Company

PPC Ltd. ("the Company")

Registration Nr.

1892/000667/06

Meeting

Annual General Meeting - PPC

shareholders

Meeting Date:

9 September 2022 at 12h00

Hybrid Meeting:

Meeting Venue:

(1) Virtual - Microsoft Teams; and

(2) Maseru Meeting Room

Compiled by:

Kevin Ross

MINUTES

Name

Designation

PPC directors present

Jabu Moleketi(2)

Chairman - Non-Executive Director

Bjarne Hansen(1)

Non-Executive Director

Charles Naude(1)

Non-Executive Director

Kunya Maphisa(1)

Non-Executive Director

Mark Thompson(2)

Non-Executive Director

Nonkululeko Gobodo(2)

Non-Executive Director

Nono Mkhondo(2)

Non-Executive Director

Roland van Wijnen(2)

CEO - Executive Director

Brenda Berlin(2)

CFO - Executive Director

Shareholders present

The total number of PPC ordinary shares ("Shares") in issue that could have voted at the AGM was 1,553,764,624 and the total number of Shares present at the AGM in person or by proxy was 1,041,149,644, representing 67.01% of the total Shares that could have voted.

Meeting scrutineers

Computershare Investor Services (Proprietary) Limited

Company Secretary

Kevin Ross(2)

Group Head Legal & Compliance and Company Secretary

Apologies

Antony Ball

Non-Executive Director

Item

Title

Actions

1.

Welcome

1.1.

The Chairman of the PPC Limited board of directors ("Board"), Mr Jabu Moleketi ("Chairman"),

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welcomed all shareholders and members of the Board to the 130th annual general meeting ("AGM")

of the Company. The Chairman declared the meeting duly constituted.

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The Chairman introduced all directors, including the following statutory committee chairpersons present at the AGM:

  • Mark Thompson - audit, risk and compliance committee ("ARCC").
  • Charles Naude - strategy and investment committee ("S&IC").
  • Noluvuyo Mkhondo - reward and talent committee ("RTC").
  • Nonkululeko Gobodo - social, ethics and transformation committee ("SETCO").

Apologies were received from Mr Anthony Ball, who was due to retire at the AGM, but had not offered himself for re-election.

2. Notice of meeting

2.1.

The Chairman confirmed that the notice of the AGM was given in terms of the memorandum of

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incorporation ("MOI") of the Company and the Companies Act, 78 of 2008. The notice was

distributed to shareholders on Wednesday, 27 July 2022. It was also confirmed that the FY2022

integrated annual report contained no modifications to the audited annual financial statements

published on SENS on 4 July 2022 ("FY22 AFS").

3. Minutes of the previous AGM

3.1.

The Chairman confirmed that the minutes of the previous AGM held on 27 August 2021 were verified

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by the Board.

4.

Proceedings - voting by way of a poll

Pursuant to clause 21.1.2 of the MOI, the Chairman determined that the voting in respect of the

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AGM would proceed by way of a poll. Such poll voting would be conducted entirely electronically as

contemplated in section 63(2) of the Companies Act and clause 19.6.1 of the MOI, through the

electronic online facility provided by Computershare Investor Services (Proprietary) Limited, the

transfer secretaries of the Company ("Transfer Secretaries"). For the purposes of the poll, a

representative of the Transfer Secretaries, present at the AGM, was nominated to act as scrutineers.

All the resolutions proposed at the AGM were seconded by Mr. R van Wijnen, the Chief Executive

Officer.

Shareholders were invited to vote on the proposed resolution at any time during the AGM until the

Chairman closed the voting on the resolutions. Shareholders were further invited to send messages

and view the webcast whilst the poll was open as the Chairman allowed any questions pursuant to

the motions discussed.

5. Presentation of the annual financial statements

The consolidated audited annual financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 March None 2022 as approved by the Board were presented to the shareholders and noted.

6. Approval of ordinary resolutions

The chairman explained the ordinary resolutions (including non-binding resolutions) and special None resolutions to the shareholders and the reasons thereto, as well as advised on the voting rights to

be exercised at the AGM in order to pass the respective resolutions, being:

  • Ordinary resolutions- more than 50% of the voting rights exercised in favour of the resolution by shareholders present at the AGM or represented by proxy and entitled to exercise voting rights on the resolution

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- Special resolutions- more than 75% of the voting rights exercised in favour of the resolution by

shareholders present at the AGM or represented by proxy and entitled to exercise voting rights

on the resolution

6.1.

