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PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC - Results of annual general meeting and salient dividend dates

Release Date: 21/11/2024 17:45
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Results of annual general meeting and salient dividend dates

Pan African Resources PLC                               Pan African Resources Funding Company
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales       Limited
under Companies Act 1985 with registered                Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)                     with limited liability
Share code on AIM: PAF                                  Registration number: 2012/021237/06
Share code on JSE: PAN                                  Alpha code: PARI
ISIN: GB0004300496
ADR code: PAFRY
("Pan African" or "the Company" or "the Group")

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES

1. RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Pan African shareholders (Shareholders) are advised that at the annual general meeting (AGM) of
Shareholders held on Thursday, 21 November 2024, all the ordinary and special resolutions, as set out
in the notice of AGM dated 31 October 2024, were approved by the requisite majority of Shareholders
present or represented by proxy.

The total number of Pan African ordinary shares (Shares) eligible to vote at the AGM is 2,222,862,046.

All resolutions proposed at the AGM, together with the percentage of shares abstained, as well as the
percentage of votes carried for and against each resolution, are as follows:

Resolution 1: To receive the accounts and the report of the directors of the Company and the auditors'
report thereon

Shares Voted                  Abstained             For                        Against
1,636,327,723                 4,912,132             1,636,319,494              8,229
73.61%                        0.22%                 100.00%                    0.00%

Resolution 2: To approve the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2024

Shares Voted                  Abstained             For                       Against
1,640,778,195                 461,660               1,640,769,966             8,229
73.81%                        0.02%                 100.00%                   0.00%

Resolution 3: To re-elect D Earp as a non-executive director of the Company

Shares Voted                  Abstained             For                       Against
1,598,708,282                 42,531,573            1,594,948,321             3,759,961
71.92%                        1.91%                 99.76%                    0.24%

Resolution 4: To re-elect TF Mosololi as a non-executive director of the Company

Shares Voted                   Abstained            For                       Against
1,640,188,951                  1,050,904            1,546,939,522             93,249,429
73.79%                         0.05%                94.31%                    5.69%
Resolution 5: To re-elect CDS Needham as a non-executive director of the Company

Shares Voted              Abstained                 For                         Against
1,640,188,737             1,051,118                 1,593,772,745               46,415,992
73.79%                    0.05%                     97.17%                      2.83%

Resolution 6: To confirm the appointment of M Kok as an executive director of the Company

Shares Voted              Abstained                 For                         Against
1,640,147,951             1,091,904                 1,637,048,865               3,099,086
73.79%                    0.05%                     99.81%                      0.19%

Resolution 7: To re-elect D Earp as a member of the audit and risk committee

Shares Voted              Abstained                 For                         Against
1,640,147,951             1,091,904                 1,636,388,377               3,759,574
73.79%                    0.05%                     99.77%                      0.23%

Resolution 8: To re-elect TF Mosololi as a member of the audit and risk committee

Shares Voted              Abstained                 For                         Against
1,640,143,951             1,095,904                 1,567,856,499               72,287,452
73.79%                    0.05%                     95.59%                      4.41%

Resolution 9: To re-elect CDS Needham as a member of the audit and risk committee

Shares Voted               Abstained                For                        Against
1,640,144,944              1,094,911                1,629,541,547              10,603,397
73.79%                     0.05%                    99.35%                     0.65%

Resolution 10: To endorse the Company's remuneration policy

Shares Voted               Abstained                For                        Against
1,640,390,276              849,579                  1,520,542,207              119,848,069
73.80%                     0.04%                    92.69%                     7.31%

Resolution 11: To endorse the Company's remuneration implementation report (Notes 1 and 2)

Shares Voted               Abstained                For                        Against
1,640,390,822              849,033                  1,268,209,549              372,181,273
73.80%                     0.04%                    77.31%                     22.69%

Resolution 12: To reappoint PwC as auditors of the Company and to authorise the directors to
determine their remuneration

Shares Voted               Abstained                For                        Against
1,640,185,593              1,054,262                1,635,745,950              4,439,643
73.79%                     0.05%                    99.73%                     0.27%
Resolution 13: To authorise the directors to allot equity securities

Shares Voted                Abstained                For                       Against
1,640,574,149               665,706                  1,599,891,673             40,682,476
73.80%                      0.03%                    97.52%                    2.48%

Resolution 14: To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights and general authority to issue
shares for cash

Shares Voted                Abstained                For                       Against
1,640,554,070               685,785                  1,552,573,670             87,980,400
73.80%                      0.03%                    94.64%                    5.36%

Resolution 15: To approve market purchases of ordinary shares

Shares Voted                Abstained                For                       Against
1,640,205,674               1,034,181                1,487,815,155             152,390,519
73.79%                      0.05%                    90.71%                    9.29%

Notes

•   Percentages of shares voted are calculated in relation to the total issued ordinary share capital of
    Pan African.
•   Percentages of shares voted for and against each resolution are calculated in relation to the total
    number of shares voted in respect of each resolution.
•   Abstentions are calculated as a percentage in relation to the total issued ordinary share capital of
    Pan African.

