Regulatory Announcement
RESULT OF VOTING ON RESOLUTIONS
AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
HELD ON 6TH MAY 2008
Zug, Tuesday, 6th May 2008
Xstrata plc announces that a copy of the resolutions passed at its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 6th May 2008, has been submitted to the Financial Services Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
Xstrata plc also announces the result of voting on the resolutions at the Annual General Meeting. Each of the resolutions was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 – 9 and 13, as ordinary resolutions, were passed on a show of hands. A poll was taken for resolutions 10, 11 and 12 which were proposed as special resolutions.
Details are set out below of the proxy votes received by Xstrata before the AGM in respect of resolutions 1 – 9 and 13, and the result of the poll taken for resolutions 10, 11 and 12.
| Proxy voting for Resolutions 1-9 | For | Against | Votes withheld |
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| 1. | Adoption of Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2007 | 704,667,260 | 845,605 | 22,672 |
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| 2. | Declaration of final dividend of US$0.34 cents per ordinary share | 701,860,107 | 235,400 | 3,440,030 |
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| 3. | Approval of the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2007 | 626,099,666 | 71,253,886 | 8,818,985 |
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| 4. | Re-election of Willy Strothotte to the Board | 503,320,869 | 80,451,437 | 121,763,230 |
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| 5. | Re-election of Paul Hazen to the Board | 687,179,636 | 8,067,040 | 10,288,861 |
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| 6. | Re-election of Ian Strachan to the Board | 682,839,287 | 19,632,993 | 3,063,257 |
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| 7. | Election of Claude Lamoureux to the Board | 704,159,732 | 1,131,854 | 243,951 |
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| 8. | Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors to the Company and authority to determine their remuneration | 654,376,751 | 47,055,694 | 4,103,092 |
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| 9. | General authority to the directors to allot relevant securities pursuant to Article 14 of the Company’s Articles of Association | 702,400,463 | 2,836,001 | 299,073 |
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| Result of Poll for Resolutions 10, 11 and 12 |
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| 10. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights empowering the directors to allot equity securities pursuant to Article 15 of the Company’s Articles of Association | 703,894,069 | 1,423,625 | 300,313 |
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| 11. | Adoption of a new form of Articles of Association identified as New Articles ‘A’ (the “New Articles”) with effect from the conclusion of the meeting in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing Articles of Association | 705,145,495 | 6,980 | 465,532 |
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| 12. | Subject to the passing of resolution 11, adoption of the new form of Articles of Association identified as New Articles ‘B’ as the Articles of Association with effect from 1 October 2008, in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the New Articles. | 704,782,553 | 369,880 | 465,574 |
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| Proxy voting for Resolution 13 |
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| 13. | Amendments to the rules of the Xstrata plc Added Value Incentive Plan. | 587,727,272 | 74,868,355 | 42,939,910 |
| Xstrata contacts | ||||
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| Richard Elliston |
| Claire Divver | ||
| Telephone | +44 20 7968 2885 |
| Telephone | +44 20 7968 2871 |
| Mobile | +44 7759 924 576 |
| Mobile | +44 7785 964 340 |
| Email | relliston@xstrata.com |
| Email | cdivver@xstrata.com |