tyler as a
director 620,766,418 99.70% 1,859,909 0.30% 520,419 622,626,327 84.45%
6. To elect Danie Meintjes as a
director 622,506,327 99.98% 120,000 0.02% 520,419 622,626,327 84.45%
7. To elect Dr Edwin Hertzog as
a director 606,743,026 97.47% 15,763,826 2.53% 639,894 622,506,852 84.44%
8. To elect Jannie Durand as a
director 598,046,117 96.05% 24,580,210 3.95% 520,419 622,626,327 84.45%
9. To elect Alan Grieve as a
director 622,329,442 99.95% 296,885 0.05% 520,419 622,626,327 84.45%
10. To elect Prof Dr Robert Leu
as a director 622,362,567 99.96% 263,760 0.04% 520,419 622,626,327 84.45%
11. To elect Nandi Mandela as
a director 622,388,141 99.96% 238,186 0.04% 520,419 622,626,327 84.45%
12. To elect Trevor Petersen as
a director 622,362,567 99.96% 263,760 0.04% 520,419 622,626,327 84.45%
13. To elect Desmond Smith as
a director 622,337,759 99.95% 288,568 0.05% 520,419 622,626,327 84.45%
14. To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
as auditor of the Company 574,655,724 92.36% 47,546,434 7.64% 944,588 622,202,158 84.40%
15. To authorise the Audit and
Risk Committee to determine 621,802,562 99.85% 910,079 0.15% 434,105 622,712,641 84.46%
the auditor’s remuneration
16. To authorise the Directors
to make political donations 544,268,640 87.70% 76,313,109 12.30% 2,564,997 620,581,749 84.18%
17. To authorise the Directors
to allot shares pursuant to
Section 551 of the Companies
Act 2006 548,493,075 88.24% 73,119,381 11.76% 1,534,290 621,612,456 84.32%
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
18. To authorise the Directors
to dis-apply the statutory pre-
emption rights pursuant to
Sections 570 and 573 of the
Companies Act 2006 577,260,101 92.86% 44,352,355 7.14% 1,534,290 621,612,456 84.32%
19. To authorise the Directors
to dis-apply statutory pre-
emption rights for the purposes
of acquisitions or capital
investments pursuant to
Sections 570 and 573 of the
Companies Act 2006 595,435,231 95.79% 26,177,225 4.21% 1,534,290 621,612,456 84.32%
20. To authorise the Company
to purchase the Company’s
own subscriber shares at a
price of 10 pence per share 620,952,073 99.99% 40,684 0.01% 2,153,989 620,992,757 84.23%
21. To approve the amendment
of the Articles of Association of
the Company regarding
Dividend Access Trusts 620,989,723 100.00% 3,034 0.00% 2,153,989 620,992,757 84.23%
22. To approve the calling of a
general meeting other than an 593,537,738 95.58% 27,455,019 4.42% 2,153,989 620,992,757 84.23%
annual general meeting on not
less than 14 clear days’ notice
VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS EXCLUDING CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER ON ELECTION OR RE-ELECTION OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS VOTES FOR % VOTES % VOTES TOTAL % OF
AGAINST WITHHELD SHARES ISSUED
VOTED SHARE
CAPITAL
VOTED
4. To re-elect Seamus Keating
as a director 292,953,028 99.63% 1,080,481 0.37% 520,419 294,033,509 39.88%
5. To re-elect Ian Tyler as a
director 292,173,600 99.37% 1,859,909 0.63% 520,419 294,033,509 39.88%
9. To elect Alan Grieve as a
director 293,736,624 99.90% 296,885 0.10% 520,419 294,033,509 84.45%
10. To elect Prof Dr Robert Leu
as a director 293,769,749 99.91% 263,760 0.09% 520,419 294,033,509 39.88%
11. To elect Nandi Mandela as a
director 293,795,323 99.92% 238,186 0.08% 520,419 294,033,509 39.88%
12. To elect Trevor Petersen as
a director 293,769,749 99.91% 263,760 0.09% 520,419 294,033,509 39.88%
13. To elect Desmond Smith as
a director 293,744,941 99.90% 288,568 0.10% 520,419 294,033,509 39.88%
Notes:
Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chairman of the Meeting have been included in the "For" total.
A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
The Company's total ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at 20 July 2016 was 737,243,810 ordinary shares of 10 pence each. Ordinary shareholders are
entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.
Remgro Limited is regarded as a controlling shareholder of the Company for the purposes of the LSE Listing Rules, and each resolution to elect or re-elect an
independent non-executive director (resolutions 4, 5 and 9 to 13) have under LSE Listing Rule 9.2.2E been approved by a majority of the votes cast by:
(i) the shareholders of the Company as a whole; and
(ii) the independent shareholders of the Company, that is, all the shareholders entitled to vote on each resolution excluding the controlling shareholder.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the LSE Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism
and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The complete poll results (inclusive of proxy votes lodged before the AGM) will be available shortly on the Company’s website at: www.mediclinic.com.
Registered address: 1st Floor, 40 Dukes Place, London, EC3A 7NH, United Kingdom
Website: www.mediclinic.com
JSE sponsor: Rand Merchant Bank (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
NSX sponsor: Simonis Storm Securities (Pty) Ltd
Enquiries:
Victoria Dalby (Company Secretary), Capita Company Secretarial Services Limited
+44 (0) 20 7954 9600
victoria.dalby@capita.co.uk
Aarti Iyer, Bell Pottinger
+44 (0)20 3772 2468
aiyer@bellpottinger.com
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