Coronavirus: AngloGold Ashanti to hold Annual General Meeting virtually

The notice of the 76th Annual General Meeting of AngloGold Ashanti (AGM), which incorporates summarised financial statements for the year-ended 31 December 2019, was distributed to AngloGold Ashanti shareholders on Monday, 11 May 2020.

A copy of the notice is also available on the company’s website (www.aga-reports.com).

The AGM will be held entirely by electronic communication on Wednesday, 10 June 2020 at 14:00 (SA time) as fully detailed in the notice.

The reason for holding the AGM entirely by way of electronic communication is as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant prohibition on gathering of people and social distancing protocols, the miner said in a statement.

Salient dates:

• The record date for the purposes of receiving notice of the AGM (being the date on which a shareholder must be registered in the Company’s register of shareholders in order to receive the notice of AGM), was at the close of business on Thursday, 30 April 2020 (Notice Record Date).

• The record date for the purposes of participating in and voting at the AGM (being the date on which a shareholder must be registered in the Company’s register of shareholders in order to participate in and vote at the AGM) shall be the close of business on Friday, 5 June 2020 (Voting Record Date).

• Last day to trade in AngloGold Ashanti securities in order to be eligible to participate in and vote at the AGM is Tuesday, 2 June 2020. In the Remuneration Report contained in the Integrated Report published by the Company on 27 March 2020, reference was made to the Board of Directors’ (the Board) intention to propose a 2% US dollar inflationary increase to the non-executive director fee of which details would be provided in the notice.

In accordance with measures being taken to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the business, the Board has decided to withhold the proposal to increase the non-executive director fees.