Ordinary Resolution 1.1 - Election of Mr Bjarne Hansen

It was proposed that Mr Bjarne Hansen be elected a non-executive director of the company.

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On the motion of the Chairman, it was RESOLVED that Mr Hansen be elected a non-executive

director of the Company.

The results of the votes are set out as follows:

Record of votes cast at the meeting

In favour

1 021 215 709

Shares

Against

19 251 183

Shares

Abstentions

682 752

Shares

Total votes

1 040 466 892

Shares

Percentage in favour

98.15%

6.2.

Ordinary Resolution 1.2 - Election of Mr Daniel Smith

It was proposed that Mr Daniel Smith be elected a non-executive director of the company.

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On the motion of the Chairman, it was RESOLVED that Mr Smith be elected a non-executive director

of the Company.

The results of the votes are set out as follows:

Record of votes cast at the meeting

In favour

1 011 593 879

Shares

Against

26 898 696

Shares

Abstentions

2 657 069

Shares

Total votes

1 038 492 575

Shares

Percentage in favour

97.41%

6.3.

Ordinary Resolution 2.1 - Re-election of Ms Noluvuyo Mkhondo (Chaired by Mr Mark Thompson)

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It was proposed that Ms Noluvuyo Mkhondo be re-elected an independent non-executive director

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following her retirement as director due to rotation.

On the motion of the stand-in Chairman (MT), it was RESOLVED that Ms Mkhondo be re-elected an

independent non-executive director of the Company.

The results of the votes are set out as follows:

Record of votes cast at the meeting

In favour

995 304 709

Shares

Against

43 196 393

Shares

Abstentions

2 648 542

Shares

Total votes

1 038 501 102

Shares

Percentage in favour

95.84%

6.4.

Ordinary Resolution 2.2 - Re-election of Mr Jabulani Moleketi (Chaired by Mr Mark Thompson)

It was proposed that Mr Jabulani Moleketi be re-elected as an independent non-executive director

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and Chairman of the Board following his retirement as director due to rotation.

On the motion of the stand-in Chairman (MT), it was RESOLVED that Mr Moleketi be re-elected an

independent non-executive director of the Company.

The results of the votes are set out as follows:

Record of votes cast at the meeting

In favour

1 036 552 173

Shares

Against

3 912 711

Shares

Abstentions

684 760

Shares

Total votes

1 040 464 884

Shares

Percentage in favour

99.62%

6.5.

Ordinary Resolution 3.1 - Appointment to audit committee - Ms Nonkululeko Gobodo

It was proposed that Ms Nonkululeko Gobodo being an independent non-executive director of the

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Company be appointed as a member of the Company's ARCC.

On the motion of the Chairman, it was RESOLVED that Ms Gobodo be appointed a member of the

Company's ARCC.

The results of the votes are set out as follows:

Record of votes cast at the meeting

In favour

1 036 783 008

Shares

Against

2 447 422

Shares

Abstentions

1 919 214

Shares

Total votes

1 039 230 430

Shares

Percentage in favour

99.76%

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6.6.

Ordinary Resolution 3.2 - Appointment to audit committee - Ms Noluvuyo Mkhondo

It was proposed that Ms Noluvuyo Mkhondo being an independent non-executive director of the

Company be appointed as a member of the Company's ARCC.

On the motion of the Chairman, it was RESOLVED that Ms Mkhondo be appointed a member of the

Company's ARCC.

The results of the votes are set out as follows:

Record of votes cast at the meeting

In favour

996 165 977

Shares

Against

43 121 553

Shares

Abstentions

1 862 114

Shares

Total votes

1 039 287 530

Shares

Percentage in favour

95.85%

6.7.

Ordinary Resolution 3.3 - Appointment to audit committee - Mr Mark Richard Thompson

It was proposed that Mr Mark Thompson being an independent non-executive director of the

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Company be appointed as a member of the Company's ARCC.

On the motion of the Chairman, it was RESOLVED that Mr Thompson be appointed a member of the

Company's ARCC.

The results of the votes are set out as follows:

Record of votes cast at the meeting

In favour

1 036 096 294 Shares

Against

3 204 744 Shares

Abstentions

1 848 606 Shares

Total votes

1 039 301 038 Shares

Percentage in favour

99.69%

6.8.

Ordinary Resolution number 4 - Appointment of external auditor

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