Result of AGM
30th Apr 2025 16:00
Anglo American plc
Registered office: 17 Charterhouse Street, London EC1N 6RA
Registered number: 3564138 (incorporated in England and Wales)
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300S9XF92D1X8ME43
AGM 2025 - Voting Results
Anglo American plc (the "Company") announces that all resolutions were passed by the requisite majorities at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 30 April 2025. In line with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each resolution at the meeting.
On 30 April 2025, the issued share capital of the Company was 1,337,577,913 ordinary shares of US$0.54945 each. No shares were held in Treasury, therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company was 1,337,577,9131.
The total number of votes received on each resolution was as follows:
Resolution | For
| % of Votes Cast | Against | % of Votes Cast | Votes cast as % of Issued Share Capital | Votes Withheld |
1. Report and Accounts | 846,054,271 | 99.88 | 1,001,883 | 0.12 | 63.33% | 8,497,005 |
2. Final Dividend | 852,312,919 | 99.73 | 2,346,250 | 0.27 | 63.90% | 881,493 |
3. Elect Anne Wade | 853,253,881 | 99.92 | 660,600 | 0.08 | 63.84% | 1,626,180 |
4. Re-elect Stuart Chambers | 801,914,551 | 93.82 | 52,785,436 | 6.18 | 63.90% | 840,672 |
5. Re-elect Duncan Wanblad | 848,981,133 | 99.35 | 5,596,455 | 0.65 | 63.89% | 963,073 |
6. Re-elect John Heasley | 848,748,743 | 99.32 | 5,848,188 | 0.68 | 63.89% | 943,731 |
7. Re-elect Ian Tyler | 790,840,446 | 93.75 | 52,733,371 | 6.25 | 63.07% | 11,966,843 |
8. Re-elect Magali Anderson | 848,296,072 | 99.34 | 5,598,906 | 0.66 | 63.84% | 1,645,683 |
9. Re-elect Ian Ashby | 801,759,196 | 93.89 | 52,215,672 | 6.11 | 63.84% | 1,565,789 |
10. Re-elect Marcelo Bastos | 839,474,246 | 98.31 | 14,420,448 | 1.69 | 63.84% | 1,645,967 |
11. Re-elect Hilary Maxson | 839,993,488 | 98.37 | 13,901,374 | 1.63 | 63.84% | 1,645,799 |
12. Re-elect Hixonia Nyasulu | 826,253,462 | 96.76 | 27,641,076 | 3.24 | 63.84% | 1,646,122 |
13. Re-elect Nonkululeko Nyembezi | 847,565,614 | 99.27 | 6,203,490 | 0.73 | 63.83% | 1,771,558 |
14. To re-appoint the Auditors | 851,765,205 | 99.66 | 2,863,408 | 0.34 | 63.89% | 911,849 |
15. Auditors' remuneration | 854,270,615 | 99.96 | 368,624 | 0.04 | 63.89% | 901,423 |
16. Implementation report within Remuneration report | 640,585,404 | 75.72 | 205,447,665 | 24.28 | 63.25% | 9,507,029 |
17. Authority to allot shares | 738,679,570 | 86.46 | 115,680,209 | 13.54 | 63.87% | 1,180,883 |
18. Disapply pre-emption rights | 726,808,883 | 85.07 | 127,512,564 | 14.93 | 63.87% | 1,216,719 |
19. Authority to purchase own shares | 728,785,282 | 85.30 | 125,574,910 | 14.70 | 63.87% | 1,179,123 |
20. Hold general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 days' notice | 799,800,095 | 93.58 | 54,850,687 | 6.42 | 63.90% | 889,877 |
While the Board is pleased that all resolutions were supported by a significant majority of shareholders, Resolution 16 (Implementation Report within the Remuneration Report) was approved with a 75.72% majority. The Company has actively engaged with shareholders over the last year in respect of a range of governance and remuneration matters and has a detailed understanding of shareholder views. The Company will continue to engage with its shareholders to understand the reasons behind the result of the vote on this resolution and to determine any next steps. In line with the 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code, the Company will publish a further statement detailing the outcome of those engagements, including any actions taken as a result, within six months of today's Annual General Meeting.
This announcement will be available for viewing on the Company's website, www.angloamerican.com, as soon as practicable.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, at today's AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Clare Davage
Deputy Company SecretaryAnglo American plc30 April 2025
Note 1. Of these 112,300,129 shares are held by Epoch Investment Holdings (RF) Proprietary Limited, Epoch Two Investment Holdings (RF) Proprietary Limited and Tarl Investment Holdings (RF) Proprietary Limited, the independent companies which purchased shares as part of the Company's 2006 share buyback programme. These independent companies have waived their right to vote all the shares they hold or will hold in the Company.