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16/07/2015 11:39

RNS Number : 5929Q
Evraz Plc
18 June 2015
EVRAZ plc (the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Thursday 18 June 2015 at 11.00 a.m. (London time). At the Meeting, the ordinary and special resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 18 May 2015 (the "Notice of AGM"), were proposed and passed by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 16 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.
The poll voting figures are shown below. 
No
RESOLUTION
VOTES
FOR
%
VOTES
AGAINST
%
VOTES
TOTAL
% of ISC VOTED
VOTES
WITHHELD
01
To receive the report of the Directors and the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2014
1,014,431,945
99.80
2,075,743
0.20
1,016,507,688
67.47%
1,103,615
02
To approve the Annual Remuneration Report section of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2014
997,715,786
98.14
18,920,641
1.86
1,016,636,427
67.48%
974,876
03*
To elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director
125,979,109
99.82
222,084
0.18
126,201,193
14.17%
785,980
03
To elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director
1,016,603,239
99.98
222,084
0.02
1,016,825,323
67.49%
785,980
04
To re-elect Alexander Abramov as a Director
1,012,044,658
99.53
4,780,415
0.47
1,016,825,073
67.49%
786,230
05*
To re-elect Duncan Antony Hilder Baxter as a Director
125,050,552
99.24
961,443
0.76
126,011,995
14.15%
975,178
05
To re-elect Duncan Antony Hilder Baxter as a Director
1,015,674,682
99.91
961,443
0.09
1,016,636,125
67.48%
975,178
06
To re-elect Alexander Frolov as a Director
1,016,327,506
99.95
497,567
0.05
1,016,825,073
67.49%
786,230
07*
To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director
125,799,756
99.68
401,187
0.32
126,200,943
14.17%
786,230
07
To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director
1,016,423,886
99.96
401,187
0.04
1,016,825,073
67.49%
786,230
08*
To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director
124,994,165
99.04
1,206,778
0.96
126,200,943
14.17%
786,230
08
To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director
1,015,618,295
99.88
1,206,778
0.12
1,016,825,073
67.49%
786,230
09*
To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director
125,615,580
99.69
396,770
0.31
126,012,350
14.15%
974,823
09
To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director
1,016,239,710
99.96
396,770
0.04
1,016,636,480
67.48%
974,823
10
To re-elect Olga Pokrovskaya as a Director
944,138,579
93.20
68,875,224
6.80
1,013,013,803
67.24%
4,597,500
11
To re-elect Eugene Shvidler as a Director
1,012,395,528
99.69
3,156,288
0.31
1,015,551,816
67.41%
2,059,487
12
To re-elect Eugene Tenenbaum as a Director
1,014,843,516
99.93
708,300
0.07
1,015,551,816
67.41%
2,059,487
13
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company
1,014,707,152
99.81
1,926,953
0.19
1,016,634,105
67.48%
977,198
14
To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors
1,016,705,922
99.99
119,203
0.01
1,016,825,125
67.49%
786,178
15
To authorise the Directors to allot shares 
1,013,347,179
99.65
3,534,002
0.35
1,016,881,181
67.50%
730,122
16
To authorise the Directors to allot shares wholly for cash
1,014,142,372
99.73
2,738,809
0.27
1,016,881,181
67.50%
730,122
17
To authorise the Directors to buy back shares
1,016,818,375
99.99
63,056
0.01
1,016,881,431
67.50%
729,872
18
To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice
996,544,603
98.00
20,336,828
2.00
1,016,881,431
67.50%
729,872
* Result of the votes cast by the Independent Shareholders.
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 2015 is 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares. 
4. The scrutineer of the polls was Computershare Investor Services PLC.
5. All percentages are rounded to two decimal points.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions passed at the Meeting concerning items other than ordinary business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism which can be accessed at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Details of the poll votes received will shortly also be available for viewing on the Company's website http://www.evraz.com/
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For further information:
Investor Relations:



Irina Bakhturina

Director, Investor Relations

London
+44 207 832 8990
Moscow
+7 495 232 1370
E-mail
ir@evraz.com




Company Secretary:



TMF Corporate Administration Services Limited

London
+44 207 832 8920
E-mail
evrazcosec@tmf-group.com
EVRAZ is a vertically integrated steel, mining and vanadium business with operations in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, USA, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy and South Africa. EVRAZ is among the top steel producers in the world based on crude steel production of 15.5 million tonnes in 2014. A significant portion of the company's internal consumption of iron ore and coking coal is covered by its mining operations. The company's consolidated revenues for the year ended 31 December 2014 were US$13,061 million, and consolidated EBITDA amounted to US$2,325 million. 

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