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ASA
AMAGB
ASA - ABSA Group Limited - Results of the Annual General Meeting (AGM)
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 Thursday, 21 April
2011, 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 2010 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
2010: 99.99 Passed
Resolution to re-appoint the
Company`s auditors: 99.85 Passed
Resolutions to re-elect
retiring directors:
B P Connellan 98.76 Passed
G Griffin 98.92 Passed
Y Z Cuba 98.39 Passed
B C M M de Vitry d`Avaucourt 99.56 Passed
A P Jenkins 98.72 Passed
T M Mokgosi-Mwantembe 99.75 Passed
T S Munday 99.75 Passed
M D C D N C Ramos 99.41 Passed
Resolution to confirm the
appointment of a new director
appointed after the last AGM:
C Beggs 99.75 Passed
Resolution regarding the placing
of unissued shares under the
control of the directors: 93.37 Passed
Special resolutions
Special resolution to sanction the
Proposed remuneration of the
non-executive directors, payable
from 1 May 2011: 99.89 Passed
Special resolution to
amend article 149: 99.26 Passed
Special resolution to
amend article 157: 99.99 Passed
Special resolution to
delete article 157A: 99.99 Passed
Special resolution
regarding the authority
for a general repurchase of
ordinary shares of the Company: 99.99 Passed
The special resolutions will be lodged with the Companies and Intellectual
Property Registration Office (CIPRO) in due course and, where appropriate, the
Registrar of Banks.
D C Arnold and M W Hlahla retired at the AGM. The Group Chairman, G Griffin,
stated:
"I would like to thank Des Arnold for his dedication and expert contribution to
the Absa Group board since 2003, notably as Chairman of the Group Audit and
Compliance Committee, but also as a member of the Group Risk and Capital
Management, Directors` Affairs and Board Finance Committees. I wish him a
pleasant retirement.
I would also like to extend my thanks to Monhla Hlahla, who joined the board in
2005 and served on the Group Risk and Capital Management Committee. Monhla, who
retired by rotation at this annual general meeting, has not made herself
available for re-election. I wish her well in her future endeavours."
Johannesburg
21 April 2011
Enquiries:
David Hodnett
Group Financial Director
Tel: (+2711) 350 2623
Email: David.Hodnett@absa.co.za
Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 21/04/2011 13:02:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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