25 Apr 2018 15:54
Release time | IMMEDIATE |
Date | 25 April 2018 |
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 11.00 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 | 317,108,375 | 99.83 | 72.64 |
Against | 539,230 | 0.17 | 0.12 | |
Votes Withheld** | 136,894 | - | - | |
02, REMUNERATION REPORT | For | 314,075,328 | 98.86 | 71.94 |
Against | 3,610,998 | 1.14 | 0.83 | |
Votes Withheld** | 98,174 | - | - | |
03, FINAL DIVIDEND | For | 317,690,630 | 99.97 | 72.77 |
Against | 93,870 | 0.03 | 0.02 | |
Votes Withheld** | - | - | - | |
04, REELECT B GODSELL | For | 312,028,960 | 98.20 | 71.47 |
Against | 5,710,407 | 1.80 | 1.31 | |
Votes Withheld** | 45,132 | - | - | |
05, REELECT V NESIS | For | 316,223,296 | 99.51 | 72.43 |
Against | 1,561,167 | 0.49 | 0.36 | |
Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - | |
06, REELECT K YANAKOV | For | 315,400,756 | 99.25 | 72.25 |
Against | 2,383,706 | 0.75 | 0.55 | |
Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - | |
07, REELECT M GRÖNBERG | For | 314,695,830 | 99.20 | 72.08 |
Against | 2,549,401 | 0.80 | 0.58 | |
Votes Withheld** | 539,267 | - | - | |
08, REELECT JP DUVIEUSART | For | 315,400,756 | 99.25 | 72.25 |
Against | 2,383,706 | 0.75 | 0.55 | |
Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - | |
09, REELECT J BEST | For | 300,604,719 | 94.61 | 68.86 |
Against | 17,134,647 | 5.39 | 3.92 | |
Votes Withheld** | 45,132 | - | - | |
10, REELECT C COIGNARD | For | 317,400,910 | 99.88 | 72.70 |
Against | 383,552 | 0.12 | 0.09 | |
Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - | |
11, ELECT T KERR | For | 317,783,863 | 100.00 | 72.79 |
Against | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Votes Withheld** | 637 | - | - | |
12, ELECT G BAIZINI | For | 317,784,463 | 100.00 | 72.79 |
Against | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - | |
13, ELECT M L S DE SOUSA-OLIVEIRA | For | 317,783,863 | 100.00 | 72.79 |
Against | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Votes Withheld** | 637 | - | - | |
14, REAPPOINT AUDITORS | For | 317,089,731 | 99.78 | 72.63 |
Against | 693,755 | 0.22 | 0.16 | |
Votes Withheld** | 1,013 | - | - | |
15, AUDITORS' REMUNERATION | For | 317,784,463 | 100.00 | 72.79 |
Against | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - | |
16, ALLOT EQUITY SECURITIES | For | 313,348,504 | 98.60 | 71.77 |
Against | 4,435,959 | 1.40 | 1.02 | |
Votes Withheld** | 37 | - | - | |
17, DISAPPLY PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS | For | 308,566,398 | 97.67 | 70.68 |
Against | 7,345,288 | 2.33 | 1.68 | |
Votes Withheld** | 1,872,812 | - | - | |
18, PURCHASE OWN SHARES | For | 317,151,299 | 99.80 | 72.65 |
Against | 633,200 | 0.20 | 0.15 | |
Votes Withheld** | - | - | - |
* Resolutions numbered 1 to 16 (inclusive) are ordinary resolutions and resolutions numbered 17 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 436,571,041. The scrutineer of the polls was Computershare Investor Services Limited.
Enquiries
| Media | Investor Relations | ||
FTI Consulting Leonid Fink Viktor Pomichal | +44 20 3727 1000 | Polymetal Evgenia Onuschenko Maryana Nesis Michael Vasiliev | ir@polymetalinternational.com +44 20 7016 9505 (UK)
+7 812 334 3666 (Russia) |
| Joint Corporate Brokers | |||
Morgan Stanley Andrew Foster Richard Brown
Panmure Gordon Adam James James Stearns | +44 20 7425 8000
+44 20 7886 2500 | RBC Europe Limited Tristan Lovegrove Marcus Jackson | +44 20 7653 4000 |
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