Pan African Resources PLC
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under Companies Act 1985 with registered
number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)
Share code on AIM: PAF
Share code on JSE: PAN
ADR ticker code: PAFRY
ISIN: GB0004300496
(Pan African or the Company or the Group)
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES
1. RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Pan African shareholders (Shareholders) are advised that at the annual general meeting (AGM)
of Shareholders held on Thursday, 24 November 2022, all the ordinary and special resolutions,
as set out in the notice of AGM dated 26 October 2022, with the exception of resolution 13,
were approved by the requisite majority of Shareholders present or represented by proxy.
The total number of Pan African ordinary shares (Shares) eligible to vote at the AGM is
2,222,862,046.
All resolutions proposed at the AGM, together with the percentage of shares abstained, as well
as the percentage of votes carried for and against each resolution, are as follows:
Ordinary resolution number 1: To receive and adopt the directors’ report, the audited
statement of accounts and the auditors’ report for the year ended 30 June 2022
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,581,735,533 2,437,875 1,581,731,692 3,841
71.16% 0.11% 100% 0.00%
Ordinary resolution number 2: To approve the final dividend of 18.00000 ZA cents per
share
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,583,530,033 1,293,375 1,583,526,192 3,841
71.24% 0.06% 100% 0.00%
Ordinary resolution number 3: To re-elect CDS Needham as an independent non-executive
director of the Company
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,581,734,835 2,438,573 1,567,225,850 14,508,985
71.16% 0.11% 99.08% 0.92%
Ordinary resolution number 4: To re-elect Y Themba as an independent non-executive
director of the Company
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,581,753,835 2,419,573 1,579,646,850 2,106,985
71.16% 0.11% 99.87% 0.13%
Ordinary resolution number 5: To re-elect KC Spencer as an independent non-executive
director of the Company
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,581,733,571 2,439,837 1,527,767,800 53,965,771
71.16% 0.11% 96.59% 3.41%
Ordinary resolution number 6: To re-elect D Earp as a member of the audit and risk
committee
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,581,734,845 2,438,563 1,578,656,496 3,078,349
71.16% 0.11% 99.81% 0.19%
Ordinary resolution number 7: To elect CDS Needham as a member of the audit and risk
committee
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,581,752,324 2,421,084 1,567,799,024 13,953,300
71.16% 0.11% 99.12% 0.88%
Ordinary Resolution 8: To re-elect TF Mosololi as a member of the audit and risk
committee
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,581,771,324 2,402,084 1,564,094,350 17,676,974
71.16% 0.11% 98.88% 1.12%
Ordinary Resolution 9: To endorse the Company’s remuneration policy
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,540,665,005 43,508,403 1,102,042,848 438,622,157
69.31% 1.96% 71.53% 28.47%
Ordinary resolution number 10: To endorse the Company’s remuneration implementation
report (Notes 1 and 2)
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,582,743,776 1,429,632 1,155,509,206 427,234,570
71.20% 0.06% 73.01% 26.99%
Ordinary resolution number 11: To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of
the Company and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,581,887,067 2,286,341 1,581,729,941 157,126
71.16% 0.10% 99.99% 0.01%
Ordinary resolution number 12: To authorise the directors to allot equity securities (Note 1)
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,582,756,792 1,416,616 982,340,931 600,415,861
71.20% 0.06% 62.07% 37.93%
Ordinary resolution number 13: To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights and
general authority to issue shares for cash
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,582,632,195 1,541,213 649,186,803 933,445,392
71.20% 0.07% 41.02% 58.98%
Special resolution number 14: To approve market purchases of ordinary shares
Shares Voted Abstained For Against
1,583,363,562 1,459,846 1,470,257,743 113,105,819
71.23% 0.07% 92.86% 7.14%
Notes
• Percentages of shares voted are calculated in relation to the total issued ordinary share
capital of Pan African.
• Percentages of shares voted for and against each resolution are calculated in relation to the
total number of shares voted in respect of each resolution.
• Abstentions are calculated as a percentage in relation to the total issued ordinary share
capital of Pan African.
1. In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, when 20% or more of the votes
have been cast against the board recommendation for a resolution, the Company will consult
with those shareholders who voted against ordinary resolution numbers 9, 10 and 12
(Resolutions), (Dissenting Shareholders) in order to ascertain the reasons for doing so,
following which an update on the views expressed by such Dissenting Shareholders and the
subsequent actions taken by the Company will be issued.
