20 May 2015 14:05
Release time | IMMEDIATE |
Date | 20 May 2015 |
Polymetal International plc
Result of AGM
Polymetal International plc (LSE, MOEX: POLY, ADR: AUCOY) (together with its subsidiaries - "Polymetal", the "Company", or the "Group") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company ("AGM") held today at 9.30 am (BST), all resolutions contained within the notice of the meeting were duly passed.
Resolution* | Vote type | Voted | Voted % | % of Issued Share Capital | |||||||
01, ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS | For | 318,806,749 | 100.00 | 75.36 | |||||||
Against | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||
Votes Withheld** | 157,911 | - | - | ||||||||
02, REMUNERATION REPORT | For | 316,756,504 | 99.32 | 74.88 | |||||||
Against | 2,169,172 | 0.68 | 0.51 | ||||||||
Votes Withheld** | 38,983 | - | - | ||||||||
03, FINAL DIVIDEND | For | 318,964,660 | 100.00 | 75.40 | |||||||
Against | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||
Votes Withheld** | 0 | - | - | ||||||||
04, REELECT B GODSELL | For | 317,751,226 | 99.82 | 75.11 | |||||||
Against | 575,277 | 0.18 | 0.14 | ||||||||
Votes Withheld** | 638,157 | - | - | ||||||||
05, REELECT V NESIS | For | 318,642,486 | 99.90 | 75.32 | |||||||
Against | 322,137 | 0.10 | 0.08 | ||||||||
Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - | ||||||||
06, REELECT K YANAKOV | For | 314,312,827 | 98.74 | 74.30 | |||||||
Against | 4,005,186 | 1.26 | 0.95 | ||||||||
Votes Withheld** | 646,645 | - | - | ||||||||
07, REELECT M GRÖNBERG | For | 314,312,827 | 98.74 | 74.30 | |||||||
Against | 4,005,186 | 1.26 | 0.95 | ||||||||
Votes Withheld** | 646,645 | - | - | ||||||||
08, REELECT JP DUVIEUSART | For | 314,483,701 | 98.77 | 74.34 | |||||||
Against | 3,914,223 | 1.23 | 0.93 | ||||||||
Votes Withheld** | 566,735 | - | - | ||||||||
09, REELECT J BEST | For | 318,962,571 | 100.00 | 75.40 | |||||||
Against | 1,590 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||
Votes Withheld** | 499 | - | - | ||||||||
10, REELECT R SKIRROW | For | 318,963,033 | 100.00 | 75.40 | |||||||
Against | 1,590 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||
Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - | ||||||||
11, REELECT L HOMENIUK | For | 307,319,716 | 96.71 | 72.65 |
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Against | 10,440,088 | 3.29 | 2.47 |
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Votes Withheld** | 1,204,855 | - | - |
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12, ELECT C COIGNARD | For | 318,964,533 | 100.00 | 75.40 |
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Against | 90 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - |
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13, REAPPOINT AUDITORS | For | 318,791,182 | 99.97 | 75.36 |
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Against | 94,176 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
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Votes Withheld** | 79,301 | - | - |
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14, AUDITORS' REMUNERATION | For | 318,956,047 | 100.00 | 75.40 |
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Against | 8,576 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - |
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15, ALLOT EQUITY SECURITIES | For | 318,953,661 | 100.00 | 75.40 |
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Against | 10,962 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - |
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16, DISAPPLY PREEMP RIGHTS | For | 318,961,947 | 100.00 | 75.40 |
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Against | 2,676 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - |
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17, PURCHASE OWN SHARES | For | 318,963,160 | 100.00 | 75.40 |
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Against | 1,500 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Votes Withheld** | 0 | - | - |
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* Resolutions numbered 1 to 15 (inclusive) are ordinary resolutions and resolutions numbered 16 and 17 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 be available shortly 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 423,031,984. The scrutineer of the polls was Computershare Investor Services PLC.
Enquiries
| Media | Investor Relations | ||
Instinctif Partners Leonid Fink Tony Friend | +44 20 7457 2020 | Polymetal Maxim Nazimok Evgenia Onuschenko Elena Revenko | ir@polymetalinternational.com
+7 812 313 5964 (Russia) +44 20 7016 9503 (UK) |
| Joint Corporate Brokers | |||
Morgan Stanley Bill Hutchings Sam McLennan | +44 20 7425 8000 | RBC Europe Limited Tristan Lovegrove Jonny Hardy | +44 20 7523 8350 |
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