2 Jun 2017 17:00
Mail.Ru Group Limited
Notice of Results of 2017 AGM.
June 2, 2017. Mail.Ru Group Limited (LSE: MAIL, hereinafter referred as "the Company"), one of the largest Internet companies in the Russian-speaking Internet market, hereby announces that, following the Annual General Meeting of today's date, the following individuals have been appointed as the Elected Directors to the board of directors of the Company in accordance with clause 10.5 of the Company's Articles of Association:
1. Dmitry Grishin (Chairman of the Board)
2. Vladimir Streshinskiy
3. Sergey Soldatenkov
4. Anna Serebryanikova
5. Vlad Wolfson
6. Mark Remon Sorour
7. Charles St Leger Searle
8. Vasileios Sgourdos
The respective resolution has been filed on the National Storage Mechanism appointed by the Financial Services Authority and can be accessed at https://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Following the AGM and appointment of the above directors, the Company also announces the re-appointment of the current independent directors. The Company therefore announces that the following individuals will serve for another two year term as independent directors:
1. Jan Buné
2. Sang Hun Kim
Commenting on the AGM, Dmitry Grishin, Chairman of the Board and Boris Dobrodeev, CEO (Russia) of Mail.Ru Group, said:
"We are pleased to announce the election of the board and the re-appointment of our independent directors. We wish to thank all of our directors for their dedication and service and look forward to continuing to work with both the re-appointed directors and with the new directors."
For further information please contact:
Investors
Matthew Hammond
Phone: +971 505 56 1315
E-mail: hammond@corp.mail.ru
Press
Nataliya Bogdanovich
Phone: +7 965 396 10 08
E-mail: n.bogdanovich@corp.mail.ru
About Mail.Ru Group
Mail.Ru Group, international brand My.com (MAIL.IL, listed since November 5, 2010), is the largest internet business in Russia, based on mobile daily audience (TNS Mobile Index, population aged 12-64 in the cities 700 000+, February 2017, Russia). Mail.Ru Group's sites reach approximately 90% of Russian Internet users on a monthly basis (comScore, December 2016).
In line with the 'communitainment' (communication plus entertainment) strategy, the Company is building an integrated communications and entertainment platform. The Company owns Russia's leading email service and one of Russia's largest internet portal, Mail.Ru. The Company operates two largest Russian language social networks, Vkontakte (VK) and Odnoklassniki (OK), and Russia's largest online games business, including such gaming titles as Warface, Armored Warfare, Skyforge and Perfect World. The Company also includes a leading OpenStreetMap-based offline mobile maps and navigation service MAPS.ME, popular instant messaging service ICQ, mobile location-based marketplace Youla and long-distance ridesharing service BeepCar.
The company owns 100% of mobile games developer Pixonic and 100% of Delivery Club, the number one food delivery company in Russia. Mail.Ru Group also holds an equity stake in a number of small venture capital investments in various Internet companies in Russia, Ukraine and Israel.
Mail.Ru Group is committed to facilitating the development of IT education in Russia. The company holds annual international contest for programmers Russian Code Cup, VK Cup, Technology Forums, and partners with university faculties. Mail.Ru Group has controlling interest in GeekBrains, the online learning platform for developers.
In November 2013, the company launched My.com in the US and later worldwide to provide communication and entertainment products and services for the global audience.
Mail.Ru Group Limited is a holding company for a number of subsidiaries, including Russian operating subsidiaries. Under the term Mail.Ru Group on this release we understand as the context requires Mail.Ru Group Limited, Mail.Ru Group Limited together with its subsidiaries or Mail.Ru Group Limited's respective subsidiary.