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RNS Number : 6460M Hochschild Mining PLC 12 June 2025
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12 June 2025
Result of AGM
Hochschild Mining PLC (the "Company") announces the results detailed below of
the poll taken at the Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held earlier today at
which all proposed resolutions were passed.
As previously announced, the following changes in Board composition and
responsibilities took effect at the conclusion of the AGM:
- Michael Rawlinson retired from the Board;
- Tracey Kerr, current Independent Non-Executive Director replaced Michael
Rawlinson as Senior Independent Director;
- Jill Gardiner, current Independent Non-Executive Director, assumed the
role of Chair of the Remuneration Committee; and
- Andrew Wray was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive
Director and as a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees
(see announcement dated 24 January 2025 for further details).
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, the Company has submitted copies of
the resolutions dealing with the AGM special business to the National Storage
Mechanism, which will shortly be available for inspection
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .
Note
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 10 June 2025 at 6pm was 514,458,432.
Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. A vote withheld is not a
vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes
cast.
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Enquiries:
Hochschild Mining PLC
Raj Bhasin
+44 (0)7825
533495
Company Secretary
Hudson Sandler
Charlie Jack
+44 (0)20 7796 4133
Public Relations
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About Hochschild Mining PLC
Hochschild Mining PLC is a leading precious metals company listed on
the London Stock Exchange (HOCM.L / HOC LN) and crosstrades on the OTCQX
Best Market in the U.S. (HCHDF), with a primary focus on the exploration,
mining, processing and sale of silver and gold. Hochschild has over fifty
years' experience in the mining of precious metal epithermal vein deposits and
operates two underground epithermal vein mines: Inmaculada, located in
southern Peru; and San Jose in southern Argentina, and an open pit gold mine,
Mara Rosa, located in the state of Goiás, Brazil. Hochschild also has
numerous long-term projects throughout the Americas.
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AGM Resolutions VOTES FOR % OF VOTES CAST (1) VOTES AGAINST % OF VOTES CAST (1) TOTAL VOTES VOTES WITHHELD
("O" denotes Ordinary Resolution, "S" denotes Special Resolution)
1 Receipt of 2024 Report and Accounts (O) 418,780,692 100.00% 1,495 0.00% 418,782,187 294,848
2 Approve 2024 Directors' Remuneration Report (O) 410,778,593 98.03% 8,253,969 1.97% 419,032,562 44,473
3 Approve the 2024 final dividend (O) 419,050,807 100.00% 8,538 0.00% 419,059,345 17,690
4 Re-elect Jorge Born Jr. (O) 391,891,331 97.17% 11,397,631 2.83% 403,288,962 15,788,073
5 Re-elect Jill Gardiner (O) 409,053,210 97.62% 9,979,460 2.38% 419,032,670 44,365
Votes of the independent shareholders(2) 212,152,904 95.51% 9,979,460 4.49% 222,132,364 44,365
6 Re-elect Eduardo Hochschild (O) 327,778,458 81.36% 75,119,287 18.64% 402,897,745 16,179,290
7 Re-elect Tracey Kerr (O) 412,142,896 98.36% 6,891,535 1.64% 419,034,431 42,604
Votes of the independent shareholders(2) 215,242,590 96.90% 6,891,535 3.10% 222,134,125 42,604
8 Elect Eduardo Landin (O) 402,255,407 99.85% 606,299 0.15% 402,861,706 16,215,329
9 Elect Joanna Pearson (O) 416,377,799 99.36% 2,672,632 0.64% 419,050,431 26,604
Votes of the independent shareholders(2) 219,477,493 98.80% 2,672,632 1.20% 222,150,125 26,604
10 Re-elect Mike Sylvestre (O) 416,639,539 99.42% 2,410,893 0.58% 419,050,432 26,603
Votes of the independent shareholders(2) 219,739,233 98.91% 2,410,893 1.09% 222,150,126 26,603
11 Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors (O) 395,433,879 94.37% 23,596,187 5.63% 419,030,066 46,969
12 Authorise the Audit Committee to set the auditors' remuneration (O) 411,990,704 98.32% 7,037,090 1.68% 419,027,794 49,241
13 Authorise directors to allot shares/grant rights to subscribe for or to 415,536,974 99.17% 3,464,768 0.83% 419,001,742 75,293
convert any securities into shares (O)
14 Approve the Rule 9 waiver granted by the Panel on Takeover and Mergers (O)(3) 210,508,208 94.78% 11,590,291 5.22% 222,098,499 78,230
15 Disapply statutory pre-emption rights (S) 416,608,804 99.79% 885,968 0.21% 417,494,772 1,582,263
16 Disapply statutory pre-emption rights to finance an acquisition or other 418,097,573 99.79% 884,299 0.21% 418,981,872 95,163
capital investment (S)
17 Authorise the Company to make market purchases of own shares (S) 411,699,640 98.26% 7,276,633 1.74% 418,976,273 100,762
18 Authorise general meetings other than AGMs to be called on not less than 14 416,041,249 99.29% 2,986,168 0.71% 419,027,417 49,618
clear days' notice (S)
1. Excludes votes withheld
2. Under Listing Rule 9.2.2E R, resolutions on the re-election of any
independent director must be approved by (a) the shareholders of the Company;
and (b) the independent shareholders of the Company (i.e. excluding the
196,900,306 shares owned by Pelham Investment Corporation ("Pelham") which is
ultimately controlled by Eduardo Hochschild)
3. As stated in the Notice of AGM, no member of the Pelham Concert Party
(as defined in the shareholder circular dated 10 April 2025) is entitled to
vote on Resolution 14.
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