1. In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, when 20% or more of the votes have been
   cast against the board recommendation for a resolution, the Company will consult with those
   shareholders who voted against resolution number 11, (Dissenting Shareholders) in order to
   ascertain the reasons for doing so, following which an update on the views expressed by such
   Dissenting Shareholders and the subsequent actions taken by the Company will be issued.
2. Furthermore, as required in terms of the King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa,
   2016 and paragraph 3.84(j) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, Pan African invites those
   Dissenting Shareholders who voted against ordinary resolution number 11 to engage with the
   Company regarding their views on the Company's remuneration implementation report.

Dissenting Shareholders may forward their concerns / questions pertaining to the Resolutions to the
Company Secretary via email at general@corpserv.co.uk by close of business on 6 December 2024. The
Company will then respond in writing to these Dissenting Shareholders, and if required, engage further
with the Dissenting Shareholders in this regard.

2. SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES

Shareholders are referred to the Group's provisional summarised audited results that were released
on 11 September 2024, wherein an exchange rate of South African Rand (ZAR) to the British Pound
(GBP) of GBP/ZAR:23.01 and an exchange rate of ZAR to the US Dollar (USD) of USD/ZAR:18.19 was
used for illustrative purposes to convert the proposed ZAR dividend of 22.00000 ZA cents per share
into GBP and USD, respectively.
Shareholders are advised that, following the approval of the final dividend at the AGM, the exchange
rate for conversion of the final ZAR dividend into GBP has been fixed at an exchange rate of
GBP/ZAR:22.93 which translates to a final GBP dividend of 0.95944 pence per share and the exchange
rate for conversion of the final ZAR dividend into USD for illustrative purposes is USD/ZAR:18.10, which
translates to an illustrative final USD dividend of US 1.21547 cents per share.

The following salient dates apply:

    Currency conversion date                                     Thursday, 21 November 2024
    Last date to trade on the JSE                                Tuesday, 26 November 2024
    Last date to trade on the LSE                                Wednesday, 27 November 2024
    Ex-dividend date on the JSE                                  Wednesday, 27 November 2024
    Ex-dividend date on the LSE                                  Thursday, 28 November 2024
    Record date on the JSE and LSE                               Friday, 29 November 2024
    Payment date                                                 Tuesday, 10 December 2024

Notes

•     No transfers between the Johannesburg and London registers, between the commencement of
      trading on Wednesday, 27 November 2024 and close of business on Friday, 29 November 2024 will
      be permitted.
•     No shares may be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 27 November 2024 and
      Friday, 29 November 2024, both days inclusive.
•     The final dividend per share was calculated on 2,222,862,046 total shares in issue equating to
      22.00000 ZA cents per share or 0.95944 pence or 1.21547 US cents per share.
•     The South African dividends tax rate is 20% per ordinary share for shareholders who are liable to
      pay the dividends tax, resulting in a net dividend of 17.60000 ZA cents per share, 0.76755 pence
      per share and US 0.97238 cents per share for these shareholders. Foreign investors may qualify for
      a lower dividend tax rate, subject to completing a dividend tax declaration and submitting it to
      Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited or Link Group who manage the SA and UK
      register, respectively. The Company's South African income tax reference number is 9154588173.
      The dividend will be distributed from South African income reserves/ retained earnings, without
      drawing on any other capital reserves.

Johannesburg
21 November 2024
Corporate information

Corporate office                                 Registered office
The Firs Building                                2nd Floor
2nd Floor, Office 204                            107 Cheapside
Cnr. Cradock and Biermann Avenues                London
Rosebank, Johannesburg                           EC2V 6DN
South Africa                                     United Kingdom
Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900                      Office: + 44 (0)20 3869 0706
info@paf.co.za                                   info@paf.co.za

Chief executive officer                          Financial director and debt officer
Cobus Loots                                      Marileen Kok
Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900                      Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900

Head: Investor relations                         Website: www.panafricanresources.com
Hethen Hira
Tel: + 27 (0)11 243 2900
E-mail: hhira@paf.co.za

Company secretary                                Nominated adviser and joint broker
Jane Kirton                                      Ross Allister/Georgia Langoulant
St James's Corporate Services Limited
                                                 Peel Hunt LLP
Office: + 44 (0)20 3869 0706
                                                 Office: +44 (0)20 7418 8900

JSE Sponsor and JSE debt sponsor                 Joint broker
Ciska Kloppers                                   Thomas Rider/Nick Macann
Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited   BMO Capital Markets Limited
Office: + 27 (0) 63 482 3802                     Office: +44 (0)20 7236 1010

                                                 Joint broker
                                                 Matthew Armitt/Jennifer Lee
                                                 Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG
                                                 Office: +44 (0)20 3207 7800

Date: 21-11-2024 05:45:00
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