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RNS Number : 6191IEvraz Plc20 June 2017EVRAZ 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
WITHHELD1
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 6871Irina Bakhturina
Director, Investor Relations
London: +44 207 832 8990
Moscow: +7 495 232 1370Company Secretary:
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London: +44 (0)7785 265335
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