FIRSTRAND : Report on proceedings at the annual general meeting and changes to the board
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FIRSTRAND LIMITED - Report on proceedings at the a
1 Dec 2017
FSRP FSR 201712010055A
Report on proceedings at the annual general meeting and changes to the board
FIRSTRAND LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1966/010753/06)
JSE ordinary share code: FSR ISIN: ZAE000066304
JSE B preference share code: FSRP ISIN: ZAE000060141
NSX ordinary share code: FST
(FirstRand)
REPORT ON PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND CHANGES TO THE BOARD
At the 21st (twenty first) annual general meeting ('AGM') of the shareholders of FirstRand Limited held on Thursday, 30 November 2017 all the ordinary and
special resolutions proposed at the meeting were approved by the requisite majority of votes. In this regard, FirstRand Limited confirms the voting statistics
from the AGM as follows:
Total number of shares that can be exercised at the meeting 100% 5 503 651 822 *
Total number of shares present/represented including proxies at the meeting 84% 4 635 567 981
Total number of members present in person 7
Votes carried disclosed as a
percentage in relation to the total Shares voted Shares abstained
number of shares voted at the disclosed as a disclosed as a
meeting percentage in percentage in
Number of shares relation to the relation to the
For Against voted total issued share total issued share
Resolutions capital** capital**
Ordinary resolution number 1.1: Re- 81.74% 18.26% 4 632 963 117 82.59% 0.05%
election of directors by way of separate
resolution: PM Goss
Ordinary resolution number 1.2: Re- 86.50% 13.50% 4 632 378 117 82.58% 0.06%
election of directors by way of separate
resolution: PK Harris
Ordinary resolution number 1.3: Re- 96.89% 3.11% 4 632 865 199 82.59% 0.05%
election of directors by way of separate
resolution: RM Loubser
Ordinary resolution number 1.4: Re- 96.88% 3.12% 4 632 963 117 82.59% 0.05%
election of directors by way of separate
resolution: AT Nzimande
Ordinary resolution number 1.5: 94.20% 5.80% 4 632 375 915 82.58% 0.06%
Vacancies filled by the directors during
the year: TS Mashego
Ordinary resolution number 1.6: 88.90% 11.10% 4 632 375 915 82.58% 0.06%
Vacancies filled by the directors during
the year: HL Bosman
Ordinary resolution number 2.1: 99.92% 0.08% 4 632 868 324 82.59% 0.05%
Appointment of auditor: Deloitte &
Touche
Ordinary resolution number 2.2: 99.65% 0.35% 4 632 866 122 82.59% 0.05%
Appointment of auditor:
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
Advisory endorsement of remuneration 80.68% 19.32% 4 627 901 656 82.50% 0.14%
policy
Advisory endorsement of remuneration 81.26% 18.74% 4 627 900 266 82.50% 0.14%
implementation report
Ordinary resolution number 3: General 98.83% 1.17% 4 632 963 135 82.59% 0.05%
authority to issue authorised but
unissued ordinary shares for regulatory
capital reasons
Ordinary resolution number 4: General 96.44% 3.56% 4 632 961 208 82.59% 0.05%
authority to issue authorised but
unissued ordinary shares for cash
Ordinary resolution number 5: Signing 100.00% 0.00% 4 632 964 004 82.59% 0.05%
authority
Special resolution number 1: General 99.35% 0.65% 4 631 751 013 82.57% 0.07%
authority to repurchase ordinary shares
Special resolution number 2.1: Financial 87.16% 12.84% 4 622 213 762 82.40% 0.24%
assistance to directors and prescribed
officers as employee share scheme
beneficiaries
Special resolution number 2.2: Financial 99.78% 0.22% 4 632 963 000 82.59% 0.05%
assistance to related and interrelated
entities
Special resolution number 3: 98.07% 1.93% 4 631 883 504 82.57% 0.07%
Remuneration of non-executive
directors with effect from 1 December
2017
* Total number of shares that can be exercised at the meeting is 5 503 651 822 (the number excludes the shares held by FirstRand employee share trusts,
whose votes are not taken into account in terms of the JSE Listing Requirements)
** Total issued capital is 5 609 488 001
Shareholders are further advised that Benedict James van der Ross and Jan Hendrik van Greuning retired from the boards of directors (the boards) of FirstRand
Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited at the conclusion of each company's AGM. The Boards wish to express their appreciation for the valuable contribution that
they have made to the boards during their time with FirstRand Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited and wishes them well in their future endeavours.
Sandton
1 December 2017
Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (a Division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
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FirstRand Limited is a financial services group primarily organized around 3 sectors of activities:
- retail banking;
- investment banking;
- business banking.
At the end of June 2023, the group had ZAR 1,923.1 billion in current deposits and ZAR 1,455.4 billion in current loans.