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DISCOVERY LIMITED - Report of proceedings at the annual general meeting

Release Date: 17/11/2023 14:37
Code(s): DSY DSBP DSY03 DSY06 DSY07 DSY02 DSY04     PDF:  
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Report of proceedings at the annual general meeting

DISCOVERY LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1999/007789/06)
Legal Entity Identifier: 378900245A26169C8132
JSE share code: DSY, DSBP
DSY ISIN: ZAE000022331
DSBP ISIN: ZAE000158564
JSE bond code: DSYI
("Discovery")

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Board of Directors of Discovery hereby advises that, at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM" or the "meeting") of shareholders held on Thursday, 16 November
2023, the resolutions as set out in the Notice of AGM and Form of Proxy, distributed to shareholders on 18 October 2023 with the 2023 Integrated Annual Report,
were duly approved by the requisite majority of votes.

Shareholders are advised that:

- Total number of shares in issue as at the date of the AGM: 673, 146, 417 shares.
- Total number of shares that were present in person/represented by proxy at the AGM: 518, 793, 617 shares being 77% of the total number of shares in issue.

Details of the voting statistics from the AGM are as follows:




                                                                           Votes cast disclosed as a                      Shares voted            Shares abstained
                                                                            percentage in relation                        disclosed as a          disclosed as a
                                                                             to the total number of                       percentage in           percentage in
                                                                              shares voted at the        Number of        relation to the total   relation to the total
Resolutions                                                                          meeting             shares voted     issued share capital    issued share capital
Ordinary resolutions                                                            For          Against

Ordinary Resolution Number 1.1: Re-Appointment of KPMG as joint                 99.97%       0.03%       518,178,862      76.98%                  0.09%
external independent auditors

Ordinary Resolution Number 1.2: Re-Appointment of Deloitte as joint             99.38%       0.62%       518,178,862      76.98%                  0.09%
external independent auditors

Ordinary Resolution Number 2.1: Election of Directors- Ms Lisa Chiume           100.00%      0.00%       518,178,862      76.98%                  0.09%

Ordinary Resolution Number 2.2. Election of Directors – Ms Christine Ramon      100.00%      0.00%       518,178,862      76.98%                  0.09%

Ordinary Resolution Number 2.3: Re-election of Directors – Mr Mark Tucker       99.77%       0.23%       518,178,862      76.98%                  0.09%

Ordinary Resolution Number 2.4: Re-election of Directors – Mr David Macready    99.86%       0.14%       518,178,862      76.98%                  0.09%

Ordinary Resolution Number 3.1: Election of members of the Audit                99.86%       0.14%       518,178,862      76.98%                  0.09%
Committee - Mr David Macready as a member and Chairperson

Ordinary resolution Number 3.2: Election of members of the Audit                99.86%       0.14%       518,178,862      76.98%                  0.09%
Committee - Ms Marquerithe Schreuder

Ordinary resolution Number 3.3: Election of members of the Audit                99.05%       0.95%       518,178,862      76.98%                  0.09%
Committee – Ms Monhla Hlahla

Ordinary resolution Number 3.4: Election of members of the Audit                100.00%      0.00%       518,178,862      76.98%                  0.09%
Committee – Ms Lisa Chiume

Ordinary resolution Number 3.5: Election of members of the Audit                100.00%      0.00%       518,178,862      76.98%                  0.09%
Committee – Ms Christine Ramon

Ordinary resolution Number 4.1: General authority to directors to               97.03%       2.97%       518,179,112      76.98%                  0.09%
allot and issue A Preference Shares

Ordinary Resolution Number 4.2: General authority to directors to               97.03%       2.97%       518,179,112      76.98%                  0.09%
allot and issue B Preference Shares

Ordinary Resolution Number 4.3: General authority to directors to               97.03%       2.97%       518,179,112      76.98%                  0.09%
allot and issue C Preference Shares

Ordinary Resolution Number 5: Director's authority to implement                 100.00%      0.00%       518,179,112      76.98%                  0.09%
special and ordinary resolutions  

Advisory endorsement of the remuneration policy and implementation report
Non-binding advisory vote 1.1: Endorsement of the remuneration                  88.87%       11.13%      518,177,827      76.98%                  0.09%
policy

Non-binding advisory vote 1.2: The implementation of the                        89.89%       10.11%      518,079,484      76.96%                  0.11%
remuneration policy

Special resolutions
Special Resolution Number 1: Approval of Non-executive Directors'               76.77%       23.23%      518,080,769      76.96%                  0.11%
remuneration – 2023/2024

Special Resolution Number 2: General authority to repurchase shares             99.65%       0.35%       517,414,022      76.87%                  0.20%
in terms of JSE Listings Requirements

Special Resolution Number 3: Authority to provide financial assistance          99.60%       0.40%       518,179,112      76.98%                  0.09%
in terms of section 44 and section 45 of the Companies Act 71 of
2008.

Sandton
17 November 2023

Sponsor and Debt Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

Date: 17-11-2023 02:37:00
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