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2020 AGM - Chairman's Statement
2020 AGM - Chairman's Statement.
About this update from Antofagasta Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 4808N\n Antofagasta PLC\n 20 May 2020\n \n \n \n \n NEWS RELEASE, 20 MAY 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS ON THE \n \n \n DATE OF THE 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING\n \n \n \n \n \n Antofagasta plc (the \"Company\") today released a statement from its Chairman, Jean-Paul Luksic, on the date of the Company's Annual General Meeting (\"AGM\"). In compliance with the UK Government's COVID-19 Measures limiting public gatherings [shareholders will not be able to attend the AGM in person and] this year's AGM will be purely functional in format to comply with the relevant legal requirements. There will be no speeches, presentations or Q&A at the AGM, and no directors or senior management will be in attendance.\n \n \n \n A video and copy of a presentation that was planned to be made by Iv\n \n \n á\n \n \n n Arriagada, the Company's CEO, at the AGM on the Company's sustainability performance in 2019 and response to the outbreak of COVID-19 can be found on the Company's website.\n \n \n \n Following the announcement on 18 May of the revision of the final dividend amount, the payment date will now be 27 May.\n \n \n \n \n \n \"Dear shareholders,\n \n \n Due to the COVID-19 health emergency and the UK Government's compulsory measures limiting public gatherings, this year´s AGM will be purely functional in format to comply with the relevant legal requirements. The Company will ensure that the necessary quorum requirement is satisfied and that the resolutions set out in the AGM Notice are proposed and voted upon. Shareholders were invited to submit questions and vote on all AGM resolutions in advance of the AGM; responses to questions received and the results of the poll on each of the resolutions proposed in the AGM Notice will be published later today.\n \n \n As we all know, we are currently living in unprecedented times and over the last few months the onset of COVID-19, has introduced global challenges of an unparalleled nature. I would like to begin, therefore, by describing how Antofagasta is facing the current emergency and ensuring a safe and healthy environment for our workforce and local communities. I will also provide a brief overview of the Company's strategy and performance, and make some comments on the macro environment in which we are operating.\n ...