Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6191I
Evraz Plc
20 June 2017
 

EVRAZ  plc (the "Company")

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting

 

The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Tuesday 20  June 2017 at 11.00am (London time). At the Meeting, the ordinary and special resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 15 May 2017 (the "Notice of AGM"), were proposed and passed by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.

 

Full details of the poll results are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website www.evraz.com.

 

No 

RESOLUTION

VOTES
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

VOTES TOTAL

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES
WITHHELD

1

To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the year ended 31 December 2016

1,085,383,802

99.74

2,876,530

0.26

1,088,260,332

75.99

300,849

2

To approve the Annual Remuneration Report set out on pages 125 to 129 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2016.

1,066,790,366

98.00

21,770,261

2.00

1,088,560,627

76.01

554

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy Report set out on pages 121 to 124 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2016. 

1,056,318,861

97.29

29,439,227

2.71

1,085,758,088

75.82

2,803,093

4

To re-elect Alexander Abramov as a Director.

1,041,479,314

98.00

21,232,991

2.00

1,062,712,305

74.21

25,848,875

5

To re-elect Alexander Frolov as a Director.

1,061,052,565

99.84

1,659,741

0.16

1,062,712,306

74.21

25,848,875

6

To re-elect Eugene Shvidler as a Director.

1,059,206,730

99.67

3,505,576

0.33

1,062,712,306

74.21

25,848,875

7

To re-elect Eugene Tenenbaum as a Director.

1,061,050,565

99.84

1,661,741

0.16

1,062,712,306

74.21

25,848,875

8

To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director.

1,088,224,198

99.97

336,983

0.03

1,088,561,181

76.01

0

8*

To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director.

182,736,782

99.82

336,983

0.18

183,073,765

34.77

0

9

To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director.

1,087,882,203

99.94

678,978

0.06

1,088,561,181

76.01

0

9*

To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director

182,394,787

99.63

678,978

0.37

183,073,765

34.77

0

10

To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director.

1,087,882,203

99.94

678,978

0.06

1,088,561,181

76.01

0

10*

To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director.

182,394,787

99.63

678,978

0.37

183,073,765

34.77

0

11

To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director.

1,061,474,512

99.89

1,215,703

0.11

1,062,690,215

74.21

25,870,966

11*

To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director.

155,987,096

99.23

1,215,703

0.77

157,202,799

29.85

25,870,966

12

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company.

1,088,307,562

99.99

85,122

0.01

1,088,392,684

76.00

168,497

13

To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors

1,088,476,259

99.99

84,922

0.01

1,088,561,181

76.01

0

14

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

1,060,737,047

97.44

27,824,058

2.56

1,088,561,105

76.01

0

15

To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of 5% of the Company's issued share capital

1,062,709,099

97.63

25,852,006

2.37

1,088,561,105

76.01

0

16

To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 5% of the Company's issued share capital

1,062,138,081

97.57

26,423,024

2.43

1,088,561,105

76.01

0

17

To authorise the Company to buy back shares

1,087,182,186

99.97

373,545

0.03

1,087,555,731

75.94

1,005,374

18

To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice

1,053,481,462

96.78

35,079,642

3.22

1,088,561,104

76.01

0

* Result of poll of independent shareholders only.

 

Notes:

1.    Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chairman has been included in the "for" totals.

2.    A "vote withheld" is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

3.    The issued share capital of EVRAZ plc as at 20 June 2017 is 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares, The Company holds 74,473,951 ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights attaching to the ordinary shares of the Company is therefore 1,432,053,343.

4.    The scrutineer of the poll was Computershare Investor Services PLC.

5.    All percentages are rounded to two decimal points.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy  of the resolution passed at the Meeting will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism which can be accessed at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

For further information:

Media Relations:

Investor Relations:

 

Mariya Starovoyt

Director, External communications

London: +44 207 832 8998
Moscow: +7 495 937 6871

media@evraz.com

Irina Bakhturina

Director, Investor Relations

London: +44 207 832 8990
Moscow: +7 495 232 1370

ir@evraz.com

Company Secretary:


Prism Cosec Limited

London: +44 (0)7785 265335

Chris.Stamp@prismcosec.com


 


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