Centamin PLC Announces Results of Court Meeting and General Meeting

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RECOMMENDED ACQUISITION OF CENTAMIN PLC BY ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC RESULTS OF COURT MEETING AND GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 28 OCTOBER 2024

PERTH, AUSTRALIA / ACCESSWIRE / October 28, 2024 / On 10 September 2024, the boards of Centamin plc ("Centamin") and AngloGold Ashanti plc ("AngloGold Ashanti") announced that they had agreed the terms of a recommended acquisition of Centamin (the "Transaction"). The Transaction is being implemented by way of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement between Centamin and the Scheme Shareholders under article 125 of the Jersey Companies Law (the "Scheme"). Capitalised terms in this announcement, unless otherwise defined, have the same meanings as set out in the scheme document published on 30 September 2024 in connection with the Transaction (the "Scheme Document"). All references to times in this announcement are to London times unless otherwise stated.

Centamin is pleased to announce the results of the Court Meeting and General Meeting held today in connection with the Transaction. The requisite quorum for each of the Court Meeting and the General Meeting was present.

At the Court Meeting, as more particularly described below, the requisite majority in number of Scheme Shareholders who voted (either in person or by proxy) and who together represented more than 75% of the voting rights of all Centamin Shares voted in favour of the resolution to approve the Scheme. The resolution was accordingly passed.

At the General Meeting, as more particularly described below, the requisite majority of Centamin Shareholders voted to pass the Special Resolution approving the Transaction and the amendment of the Centamin Articles.

Full details of the resolutions that were proposed are set out in the notices of the Court Meeting and General Meeting contained in the Scheme Document.

The total number of Centamin Shares in issue at the Scheme Voting Record Time was 1,161,082,695. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Centamin on the Scheme Voting Record Time was 1,161,082,695.

Voting results of the Court Meeting

The results of the poll at the Court Meeting are set out in the table below. Each Scheme Shareholder present in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote for each Scheme Share held at the Scheme Voting Record Time.