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Results of Annual General Meeting 2026
Gemfields Group Limited
Incorporated in Guernsey. Guernsey registration number: 47656
South African external company registration number: 2009/012636/10
Share code on JSE:GML (General Segment of JSE Main Board) / AIM:GEM
ISIN: GG00BG0KTL52 | LEI: 21380017GAVXTCYS5R31
("Gemfields" or the "Group" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting 2026
LONDON, 23 JUNE 2026
Shareholders are advised that the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") was held today,
Tuesday 23 June 2026.
All ordinary resolutions and special resolution 2 were passed by the requisite majority of
shareholders. Both non-binding advisory votes were also passed, with the support of over 75% of
shareholders.
The Company acknowledges that special resolution 1 was not passed by the requisite 75% of
shareholders required.
Details of the voting results at the AGM are as follows:
Total number of Ordinary Shares (with voting rights) 1,724,230,526
Total number of Ordinary Shares present/represented including
1,183,478,616
proxies at the meeting (including shares abstained from voting)
Percentage of Ordinary Shares represented at the meeting 68.64%
Resolution proposed For Against Abstain (1)
Ordinary resolution 1:
To adopt the Company's Annual Report for the 1,180,912,933 2,565,683 94,670
year ended 31 December 2025
99.78% 0.22% 0.01%
Ordinary resolution 2:
To re-elect Patrick Sacco, who is retiring by 1,180,715,522 2,759,091 98,673
rotation, as a Director of the Company
99.77% 0.23% 0.01%
Ordinary resolution 3:
To re-elect Mary Reilly, who is retiring by 1,180,795,038 2,679,575 98,673
rotation, as a Director of the Company
99.77% 0.23% 0.01%
Ordinary resolution 4:
To re-appoint Mary Reilly to the Company's 1,180,752,894 2,721,719 98,673
Audit and Risk Committee
99.77% 0.23% 0.01%
Ordinary resolution 5:
To re-appoint Kwape Mmela to the Company's 1,180,762,104 2,708,909 102,273
Audit and Risk Committee
99.77% 0.23% 0.01%
Ordinary resolution 6:
To re-appoint Simon Scott to the Company's 1,180,844,116 2,629,260 98,673
Audit and Risk Committee
99.78% 0.22% 0.01%
Ordinary resolution 7:
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the 1,180,905,236 2,566,959 101,091
Company's auditor (until the conclusion of the
2027 annual general meeting) and to authorise the 99.78% 0.22% 0.01%
Directors to fix their remuneration
Special resolution 1:
General authority to issue shares for cash and 472,504,038 710,973,207 96,041
waiver of pre-emption
39.93% 60.07% 0.01%
Special resolution 2:
Amendments to the Company's Long Term 1,053,480,062 129,756,065 337,159
Incentive Plan
89.03% 10.97% 0.02%
Non-binding advisory vote:
Endorsement of the Company's Remuneration 1,038,788,501 144,603,518 181,267
Policy
87.78% 12.22% 0.01%
Endorsement of the Company's Remuneration 1,053,581,884 129,861,229 130,173
Implementation Report
89.03% 10.97% 0.01%
(1) Abstentions are represented as a percentage of total number of Ordinary Shares (with voting rights).
-ENDS-
Further information on Gemfields Group Limited can be found at:
GEMFIELDSGROUP.COM
To join our investor mailing list, please contact us on:
ir@gemfields.com
ENQUIRIES
GEMFIELDS Sean Gilbertson / David Lovett / Heinrich Richter
ir@gemfields.com
T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400
SPONSOR (JSE) Investec Bank Limited
NOMINATED ADVISER Panmure Liberum
(AIM) & BROKER Scott Mathieson / Amrit Mahbubani / John More
T: +44(0) 20 3100 2222
PRESS ENQUIRES, GEMFIELDS press@gemfields.com
HEAD OFFICE, LONDON T: +44(0) 20 7518 3400
NOTES TO EDITORS
Gemfields is a world-leading miner of coloured gemstones, dual-listed on the Johannesburg and
London AIM stock exchanges.
Gemfields is the operator and 75% owner of both Kagem Mining in Zambia (a world-leading
emerald mine) and Montepuez Ruby Mining in Mozambique (situated on one of the most
significant recently discovered ruby deposits in the world). In addition, Gemfields holds controlling
interests in various other gemstone mining and prospecting licenses in Zambia, Mozambique and
Madagascar.
Gemfields has developed a proprietary grading system and a pioneering auction platform to
provide a consistent supply of coloured gemstones to downstream markets, a key component of
Gemfields' business model that has played an important role in the growth of the global coloured
gemstone sector.
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