Incorporated in Guernsey. Guernsey registration Number: 47656
South African external company registration number 2009/012636/10
Share code on JSE: GML / AIM: GEM
ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31
("Gemfields" or the "Company")
Results of Extraordinary General Meeting
LONDON, 30 NOVEMBER 2022
Shareholders are advised that the Company’s Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) was held
today, Wednesday 30 November 2022, pursuant to which the Company sought shareholder
approval for a general share buy-back programme of up to USD 10 million (the “Share Buy-Back”).
The Company is pleased to announce that all the binding resolutions as set out in the notice of
EGM and accompanying shareholder circular were duly passed by the requisite majority of
shareholders.
Accordingly, the Company expects to commence the Share Buy-Back as soon as reasonably
practicable. The Company will release a further announcement once the programme has
commenced.
Details of the voting results at the EGM are as follows:
Total number of Ordinary Shares (with voting rights) 1,207,479,465
Total number of Ordinary Shares present/represented including 750,358,042
proxies at the meeting (including shares abstained from voting)
Total number of Ordinary Shares present/represented including 750,022,257
proxies at the meeting (excluding shares abstained from voting)
Percentage of Ordinary Shares represented at the meeting 62.14%
Gemfields Group Limited, Royal Chambers, St Julian’s Avenue, St Peter Port, GY1 4HP, Guernsey
T +44 (0)1481 731 554
gemfieldsgroup.com
Resolution proposed For Against Abstain
Special Resolution 1:
General Authority to Repurchase Ordinary Shares 749,968,219 54,038 335,785
99.99% 0.01%
Special Resolution 2:
General Authority to Cancel Ordinary Shares 749,945,832 43,294 366,019
99.99% 0.01%
Ordinary Resolution
Authorising Resolution 749,984,219 38,038 335,785
99.99% 0.01%
-ENDS-
Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at:
GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM
To join our investor mailing list, contact us on:
ir@gemfields.com
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For any press enquiries please contact us on:
gemfields@camarco.co.uk
ENQUIRIES
GEMFIELDS Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Ian Hughes
ir@gemfields.com
T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400
SPONSOR (JSE) Investec Bank Limited
NOMINATED ADVISER finnCap
(AIM) & JOINT BROKER Christopher Raggett / Tim Redfern / Edward Whiley
T: +44(0) 20 7220 0500
JOINT BROKER Liberum
Scott Mathieson / Kane Collings
T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222
FINANCIAL PR/ IR Camarco
Gordon Poole / Emily Hall
T: +44(0) 20 3757 4980
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GEMFIELDS
Gemfields is a world-leading miner of responsible coloured gemstones. Gemfields is the operator
and 75% owner of both the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia (believed to be the world’s single
largest producing emerald mine) and the Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique (one of the most
significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields also holds
controlling interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licences in Zambia,
Mozambique, Ethiopia and Madagascar.
Gemfields’ outright ownership of Fabergé - an iconic and prestigious brand of exceptional heritage
- enables Gemfields to optimise positioning, perception and consumer awareness of coloured
gemstones through Fabergé designs, advancing the wider group’s “mine and market” vision.
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Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction and trading
platform to provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key
component of Gemfields’ business model that has played an important role in the growth of the
global coloured gemstone sector.
GEMFIELDS
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