12 Jun 2013 13:12
Release time | IMMEDIATE |
Date | 12 June 2013 |
Polymetal International plc
Result of AGM
Polymetal International plc (LSE: POLY) (together with its subsidiaries, including JSC "Polymetal" - "Polymetal", the "Company", or the "Group") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company ("AGM") held today at 11 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 Against Votes Withheld** | 320,649,40690434,593 | 100.000.00- | 82.330.00- |
02, DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION | For Against Votes Withheld** | 320,242,860 809,13432,095 | 99.750.25- | 82.220.21- |
03, FINAL DIVIDEND | For Against Votes Withheld** | 321,051,994032,095 | 100.000.00- | 82.430.00- |
04, REELECT B GODSELL | For Against Votes Withheld** | 318,611,704 1,418,2411,054,144 | 99.560.44- | 81.810.36- |
05, REELECT V NESIS | For Against Votes Withheld** | 320,126,588310,469647,032 | 99.900.10- | 82.190.08- |
06, REELECT K YANAKOV | For Against Votes Withheld** | 316,126,8381,798,306 3,158,945 | 99.430.57- | 81.170.46- |
07, REELECT M GRÖNBERG | For Against Votes Withheld** | 316,126,8381,798,306 3,158,945 | 99.430.57- | 81.170.46- |
08, REELECT JP DUVIEUSART | For Against Votes Withheld** | 316,126,8381,798,306 3,158,945 | 99.430.57- | 81.170.46- |
09, REELECT C BALFOUR | For Against Votes Withheld** | 320,374,61162,446647,032 | 99.980.02- | 82.260.02- |
10, REELECT J BEST | For Against Votes Withheld** | 316,666,8553,769,740647,494 | 98.821.18- | 81.310.97- |
11, REELECT R SKIRROW | For Against Votes Withheld** | 320,405,04831,547647,494 | 99.990.01- | 82.270.01- |
12, REELECT L HOMENIUK | For Against Votes Withheld** | 310,566,555 9,161,113 1,356,421 | 97.132.87- | 79.742.35- |
13, REAPPOINT AUDITORS | For Against Votes Withheld** | 320,518,169533,78832,132 | 99.830.17- | 82.300.14- |
14, AUDITORS' REMUNERATION | For Against Votes Withheld** | 320,920,257131,70032,132 | 99.960.04- | 82.400.03- |
15, APPROVE THE LTIP | For Against Votes Withheld** | 320,458,359593,29832,432 | 99.820.18- | 82.280.15- |
16, ALLOT EQUITY SECURITIES | For Against Votes Withheld** | 319,155,9921,156,884771,213 | 99.640.36- | 81.950.30- |
17, DISAPPLY PREEMP RIGHTS | For Against Votes Withheld** | 320,791,329259,72833,032 | 99.920.08- | 82.370.07- |
18, PURCHASE OWN SHARES | For Against Votes Withheld** | 321,020,49530,89932,695 | 99.990.01- | 82.420.01- |
* 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 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 389,472,865. The scrutineer of the polls was Computershare Investor Services PLC.
A webcast replay of the AGM is available on the Company's website www.polymetalinternational.com
Enquiries
| Media | Investor Relations | ||
College Hill 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 Sandip Patodia | +44 20 7425 8000 | Canaccord Genuity Andrew Chubb Andrei Kroupnik | +44 20 7523 8000 |
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