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RNS Number : 5858K
Evraz Plc
17 April 2015
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EVRAZ plc (the "Company")
Results of the General Meeting
A General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Friday 17April 2015 at 11.30a.m. (London time). At the Meeting, the special resolution set out in the Notice of General Meeting dated 1April 2015 (the "Notice of General Meeting"), was proposed and passed by way of a poll.
Accordingly, the Company has obtained the necessary approvals required to undertake the Tender Offer (details of which were set out in the Circular to Shareholders published by the Company on 1April 2015). The Company expects to announce the results of the Tender Offer on 20April 2015.
The poll voting figures are shown below.
No
Special Resolution
Votes for
%
Votes against
%
Votes withheld
Total votes as % of issued share capital
1
To authorise the Company to buy back shares
1,126,486,066
99.97
376,663
0.03
2,619,767
74.80%
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 15April 2015 is 1,506,527,294ordinary shares.
4. The scrutineer of the polls was Computershare Investor Services PLC.
5. All percentages are rounded to two decimal points.

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