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Polymetal International plc

Results of AGM

Polymetal International plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company ("AGM") held today at 10.30 am (BST), all resolution proposed by directors in the Notice of the AGM dated 21 March 2019 were passed. The resolution to nominate Artem Kirillov as a director to the Company's Board proposed as "any other business" ("AOB") at the AGM by Public Joint Stock Company Bank Otkritie Financial Corporation, a shareholder owning (directly and through its nominees) 32,525,673 shares (6.93%) in the Company, has not been passed.

Voting results

* Resolutions numbered 1 to 14 (inclusive) and resolution AOB are ordinary resolutions and resolutions numbered 15 and 18 are special resolutions.

** A "vote withheld" is not a 'vote' under Jersey law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution.

A copy of resolutions passed as special business at the AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

The total number of ordinary shares of no par value eligible to be voted at the AGM was 469,506,028. The scrutineer of the polls was Computershare Investor Services Limited.

About Polymetal  

Polymetal International plc (LSE, MOEX: POLY, ADR: AUCOY) (together with its subsidiaries - "Polymetal", the "Company", or the "Group") is a top-20 global gold producer and top-5 global silver producer with assets in Russia and Kazakhstan. The Company combines strong growth with a robust dividend yield.

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