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Evraz Plc
16 June 2016
EVRAZ plc (the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Thursday 16 June 2016 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 16 May 2016 (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 16 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 Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015
1,070,524,760
99.75
2,715,633
0.25
1,073,240,393
75.61%
393,743
02
To approve the Annual Remuneration Report section of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2015
1,062,930,124
99.00
10,684,012
1.00
1,073,614,136
75.63%
20,000
03
To re-elect Alexander Abramov as a Director
1,034,309,000
99.57
4,432,648
0.43
1,038,741,648
73.18%
34,892,488
04
To re-elect Alexander Frolov as a Director
1,038,364,617
99.96
377,031
0.04
1,038,741,648
73.18%
34,892,488
05
To re-elect Eugene Shvidler as a Director
1,036,687,966
99.80
2,053,682
0.20
1,038,741,648
73.18%
34,892,488
06
To re-elect Eugene Tenenbaum as a Director
1,038,258,437
99.95
483,211
0.05
1,038,741,648
73.18%
34,892,488
07
To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director
1,038,371,602
99.96
370,046
0.04
1,038,741,648
73.18%
34,892,488
07*
To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director
132,884,186
99.72
370,046
0.28
133,254,232
25.92%
34,892,488
08
To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director
1,038,358,485
 99.96
370,152
0.04
1,038,728,637
73.18%
34,905,499
08*
To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director
132,871,069
99.72
370,152
0.28
133,241,221
25.92%
34,905,499
09
To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director
1,072,973,827
99.94
638,309
0.06
1,073,612,136
75.63%
22,000
09*
To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director
167,486,411
99.62
638,309
0.38
168,124,720
32.71%
22,000
10
To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director
1,035,902,446
99.73
2,841,202
0.27
1,038,743,648
73.18%
34,890,488
10*
To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director
130,415,030
97.87
2,841,202
2.13
133,256,232
25.92%
34,890,488
11
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company 
1,073,530,853
100.00
106
0.00
1,073,530,959
75.63%
103,177
12
To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors
1,073,609,042
100.00
3,936
0.00
1,073,612,978
75.63%
20,000
13
To authorise the Directors to allot shares
1,072,357,383
 99.88
1,256,753
0.12
1,073,614,136
75.63%
20,000
14
To authorise the Directors to allot shares wholly for cash
1,038,147,266
96.70
35,466,870
3.30
1,073,614,136
75.63%
20,000
15
To authorise the Company to buy back shares
1,073,321,208
99.97
292,928
0.03
1,073,614,136
75.63%
 20,000
16
To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice
1,060,993,160
98.82
12,620,976
1.18
1,073,614,136
75.63%
20,000
* 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 16 June 2016 is 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares, the current number of shares outstanding is 1,419,512,128. The Company holds 87,015,166 ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights attaching to the ordinary shares of the Company is therefore 1,419,512,128.
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:



Prism Cosec Limited

London
+44 (0)7785 265335
E-mail
Chris.Stamp@prismcosec.com

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