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Results of AGM
Sibanye Gold Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration number 2002/031431/06
Share code: SGL
ISIN – ZAE000173951
Issuer code: SGL
(“Sibanye Gold”, “Sibanye” and/or “the Group”)
Results of the Sibanye Annual General Meeting
Westonaria, 23 May 2017: Sibanye (JSE: SGL AND NYSE: SBGL) advises shareholders
that all resolutions were passed by the requisite majority at the Company's Annual
General Meeting (the “AGM”) held at the Sibanye Gold Academy at 09:00 this morning.
In accordance with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each resolution
at the meeting.
The number of shares voted in person or by proxy was 734,676,918, representing
79% of Sibanye’s 930,056,784 total ordinary shares in issue. The resolutions
proposed at the AGM and the percentage of shares voted for and against each
resolution, as well as those which abstained, are set out below:
Resolution % of % of Number of % of % of
votes votes shares Shares Shares
for the against voted Voted (2) abstai
resoluti the ned (2)
on (1) resoluti
on (1)
Ordinary Resolution 1 – 99.94% 0.06% 734,206,677 78.94% 0.05%
Re-appointment of auditors
Ordinary Resolution 2 – 99.63% 0.37% 731,158,328 78.61% 0.38%
Re-election of a director:
CD Chadwick
Ordinary Resolution 3 – 99.67% 0.33% 731,127,206 78.61% 0.38%
Re-election of a director:
RTL Chan
Ordinary Resolution 4 – 99.78% 0.22% 731,125,554 78.61% 0.38%
Re-election of a director:
TJ Cumming
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Ordinary Resolution 5 – 99.69% 0.31% 733,488,487 78.86% 0.13%
Re-election of a director:
C Keyter
Ordinary Resolution 6 – 98.78% 1.22% 731,108,349 78.61% 0.38%
Election of a director: MS
Moloko
Ordinary Resolution 7 – 99.76% 0.24% 731,125,852 78.61% 0.38%
Re-election of a member and
Chair of the Audit
Committee: KA Rayner
Ordinary Resolution 8 – 99.76% 0.24% 731,441,998 78.64% 0.35%
Re-election of a member of
the Audit Committee: RP
Menell
Ordinary Resolution 9 – 99.75% 0.25% 731,120,096 78.61% 0.38%
Re-election of a member of
the Audit Committee: NG
Nika
Ordinary Resolution 10 – 99.75% 0.25% 731,115,478 78.61% 0.38%
Re-election of a member of
the Audit Committee: SC van
der Merwe
Ordinary Resolution 11 – 99.96% 3.03% 734,118,024 78.93% 0.06%
Approval for the issue of
authorised but unissued
ordinary shares
Ordinary Resolution 12 – 96.92% 3.08% 734,090,687 78.93% 0.06%
Issuing equity securities
for cash
Ordinary Resolution 13 – 91.94% 8.06% 730,186,167 78.51% 0.06%
Approval for the Sibanye
2017 Share Plan
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Advisory endorsement of the 96.77% 3.23% 726,731,555 78.14% 0.85%
remuneration policy
Special Resolution 1 – 99.52% 0.48% 730,958,323 78.59% 0.40%
Approval for the
remuneration of non-
executive directors
Special Resolution 2 – 99.22% 0.78% 730,998,432 78.60% 0.40%
Approval for the Company to
grant financial assistance
in terms of sections 44 and
45 of the Act
Special Resolution 3 – 95.95% 4.05% 734,132,890 78.93% 0.06%
Approval for the
acquisition of the
Company’s own shares
Notes:
(1) The shares voted disclosed as a percentage in relation to the total number of
shares voted at the meeting.
(2) The shares voted or abstained disclosed as a percentage in relation to the total
issued share capital.
Sibanye Investor Relations Contact:
James Wellsted
SVP Investor Relations
Sibanye Gold Limited
+27 (0) 83 453 4014
james.wellsted@sibanyegold.co.za
Sponsor
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited
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Offer. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration
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