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ASA
AMAGB
ASA - Absa Group Limited - Results of the Annual General Meeting
ABSA GROUP LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1986/003934/06)
ISIN: ZAE000067237
JSE share code: ASA
Issuer code: AMAGB
(the Group or the Company)
RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)
Shareholders of the Group are advised that at the AGM held on Wednesday, 21
April 2010, all the resolutions set out in the notice of AGM sent to
shareholders as part of the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2009
were passed by the requisite majority of votes.
Votes for (%) Result
Ordinary resolutions
Resolution to consider the Group and
the Company audited financial
statements for the year
ended 31 December 2009: 99,97 Passed
Resolution to sanction the proposed
remuneration of non-executive directors,
payable from 1 May 2010: 98,96 Passed
Resolution to reappoint the Company`s
auditors: 99,91 Passed
Resolution to re-elect retiring
directors:
D C Brink 99,89 Passed
B P Connellan 99,89 Passed
G Griffin 99,98 Passed
D C Arnold 99,99 Passed
S A Fakie 99,99 Passed
L L von Zeuner 99,99 Passed
B J Willemse 99,99 Passed
R Le Blanc 99,75 Passed
M J Husain 99,99 Passed
S G Pretorius 99,99 Passed
Resolution to confirm the appointment
of a new director appointed after
the last AGM:
D W P Hodnett 99,99 Passed
Resolution regarding the placing of
unissued shares under the control
of the directors: 96,99 Passed
Special resolution
Resolution regarding the authority for
a general repurchase of ordinary
shares: 99,97 Passed
The special resolution will be lodged with CIPRO in due course.
Johannesburg
21 April 2010
Enquiries:
David Hodnett
Group Financial Director
Tel: (+2711) 350 2623
Email: David.Hodnett@absa.co.za
Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities Limited
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