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Report on proceedings at the annual general meeting

Published: 2023-05-30 17:00:24 ET
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Kumba Iron Ore Limited
A member of the Anglo American plc group
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 2005/015852/06)
Share code: KIO
ISIN: ZAE000085346
(“Kumba” or “the Company”)


REPORT ON PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Kumba held its sixteenth annual general meeting (“AGM” or “the meeting”) of shareholders in person and electronically on 30 May 2023. All the ordinary and special resolutions proposed at the meeting were approved by the
requisite majority of votes.

The audited annual financial statements of the Company, and of the Kumba group, including the reports of the directors, external auditors, audit committee, business performance and the social, ethics and transformation committee
for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 were presented.

Kumba confirms the voting statistics from the AGM as follows:

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

 Ordinary resolution number 1: Re-appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers as                99.97%                      0.03%                     306,734,626              95.23%                      0.01%
 independent external auditors and Mr Sizwe Masondo as individual designated
 auditor
 Ordinary Resolution Number 2.1 - To re-elect Mary Bomela as a director of the            99.91%                      0.09%                     306,737,336              95.23%                      0.00%
 Company
 Ordinary Resolution Number 2.2 - To re-elect Mrs Nomalizo Langa-Royds as a director      99.65%                      0.35%                     306,737,336              95.23%                      0.00%
 of the Company
 Ordinary Resolution Number 2.3 - To re-elect Mr Aman Jeawon as a director of the         100%                        0.00%                     306,734,446              95.23%                      0.01%
 Company
 Ordinary Resolution Number 2.4 - To elect Mr Themba Mkhwanazi as a director of the       98.59%                      1.41%                     306,736,754              95.23%                      0.00%
 Company
 Ordinary Resolution Number 2.5 - To re-elect Ms Buyelwa Sonjica as a director of the     99.67%                      0.33%                     306,737,366              95.23%                      0.00%
 Company
 Ordinary Resolution Number 3.1 - Election of Mr Sango Ntsaluba as a member of the         98.40%                      1.60%                       306,736,746   95.23%   0.00%
 Audit Committee
 Ordinary Resolution Number 3.2 - Election of Mrs Mary Bomela as a member of the           99.92%                      0.08%                       306,737,146   95.23%   0.00%
 Audit Committee
 Ordinary Resolution Number 3.3 - Election of Mr Aman Jeawon as a member of the            100%                        0.00%                       306,729,446   95.23%   0.01%
 Audit Committee
 Ordinary Resolution Number 3.4 - Election of Mrs Michelle Jenkins as a member of the      99.98%                      0.02%                       306,736,746   95.23%   0.00%
 Audit Committee
 Ordinary Resolution Number 4.1 - Approval of the remuneration policy by way of a          99.14%                      0.86%                       306,722,616   95.23%   0.01%
 non-binding advisory vote
 Ordinary Resolution Number 4.2 - Approval of the implementation of the                    98.96%                      1.04%                       306,722,616   95.23%   0.01%
 remuneration policy by way of a non-binding advisory vote
 Ordinary Resolution Number 5 - General authority for directors to allot and issue         99.61%                      0.39%                       306,732,490   95.23%   0.01%
 ordinary shares
 Ordinary Resolution Number 6 - Authorisation to sign documents to give effect to          100%                        0.00%                       306,729,564   95.23%   0.01%
 resolutions
 Special Resolution Number 1 - General authority to issue shares for cash                  99.73%                      0.27%                       306,730,050   95.23%   0.01%
 Special Resolution Number 2 - Remuneration payable to Non-Executive Directors             99.87%                      0.13%                       306,719,295   95.23%   0.01%
 Special Resolution Number 3 - Approval for the granting of financial assistance in        99.89%                      0.11%                       306,737,460   95.23%   0.00%
 terms of Sections 44 and 45 of the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008
 Special Resolution Number 4 - General authority to repurchase shares                      96.73%                      3.27%                       306,679,359   95.22%   0.02%

*Total issued shares is 322 085 974 .

The special resolutions will, where necessary, be lodged for registration with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission in due course.


Rosebank
30 May 2023



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Notes to editors:
Kumba Iron Ore Limited, a member of the Anglo American plc group, is a leading value-adding supplier of high quality iron ore to the global steel industry. Kumba produces iron ore in South Africa at Sishen and Kolomela mines in the
Northern Cape Province. Kumba exports iron ore to customers around the globe including in China, Japan, South Korea and a number of countries in Europe and the Middle East.
www.angloamericankumba.com

Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development
options, provides many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers. With our people at the heart of our
business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and to mine, process, move and market our products to our customers – safely and sustainably.

As a responsible producer of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, premium quality iron ore and steelmaking coal, and nickel – with crop nutrients in development – we are committed to being carbon neutral
across our operations by 2040. More broadly, our Sustainable Mining Plan commits us to a series of stretching goals to ensure we work towards a healthy environment, creating thriving communities and building trust as a corporate
leader. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock enduring value from precious natural resources for the benefit of the communities and countries in which we operate, for society as a whole,
and for our shareholders. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.
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