26 Apr 2013 15:20
Amsterdam, 26 April 2013
New World Resources
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Resolutions Passed
New World Resources Plc ('NWR' or the 'Company'), one of Central Europe's leading hard coal and coke producers, announces that its shareholders approved all twenty-two resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting (the 'AGM'), which took place today in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
A breakdown of the votes cast is as follows:
VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | TOTAL VOTES[1] | |
Resolution 1: Approval of the Annual Report and Accounts 2012, and the Reports of the directors and auditors | 188,892,826 | 99.23% | 1,471,645 | 0.77% | 190,364,471 |
Resolution 2: Re-election of Gareth Penny as a Director | 184,673,065 | 97.03% | 5,651,726 | 2.97% | 190,324,791 |
Resolution 3: Re-election of Marek Jelínek as a Director | 190,175,682 | 99.90% | 188,789 | 0.10% | 190,364,471 |
Resolution 4: Re-election of Jan Fabian as a Director | 188,704,037 | 99.15% | 1,620,754 | 0.85% | 190,324,791 |
Resolution 5: Re-election of Zdenek Bakala as a Director | 181,336,464 | 95.26% | 9,028,007 | 4.74% | 190,364,471 |
Resolution 6: Re-election of Peter Kadas as a Director | 187,948,724 | 98.73% | 2,415,747 | 1.27% | 190,364,471 |
Resolution 7: Re-election of Pavel Telicka as a Director | 188,483,312 | 99.01% | 1,881,159 | 0.99% | 190,364,471 |
Resolution 8: Re-election of Kostyantin Zhevago as a Director | 186,822,759 | 98.16% | 3,502,032 | 1.84% | 190,324,791 |
Resolution 9: Re-election of Bessel Kok as a Director | 182,050,250 | 95.63% | 8,314,221 | 4.37% | 190,364,471 |
Resolution 10: Re-election of Steven Schuit as a Director | 190,344,626 | 99.99% | 19,845 | 0.01% | 190,364,471 |
Resolution 11: Re-election of Paul Everard as a Director | 190,344,626 | 99.99% | 19,845 | 0.01% | 190,364,471 |
Resolution 12: Re-election of Barry Rourke as a Director | 189,178,981 | 99.38% | 1,185,490 | 0.62% | 190,364,471 |
Resolution 13: Re-election of Hans-Jörg Rudloff as a Director | 185,261,438 | 97.34% | 5,063,353 | 2.66% | 190,324,791 |
Resolution 14: Election of Alyson Warhurst as a Director
| 190,344,626 | 99.99% | 19,845 | 0.01% | 190,364,471 |
Resolution 15: Re-election of KPMG Audit Plc as auditors | 190,018,791 | 99.84% | 306,000 | 0.16% | 190,324,791 |
Resolution 16: Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report | 168,677,731 | 92.49% | 13,686,540 | 7.51% | 182,364,271 |
Resolution 17: Approval of changes to the Deferred Bonus Plan rules | 176,697,849 | 92.83% | 13,657,291 | 7.17% | 190,355,140 |
Resolution 18: Amendment to the terms of the options granted to Mr. Gareth Penny | 178,258,009 | 94.20% | 10,980,297 | 5.80% | 189,238,306 |
Resolution 19: Approval of the Directors to allot shares | 189,169,835 | 99.37% | 1,194,636 | 0.63% | 190,364,471 |
Resolution 20: Authorisation of the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 189,138,306 | 99.36% | 1,226,165 | 0.64% | 190,364,471 |
Resolution 21: Authorisation of the Company to purchase its own shares | 181,142,826 | 99.95% | 95,680 | 0.05% | 181,238,506 |
Resolution 22: Amendment to notice period of general meetings | 188,399,038 | 99.56% | 839,468 | 0.44% | 189,238,506 |
A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection on the website: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
For a detailed overview of the resolutions, please refer to the Notice of AGM, published on 27 March 2013 and available on the Company's website.
The minutes of the AGM will be made available on the Company's website in due course[2].
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For further information please contact:
Investor Relations Corporate Communications
Tel: +31 20 570 2244 Tel: +31 20 570 2229
Email: ir@nwrgroup.eu Email: pr@nwrgroup.eu
Website: www.newworldresources.eu
About NWR:
New World Resources Plc is one of Central Europe's leading hard coal and coke producers. NWR produces quality coking and thermal coal for the steel and energy sectors in Central Europe through its subsidiary OKD, the largest hard coal mining company in the Czech Republic. NWR's coke subsidiary OKK, is Europe's largest producer of foundry coke. NWR currently has several development projects in Poland and the Czech Republic, which form part of NWR's regional growth strategy.
In 2013 the Company announced a strategic outlook to reposition NWR into Europe's leading miner and marketer of coking coal by 2017.
NWR is a FTSE 250 company, with listings in London, Prague and Warsaw.
[1] The Total Votes cast consist of A and B ordinary shares of NWR.
[2] In connection with rule II.1.9a of the Code of Best Practices for WSE Listed Companies, NWR informs that on its corporate website, the Company does not include an audio or video recording of its Annual General Meeting.