1 August 2014

Vedanta Resources plc

("the Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting

The annual general meeting ('AGM') of the Company was held on 1 August 2014 at 3pm.

A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the meeting and the results are detailed below:

Resolution

Type of resolution

For

Against

Total votes cast


Votes withheld1

(Full text of resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting)

Special/ Ordinary

No. of votes

%

No. of votes

%

No. of votes

% of ISC voted

No. of votes

1.  To receive the 2014 Report and Accounts

Ordinary

239,720,841

98.95

2,547,817

1.05

242,268,658

87.82%

343,679

2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

Ordinary

240,062,105

99.33

1,630,575

0.67

241,692,680

87.61%

731,195

3.  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

Ordinary

224,605,024

93.32

16,073,243

6.68

240,678,267

87.24%

1,745,608

4. To approve the final dividend

Ordinary

242,205,040

99.92

202,714

0.08

242,407,754

87.87%

16,120

5. To elect T Albanese as a Director

Ordinary

242,121,998

99.89

257,421

0.11

242,379,419

87.86%

16,329

6. To re-elect  A Agarwal as a Director

Ordinary

218,711,271

96.52

7,881,645

3.48

226,592,916

82.13%

15,831,059

7. To re-elect N Agarwal as a Director

Ordinary

241,252,845

99.77

560,240

0.23

241,813,085

87.65%

610,890

8. To re-elect  E Macdonald as a Director

Ordinary

224,809,509

99.21

1,783,406

0.79

226,592,915

82.13%

15,831,059

9. To re-elect A Mehta as a Director

Ordinary

218,621,740

96.76

7,324,077

3.24

225,945,817

81.90%

16,478,157

10. To re-elect D Parekh as a Director

Ordinary

220,841,317

97.46

5,751,598

2.54

226,592,915

82.13%

15,831,059

11. To re-elect G Green as a Director

Ordinary

238,293,974

98.30

4,113,680

1.70

242,407,654

87.87%

16,320

12. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors

Ordinary

240,474,729

99.20

1,928,746

0.80

242,403,475

87.87%

20,499

13. To authorise directors to agree the auditors' remuneration

Ordinary

241,744,365

99.73

660,228

0.27

242,404,593

87.87%

19,246

14. To authorise the directors to allot shares

Ordinary

242,405,101

100.00

2,253

0.00

242,407,354

87.87%

16,620

15. To approve the Company's performance share plan

Ordinary

239,724,271

99.31

1,671,224

0.69

241,395,495

87.50%

1,028,344

16.  To disapply pre-emption rights

Special

242,324,245

99.97

82,009

0.03

242,406,254

87.87%

17,720

17.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of own shares

Special

242,401,685

100.00

5,919

0.00

242,407,604

87.87%

16,370

18. To authorise a general meeting to be called on not less than 14 days' notice

Special

237,221,131

97.86

5,186,223

2.14

242,407,354

87.87%

16,620

1.          A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes validly cast for or against a resolution.

All resolutions put to the meeting as set out in the Notice of Meeting were carried.

A copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Deepak Kumar

Company Secretary


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