Last checked at 24 May 2012 16:19
Ferrexpo plc
Result of AGM
Ferrexpo plc announces that at its annual general meeting held on 24 May 2012 all resolutions were carried on a show of hands. The following proxies were voted on the resolutions before the AGM:
For/Discretion | Against | Total votes cast | Votes withheld1 | |||
Resolution | No. of votes | % of votes cast2 | No. of votes | % of votes cast2 | No. of votes | No. of votes |
1. To receive the 2011 Report and Accounts | 455,145,191 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 455,145,191 | 843,264 |
2. To approve the Remuneration Report | 453,432,059 | 99.55% | 2,033,708 | 0.45% | 455,465,767 | 522,687 |
3. To approve the 3.3 US cents final dividend | 455,988,252 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 455,988,252 | 203 |
4. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 453,849,237 | 99.90% | 451,848 | 0.10% | 454,301,085 | 1,687,369 |
5. To authorise the directors to determine the auditors remuneration | 455,620,898 | 99.92% | 367,557 | 0.08% | 455,988,455 | 0 |
6. To re-elect Michael Abrahams as a director | 455,257,466 | 99.84% | 730,786 | 0.16% | 455,988,252 | 203 |
7. To re-elect Oliver Baring as a director | 455,425,466 | 99.88% | 562,786 | 0.12% | 455,988,252 | 203 |
8. Te re-elect Raffaele (Lucio) Genovese as a director | 455,789,814 | 99.96% | 198,438 | 0.04% | 455,988,252 | 203 |
9. To re-elect Wolfram Kuoni as a director | 454,200,387 | 99.61% | 1,787,865 | 0.39% | 455,988,252 | 203 |
10. To re-elect Christopher Mawe as a director | 455,385,582 | 99.87% | 602,670 | 0.13% | 455,988,252 | 203 |
11. To re-elect Ihor Mitiukov as a director | 455,424,966 | 99.88% | 563,286 | 0.12% | 455,988,252 | 203 |
12. To re-elect Miklos Salamon as a director | 451,784,839 | 99.08% | 4,203,413 | 0.92% | 455,988,252 | 203 |
13. To re-elect Kostyantin Zhevago as a director | 452,240,891 | 99.18% | 3,747,361 | 0.82% | 455,988,252 | 203 |
14. To authorise the directors to allot shares | 455,274,801 | 99.84% | 709,254 | 0.16% | 455,984,055 | 4,400 |
15. To empower the directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 455,971,490 | 99.997% | 11,770 | 0.003% | 455,983,260 | 5,195 |
16. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares | 455,976,612 | 99.998% | 7,443 | 0.002% | 455,984,055 | 4,400 |
17. To approve a 14 clear days' notice period for a general meeting other than an AGM | 451,251,125 | 98.96% | 4,737,330 | 1.04% | 455,988,455 | 0 |
18. To approve an option to purchase up to 500 rail cars | 155,339,166 | 99.999% | 203 | 0.01% | 155,339,369 | 300,649,086 |
1. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes validly cast for or against a resolution
2. Excluding votes withheld
As at the date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) consisted of 588,624,142 Ordinary Shares carrying one vote each. Therefore, the total number of voting rights as at the date of the AGM was 588,624,142.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, Ferrexpo plc has submitted a copy of the resolutions dealing with the special business put to shareholders at the AGM today to the National Storage Mechanism, which will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
For further information please contact:
David Leonard
Company Secretary
+44 207 389 8300