The Manager, Listings Australian Securities Exchange
Company Announcements Office
Dear Sir,
Annual General Meeting - Outcome of Business
We report that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held earlier today, each of the five resolutions were decided by a poll and passed.
The results of the poll are set out below:
Votes Cast at AGM
Resolution
For
Percentage
Against
Percentage
1. Adopt Director's Remuneration Report
740,292,892
95.81%
32,365,629
4.19%
2.Grant of rights to Managing Director under Equity Incentive Plan
788,242,680
98.11%
15,207,290
1.89%
3.Election of Dr Julie Beeby as a director of the Company
801,595,299
99.84%
1,312,745
0.16%
4.Re-election of John Conde as a director of the Company
800,754,451
99.68%
2,548,234
0.32%
5. Re-election of Tony Haggarty as a director of the Company
767,645,613
96.35%
29,081,124
3.65%
In respect of each of the resolutions, the total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed and the appointments specified in those proxies are set out below.
Valid Proxy Votes Received
Resolution
For
Percentage
Against
Percentage
Open
Percentage
1.Adopt Director's Remuneration Report
737,689,588
95.50%
32,354,030
4.19%
2,402,008
0.31%
2.Grant of rights to Managing Director under Equity Incentive Plan
785,634,716
97.81%
15,195,691
1.89%
2,406,668
0.30%
3.Election of Dr Julie Beeby as a director of the Company
798,950,422
99.54%
1,312,745
0.16%
2,413,693
0.30%
4.Re-election of John Conde as a director of the Company
798,191,282
99.39%
2,536,635
0.32%
2,343,584
0.29%
5. Re-election of Tony Haggarty as a director of the Company
Whitehaven Coal Limited is an Australia-based company engaged in the production of coal. The Company is focused on the development and operation of coal mines in New South Wales and Queensland. Its segments include open-cut operations, underground operations, and coal trading and blending. Its assets include Canyon Mine, Gunnedah CHPP, Maules Creek Mine, Narrabri Mine, Narrabri Stage-3 Extension Project, Rocglen Mine, Sunnyside Mine, Tarrawonga Mine, Vickery Extension Project, Werris Creek Mine, Daunia Mine, Blackwater Mine and Winchester South Project. Its operating assets are complemented by two development assets: Vickery, near Gunnedah, and Winchester South, in Queenslandâs Bowen Basin. It produces coal using open-cut mining methods at Maules Creek, Tarrawonga, and Werris Creek and underground mining methods at Narrabri. Vickery Extension Project (Vickery) is a proposal to construct an open-cut coal mine and associated on-site infrastructure about 25 kilometers north of Gunnedah.