REG - Evraz Plc - Result of AGM

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19/06/2018 12:50

RNS Number : 8848R
Evraz Plc
19 June 2018
 


 
EVRAZ  plc (the "Company")
 
Results of the Annual General Meeting
 
The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Tuesday 19  June 2018 at 11.00am (London time). At the Meeting, the ordinary and special resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 4 May 2018 (the "Notice of AGM"), were proposed and passed by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 14 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


%


TOTAL VOTES

 


% of ISC VOTED


VOTES

WITHHELD




1


To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the year ended 31 December 2017


1,275,870,686


99.83


2,144,970


0.17


1,278,015,656


88.55


391,765




2


To approve the Annual Remuneration Report set out on pages 128 to 135 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017.


1,221,719,747


95.79


53,633,631


4.21


1,275,353,378


88.36


3,054,043




3


To re-elect Alexander Abramov as a Director.


1,238,743,284


96.90


39,642,032


3.10


1,278,385,316


88.57


22,105




4


To re-elect Alexander Frolov as a Director.


1,262,892,163


98.79


15,493,154


1.21


1,278,385,317


88.57


22,105




5


To re-elect Eugene Shvidler as a Director.


1,253,773,424


98.07


24,611,893


1.93


1,278,385,317


88.57


22,105




6


To re-elect Eugene Tenenbaum as a Director.


1,262,857,865


98.79


15,527,452


1.21


1,278,385,317


88.57


22,105




7


To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director.


1,265,191,223


98.97


13,194,093


1.03


1,278,385,316


88.57


22,105




7*


To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director.


359,703,807


96.46


13,194,093


3.54


372,897,900


69.33


22,105




8


To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director.


1,276,981,864


99.89


1,403,673


0.11


1,278,385,537


88.57


21,885




8*


To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director


371,494,448


99.62


1,403,673


0.38


372,898,121


69.33


21,885




9


To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director.


1,223,424,865


95.92


52,044,988


4.08


1,275,469,853


88.37


2,937,568




9*


To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director.


317,937,449


85.93


52,044,988


14.07


369,982,437


68.79


2,937,568




10


To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director.


1,254,177,849


98.51


19,025,952


1.49


1,273,203,801


88.21


5,202,120




10*


To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director.


348,690,433


94.83


19,025,952


5.17


367,716,385


68.37


5,202,120




11


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


1,276,493,423


99.99


170,292


0.01


1,276,663,715


88.45


1,743,705




12


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


1,278,265,906


99.99


119,631


0.01


1,278,385,537


88.57


21,885




13


To authorise the Directors to allot shares


1,260,735,945


98.62


17,649,592


1.38


1,278,385,537


88.57


21,885




14


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


1,267,278,049


99.13


11,106,534


0.87


1,278,384,583


88.57


22,839




15


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


1,266,592,950


99.08


11,791,632


0.92


1,278,384,582


88.57


22,839




16


To authorise the Company to buy back shares


1,264,565,502


99.04


12,264,750


0.96


1,276,830,252


88.46


1,577,169




17


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


1,254,119,255


98.10


24,266,282


1.90


1,278,385,537


88.57


21,885




18


That, subject to the confirmation of the High Court of England and Wales, the Company's share capital
be reduced by cancelling paid-up capital to the extent of US$0.95 on each issued share and reducing the value of each ordinary share from US$1.00 per share to US$0.05 per share.


1,278,250,722


99.99


129,261


0.01


1,278,379,983


88.57


27,439




* 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 19 June 2018 is 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares. The Company holds 63,176,475  ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights attaching to the ordinary shares of the Company is therefore 1,443,350,819.
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 resolutions 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
 
 
 
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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:


 




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