Johannesburg, Friday, 20 November 2020. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (‘Harmony’ or ‘the Company’) advises shareholders that, at Harmony’s electronic annual general meeting held today, the requisite majority of shareholders approved all the ordinary and special resolutions, as set out in the notice of annual general meeting dated 23 October 2020, forming part of the Company’s 2020 report to shareholders and integrated annual report.
There were 603,717,794 ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the annual general meeting.
The voting results of the resolutions were as follows:
| Total shares voted | Total shares in issue | ||||
| For (%) | Against (%) | Number of shares voted | Voted (%) | Abstained (%) | |
| Ordinary resolutions | |||||
| 1. Election of new director – Boipelo Lekubo | 99,75% | 0,25% | 505 328 111 | 83,70% | 0,07% |
| 2. Re-election of director – Dr Patrice Motsepe | 80,02% | 19,98% | 505 383 703 | 83,71% | 0,06% |
| 3. Re-election of director – John Wetton | 99,07% | 0,93% | 505 291 128 | 83,70% | 0,08% |
| 4. Re-election of director – Joaquim Chissano | 96,25% | 3,75% | 505 088 866 | 83,66% | 0,11% |
| 5. Re-election of director – Modise Motlaba | 80,41% | 19,59% | 505 086 464 | 83,66% | 0,11% |
| 6. Re-election of director – Mavuso Msimang | 74,68% | 25,32% | 505 193 637 | 83,68% | 0,09% |
| 7. Re-election of audit and risk committee member – Fikile De Buck | 96,80% | 3,20% | 505 412 119 | 83,72% | 0,06% |
| 8. Re-election of audit and risk committee member – Karabo Nondumo | 99,85% | 0,15% | 505 374 466 | 83,71% | 0,06% |
| 9. Re-election of audit and risk committee member – Dr Simo Lushaba | 96,04% | 3,96% | 505 382 678 | 83,71% | 0,06% |
| 10. Re-election of audit and risk committee member – John Wetton | 99,10% | 0,90% | 505 417 165 | 83,72% | 0,05% |
| 11. Re-election of audit and risk committee member – Given Sibiya | 99,85% | 0,15% | 505 411 549 | 83,72% | 0,06% |
| 12. Re-appointment of external auditors – PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. | 86,58% | 13,42% | 505 521 094 | 83,73% | 0,04% |
| 13. Approval of the remuneration policy | 97,43% | 2,57% | 504 210 422 | 83,52% | 0,25% |
| 14. Approval of the implementation report | 98,18% | 1,82% | 503 995 125 | 83,48% | 0,29% |
| 15. General authority to issue shares for cash | 95,60% | 4,40% | 504 557 595 | 83,58% | 0,20% |
| Special resolution | |||||
| 1. Pre-approval of non-executive directors’ remuneration | 97,73% | 2,27% | 504 422 189 | 83,55% | 0,22% |
For more details contact:
Marian van der Walt
Senior Group Executive: Enterprise Risk and Investor Relations
+27(0)82 888 1242 (mobile)
Max Manoeli
Investor Relations and Social Media Manager
+27(0)82 759 1775 (mobile)
Johannesburg, South Africa
20 November 2020
Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited