24 Aug 2018 08:30
Press Release 24 August 2018
PJSC Polyus
Notice of EGM
The Board of Directors (the "Board") of PJSC Polyus (LSE, MOEX - PLZL) ("Polyus", or the "Company"), in accordance with the Company's Charter, has resolved to convene an Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of PJSC Polyus (the "EGM") on 28 September 2018.
The EGM will be held by absentee vote.
Voting ballots from the owners of ordinary registered shares are to be received by 28 September 2018. The date of drawing up the list of persons entitled to participate in the EGM (the Record Date) is 4 September 2018.
The agenda of the EGM includes two items:
- "On dividends on shares in PJSC Polyus based on the results for the first six months of 2018", and
- "Approval of the revised version of the Charter of PJSC Polyus".
To participate in the EGM, holders of the ordinary shares are welcome to submit their completed ballots to the Company at the following address: 18, build 5B, Stromynka Str., Moscow, 107076, Russian Federation, JSC Independent Registrar Company.
To participate in the EGM, holders of depositary receipts are welcome to complete the proxy cards and timely submit them to the Depositary bank - The Bank of New York Mellon.
The shareholders may review the information (materials) for the EGM on business days starting from 8 September 2018, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm (local time), at the address specified above or at the Company's office at 15/1 Tverskoy Blvd., Moscow, Russian Federation, PJSC Polyus. The materials will also be available starting from 8 September 2018 on the Company's website at www.polyus.com.
Polyus
Polyus is the largest gold producer in Russia and one of the top 10 gold miners globally with the lowest cost position. Based on its 2017 Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources, the Polyus group ranks second by attributable gold reserves and gold resources among the world's largest gold mining companies.
The Polyus group's principal operations are located in Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk and Magadan regions and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Enquiries
Investor contact
Victor Drozdov, Director Investor Relations
+7 (495) 641 33 77
drozdovvi@polyus.com
Media contact
Victoria Vasilyeva, Director Public Relations
+7 (495) 641 33 77
vasilevavs@polyus.com
Forward-looking statements
This announcement may contain "forward-looking statements" concerning Polyus and/or Polyus Group. Generally, the words "will", "may", "should", "could", "would", "can", "continue", "opportunity", "believes", "expects", "intends", "anticipates", "estimates" or similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to future capital expenditures and business and management strategies and the expansion and growth of Polyus' and/or Polyus Group's operations. Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond Polyus' and/or Polyus Group's ability to control or estimate precisely and therefore undue reliance should not be placed on such statements which speak only as of the date of this announcement. Polyus and/or any Polyus Company assumes no obligation in respect of, and does not intend to update, these forward-looking statements, except as required pursuant to applicable law.