26 Apr 2012 17:03
Amsterdam, 26 April 2012
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 four 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 2011, and the Reports of the directors and auditors | 184,496,876 | 99.86% | 256,000 | 0.14% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 2: Approval of final dividend of EUR 0.07 per A Share | 184,752,876 | 100% | - | - | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 3: Re-election of Mike Salamon as a Director | 178,330,900 | 96.52% | 6,421,976 | 3.48% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 4: Re-election of Klaus-Dieter Beck as a Director | 184,300,189 | 99.75% | 452,687 | 0.25% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 5: Re-election of Marek Jelínek as a Director | 184,300,189 | 99.75% | 452,687 | 0.25% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 6: Re-election of Zdenek Bakala as a Director | 174,325,996 | 94.36% | 10,426,880 | 5.64% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 7: Re-election of Peter Kadas as a Director | 183,762,083 | 99.46% | 990,793 | 0.54% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 8: Re-election of Pavel Telicka as a Director | 182,362,826 | 98.71% | 2,390,050 | 1.29% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 9: Re-election of Kostyantin Zhevago as a Director | 180,627,349 | 97.89% | 3,890,244 | 2.11% | 184,517,593 |
Resolution 10: Re-election of Bessel Kok as a Director | 182,562,436 | 98.99% | 1,864,420 | 1.01% | 184,426,856 |
Resolution 11: Re-election of Steven Schuit as a Director | 184,652,888 | 99.95% | 99,988 | 0.05% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 12: Re-election of Paul Everard as a Director | 184,700,833 | 99.97% | 52,043 | 0.03% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 13: Re-election of Barry Rourke as a Director | 184,652,888 | 99.95% | 99,988 | 0.05% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 14: Re-election of Hans-Jörg Rudloff as a Director | 180,423,443 | 97.83% | 4,003,413 | 2.17% | 184,426,856 |
Resolution 15: Re-election of KPMG Audit Plc as auditors | 184,167,700 | 99.68% | 585,176 | 0.32% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 16: Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report | 170,783,711 | 92.48% | 13,895,666 | 7.52% | 184,679,377 |
Resolution 17: Approval of the Directors to allot shares | 184,676,892 | 99.97% | 55,494 | 0.03% | 184,732,386 |
Resolution 18: Authorisation of the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 184,617,876 | 99.93% | 135,000 | 0.07% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 19: Authorisation of the Company to purchase its own shares | 184,606,139 | 99.92% | 146,737 | 0.08% | 184,752,876 |
Resolution 20: Amendment to notice period of general meetings | 182,431,906 | 98.74% | 2,320,970 | 1.26% | 184,752,876 |
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 14 March 2012 and available on the Company's website.
The minutes of the AGM will be made available on the Company's website in due course.
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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
[1] The Total Votes cast consist of A and B ordinary shares of NWR.