REG - Evraz Plc - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 6484CEvraz Plc18 June 2019
EVRAZ plc (the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Tuesday 18 June 2019 at 11.00am (London time). At the Meeting, the ordinary and special resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 3 May 2019 (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%
TOTAL VOTES
% of ISC VOTED
VOTES
WITHHELD1
To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the
Company for the year ended 31 December 2018
1,179,677,802
99.86
1,644,619
0.14
1,181,322,421
81.36
347,138
2
To approve the Annual Remuneration Report set out on
pages 120 to 127 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2018
1,128,595,317
95.51
53,060,034
4.49
1,181,655,351
81.39
14,208
3
To re-elect Alexander Abramov as a Director.
1,134,381,221
96.00
47,274,040
4.00
1,181,655,261
81.39
14,298
4
To re-elect Alexander Frolov as a Director.
1,174,615,272
99.40
7,039,990
0.60
1,181,655,262
81.39
14,298
5
To re-elect Eugene Shvidler as a Director.
1,152,861,499
97.56
28,793,763
2.44
1,181,655,262
81.39
14,298
6
To re-elect Eugene Tenenbaum as a Director.
1,172,688,883
99.24
8,966,379
0.76
1,181,655,262
81.39
14,298
7
To elect Laurie Argo as a Director
1,181,607,220
100.00
48,042
0.00
1,181,655,262
81.39
14,298
7*
To elect Laurie Argo as a Director
317,528,948
99.98
48,042
0.02
317,576,990
54.03
14,298
8
To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director.
1,177,056,904
99.61
4,598,357
0.39
1,181,655,261
81.39
14,298
8*
To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director.
312,978,632
98.55
4,598,357
1.45
317,576,989
54.03
14,298
9
To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director.
1,180,046,855
99.86
1,608,407
0.14
1,181,655,262
81.39
14,298
9*
To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director
315,968,583
99.49
1,608,407
0.51
317,576,990
54.03
14,298
10
To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director.
1,137,934,204
96.30
43,721,057
3.70
1,181,655,261
81.39
14,298
10*
To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director.
273,855,932
86.23
43,721,057
13.77
317,576,989
54.03
14,298
11
To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director.
1,139,814,114
96.47
41,750,040
3.53
1,181,564,154
81.38
105,405
11*
To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director.
275,735,842
86.85
41,750,040
13.15
317,485,882
54.01
105,405
12
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company.
1,180,896,162
99.95
627,322
0.05
1,181,523,484
81.38
146,074
13
To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors
1,179,270,785
99.80
2,385,120
0.20
1,181,655,905
81.39
13,654
14
To authorise the Directors to allot shares.
1,172,242,120
99.20
9,413,786
0.80
1,181,655,906
81.39
13,654
15
To authorise the Directors to allot shares wholly for cash.
1,178,475,893
99.73
3,178,298
0.27
1,181,654,191
81.39
15,369
16
To authorise the Directors to allot shares wholly for cash
and used only for financing acquisitions or capital
investments.
1,178,086,024
99.70
3,568,166
0.30
1,181,654,190
81.39
15,369
17
To authorise the Company to buy back shares.
1,167,252,998
98.95
12,423,380
1.05
1,179,676,378
81.25
1,993,181
18
To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice
1,168,066,142
98.85
13,589,764
1.15
1,181,655,906
81.39
13,654
* 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 18 June 2019 is 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares. The Company holds 54,619,521 ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights attaching to the ordinary shares of the Company is therefore 1,451,907,773.
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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
For further information:
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Director, Investor Relations
London: +44 207 832 8990 Moscow: +7 495 232 1370
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