TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 30, 2012) - Centamin plc ("Centamin" or "the Company") (TSX:CEE)(LSE:CEY) wishes to advise that the outcomes of each resolution put to the Company's members at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 30 May 2012, in the Bishopsgate & Chancery Rooms at The Andaz Hotel, Liverpool Street, London, United Kingdom at 11:00 am (London time) are as set out below:
| Resolution | Total Votes For (%) | Total Votes Against (%) | Votes Withheld* | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 1.0 - Financial Statements and Reports | 751,891,204 | 1,888,641 | 195,973 | |||||
| 99.75 | % | 0.25 | % | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 2.0 - Adoption of the Remuneration Report | 267,973,837 | 456,291,749 | 23,219,513 | |||||
| 37.00 | % | 63.00 | % | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 3.1 - Retirement and Re-Election of Mr Josef El-Raghy | 692,258,141 | 31,301,756 | 87,421 | |||||
| 95.67 | % | 4.33 | % | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 3.2 - Retirement and Re-Election of Mr Trevor Schultz | 606,005,146 | 112,680,110 | 4,961,062 | |||||
| 84.32 | % | 15.68 | % | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 3.3 - Retirement and Re-Election of Mr Gordon Edward Haslam | 688,596,242 | 33,892,626 | 1,158,450 | |||||
| 95.31 | % | 4.69 | % | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 3.4 - Retirement and Re-Election of Professor Graeme Robert Bowker | 694,009,400 | 29,536,472 | 101,447 | |||||
| 95.92 | % | 4.08 | % | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 3.5 - Retirement and Re-Election of Mr Mark Arnesen | 692,520,269 | 31,028,929 | 98,121 | |||||
| 95.71 | % | 4.29 | % | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 3.6 - Retirement and Re-Election of Mr Mark Bankes | 721,905,219 | 1,643,979 | 98,121 | |||||
| 99.77 | % | 0.23 | % | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 3.7 - Retirement and Election of Mr Kevin Tomlinson | 723,386,456 | 159,686 | 101,177 | |||||
| 99.98 | % | 0.02 | % | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 4.1 - Re-Appointment of Deloitte Touch Tohmatsu as the Company's Auditors | 743,312,367 | 6,425,935 | 4,237,518 | |||||
| 99.14 | % | 0.86 | % | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 4.2 - Auditor's Remuneration | 745,841,843 | 6,552,110 | 1,581,867 | |||||
| 99.13 | % | 0.87 | % | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 5.0 - Approval of the Use of Electronic Communications | 753,368,364 | 343,100 | 264,352 | |||||
| 99.95 | % | 0.05 | % | |||||
| Ordinary Resolution 6.0 - To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities | 736,274,615 | 11,175,101 | 6,526,105 | |||||
| 98.50 | % | 1.50 | % | |||||
| Special Resolution 7.0 - Disapplication of Pre-Emption Rights | 713,745,509 | 9,817,989 | 78,821 | |||||
| 98.64 | % | 1.36 | % | |||||
| Special Resolution 8.0 - Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares | 741,146,497 | 12,720,853 | 105,871 | |||||
| 98.31 | % | 1.69 | % |
* A "Vote Withheld" is not a 'vote' in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution.
The total number of ordinary shares of no par value eligible to be voted at the Annual General Meeting was 1,101,397,381. The scrutineers of the poll were Computershare Investor Services PLC.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing shortly at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available on the Centamin website at www.centamin.com.
Contact Information:
www.centamin.com