2. Furthermore, as required in terms of the King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South
Africa, 2016 and paragraph 3.84(j) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, Pan African
invites those Dissenting Shareholders who voted against ordinary resolution number 9
and/or ordinary resolution 10 to engage with the Company regarding their views on the
Company’s remuneration policy and/or implementation report.
Dissenting Shareholders may forward their concerns / questions pertaining to the Resolutions
to the Company Secretary via email at general@corpserv.co.uk by close of business on
9 December 2022. The Company will then respond in writing to these Dissenting Shareholders,
and if required, engage further with the Dissenting Shareholders in this regard.
2. SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES
Shareholders are referred to the Group’s provisional summarised audited results that were
released on 14 September 2022, wherein an exchange rate of South African Rand (ZAR) to the
British Pound (GBP) of GBP/ZAR:19.90 and an exchange rate of ZAR to the US Dollar (USD)
of USD/ZAR:17.30 was used for illustrative purposes to convert the proposed ZAR dividend
of 18.00000 ZA cents per share into GBP and USD, respectively.
Shareholders are advised that, following the approval of the final dividend at the AGM, the
exchange rate for conversion of the final ZAR dividend into GBP has been fixed at an exchange
rate of GBP/ZAR:20.71 which translates to a final GBP dividend of 0.86915 pence per share
and the exchange rate for conversion of the final ZAR dividend into USD for illustrative
purposes is USD/ZAR:17.01, which translates to an illustrative final USD dividend of US
1.05820 cents per share.
The following salient dates apply:
Currency conversion date Thursday, 24 November 2022
Currency conversion announcement released by
11.00 (SA time) Friday 25 November 2022
Last date to trade on the JSE Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Last date to trade on the LSE Wednesday 30 November 2022
Ex-dividend date on the JSE Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Ex-dividend date on the LSE Thursday, 1 December 2022
Record date on the JSE and LSE Friday, 2 December 2022
Payment date Tuesday, 13 December 2022
Notes
• No transfers between the Johannesburg and London registers between the commencement
of trading on Wednesday, 30 November 2022 and close of business on Friday, 2 December
2022, will be permitted.
• No shares may be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 30 November 2022
and Friday, 2 December 2022, both days inclusive.
• The final dividend per share was calculated on 2,222,862,046 total shares in issue equating
to 18.00000 ZA cents per share or 0.86915 pence or 1.05820 US cents per share.
• The South African dividends tax rate is 20% per ordinary share for shareholders who are
liable to pay the dividends tax, resulting in a net dividend of 14.40000 ZA cents per share
0.69532 pence per share and US 0.84656 cents per share for these shareholders. Foreign
investors may qualify for a lower dividend tax rate, subject to completing a dividend tax
declaration and submitting it to Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited or
Link Group who manage the SA and UK register, respectively. The Company's South
African income tax reference number is 9154588173. The dividend will be distributed from
South African income reserves/ retained earnings, without drawing on any other capital
reserves.
Johannesburg
25 November 2022
Corporate Information
Corporate Office Registered Office
The Firs Office Building Second Floor
2nd Floor, Office 204 107 Cheapside
Cnr. Cradock and Biermann Avenues London
Rosebank, Johannesburg EC2V 6DN
South Africa United Kingdom
Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 Office: + 44 (0)20 7796 8644
E-mail: info@paf.co.za
Chief Executive Officer Financial Director
Cobus Loots Deon Louw
Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900
Company Secretary Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Phil Dexter/Jane Kirton Ross Allister/David McKeown
St James's Corporate Services Limited Peel Hunt LLP
Office: + 44 (0)20 7796 8644 Office: +44 (0)20 7418 8900
JSE Sponsor Joint Broker
Ciska Kloppers Thomas Rider/Nick Macann
Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited BMO Capital Markets Limited
Office: + 27 (0)11 011 9200 Office: +44 (0)20 7236 1010
Head of Investor Relations Joint Broker
Hethen Hira Mathew Armitt/Jennifer Lee
Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG
E-mail: hhira@paf.co.za
Office: +44 (0)20 3207 7800
Website: www.panafricanresources.com