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EVRAZ plc (the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Thursday 16 June 2016 at 11.00 a.m. (London time). At the Meeting, the ordinary and special resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 16 May 2016 (the "Notice of AGM"), were proposed and passed by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 14 to 16 were passed as special resolutions.
The poll voting figures are shown below.
No | RESOLUTION | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | VOTESTOTAL | % of ISC VOTED | VOTESWITHHELD |
01 | To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015 | 1,070,524,760 | 99.75 | 2,715,633 | 0.25 | 1,073,240,393 | 75.61% | 393,743 |
02 | To approve the Annual Remuneration Report section of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2015 | 1,062,930,124 | 99.00 | 10,684,012 | 1.00 | 1,073,614,136 | 75.63% | 20,000 |
03 | To re-elect Alexander Abramov as a Director | 1,034,309,000 | 99.57 | 4,432,648 | 0.43 | 1,038,741,648 | 73.18% | 34,892,488 |
04 | To re-elect Alexander Frolov as a Director | 1,038,364,617 | 99.96 | 377,031 | 0.04 | 1,038,741,648 | 73.18% | 34,892,488 |
05 | To re-elect Eugene Shvidler as a Director | 1,036,687,966 | 99.80 | 2,053,682 | 0.20 | 1,038,741,648 | 73.18% | 34,892,488 |
06 | To re-elect Eugene Tenenbaum as a Director | 1,038,258,437 | 99.95 | 483,211 | 0.05 | 1,038,741,648 | 73.18% | 34,892,488 |
07 | To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director | 1,038,371,602 | 99.96 | 370,046 | 0.04 | 1,038,741,648 | 73.18% | 34,892,488 |
07* | To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director | 132,884,186 | 99.72 | 370,046 | 0.28 | 133,254,232 | 25.92% | 34,892,488 |
08 | To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director | 1,038,358,485 | 99.96 | 370,152 | 0.04 | 1,038,728,637 | 73.18% | 34,905,499 |
08* | To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director | 132,871,069 | 99.72 | 370,152 | 0.28 | 133,241,221 | 25.92% | 34,905,499 |
09 | To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director | 1,072,973,827 | 99.94 | 638,309 | 0.06 | 1,073,612,136 | 75.63% | 22,000 |
09* | To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director | 167,486,411 | 99.62 | 638,309 | 0.38 | 168,124,720 | 32.71% | 22,000 |
10 | To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director | 1,035,902,446 | 99.73 | 2,841,202 | 0.27 | 1,038,743,648 | 73.18% | 34,890,488 |
10* | To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director | 130,415,030 | 97.87 | 2,841,202 | 2.13 | 133,256,232 | 25.92% | 34,890,488 |
11 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company | 1,073,530,853
| 100.00 | 106 | 0.00 | 1,073,530,959 | 75.63% | 103,177 |
12 | To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors | 1,073,609,042 | 100.00 | 3,936 | 0.00 | 1,073,612,978 | 75.63% | 20,000 |
13 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 1,072,357,383 | 99.88 | 1,256,753 | 0.12 | 1,073,614,136 | 75.63% | 20,000 |
14 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares wholly for cash | 1,038,147,266 | 96.70 | 35,466,870 | 3.30 | 1,073,614,136 | 75.63% | 20,000 |
15 | To authorise the Company to buy back shares | 1,073,321,208 | 99.97 | 292,928 | 0.03 | 1,073,614,136 | 75.63% | 20,000 |
16 | To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 1,060,993,160 | 98.82 | 12,620,976 | 1.18 | 1,073,614,136 | 75.63% | 20,000 |
* Result of the votes cast by the Independent Shareholders.
Notes:
1. Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chairman has been included in the "for" totals.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
3. The issued share capital of EVRAZ plc as at 16 June 2016 is 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares, the current number of shares outstanding is 1,419,512,128. The Company holds 87,015,166 ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights attaching to the ordinary shares of the Company is therefore 1,419,512,128.
4. The scrutineer of the polls was Computershare Investor Services PLC.
5. All percentages are rounded to two decimal points.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions passed at the Meeting concerning items other than ordinary business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism which can be accessed at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Details of the poll votes received will shortly also be available for viewing on the Company's website http://www.evraz.com/
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For further information:
Investor Relations: | |
Irina Bakhturina | |
Director, Investor Relations | |
London | +44 207 832 8990 |
Moscow | +7 495 232 1370 |
ir@evraz.com | |
Company Secretary: | |
Prism Cosec Limited | |
London | +44 (0)7785 265335 |
Chris.Stamp@prismcosec.com |