REG-HMS Group HMS Group: Resolutions of the AGM of Shareholders

HMS Hydraulic Machines & SystemsAnnouncement

29/06/2020 15:50

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   HMS Group (HMSG)
   HMS Group: Resolutions of the AGM of Shareholders

   29-Jun-2020 / 17:46 MSK
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   HMS Hydraulic Machines & Systems Group plc

   (the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries, the "HMS Group")

    

   Moscow, Russia

   June 29, 2020

    

   Resolutions of the Annual General Meetings of Shareholders

    

   Moscow, Russia - HMS Hydraulic Machines & Systems Group PLC (LSE: HMSG)
   today announces that the following resolutions have been approved by the
   Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 29, 2020:

    1. Annual Report, Consolidated Financial of the Group and Standalone
       Financial Statements of the Company for the year ending December 31,
       2019 have been adopted; 
    2. Mr. Vladimir Lukyanenko has been re-elected as a Non-Executive
       Director; 
    3. Mr. Kirill Molchanov has been re-elected as an Executive Director;
    4. Mr. Yury Skrynnik has been re-elected as an Executive Director;
    5. Deloitte Limited, Cyprus has been appointed as the Group's auditors,
       while the Group's Directors have been authorized to agree on the
       auditor's remuneration;
    6. The dividend distribution for the financial year ended December 31,
       2019 of Rub 3.41 per one ordinary share, amounting to total dividend
       of Rub 399,527,286.19, have been adopted. The record date on June 19,
       2020 and the Payment date on June 30, 2020 for the purposes of
       dividend distribution have been adopted;
    7. The prolongation of the buyback program of the Company with respect to
       global depositary receipts on the conditions, determined by the Board
       of Directors at the meeting held on April 23, 2020, has been approved
       by the way of the Special Resolution;

    

   BUY-BACK PROGRAM

    1. The Buyback period will be 1 year from 29 June 2020 if the program
       will be approved at the AGM, i.e. from 29 June 2020 through 29 June
       2021
    2. Maximum number of GDRs (each representing five ordinary shares in the
       share capital of the Company) which can be repurchased - 6% of the
       subscribed capital of HMS Group, including previously acquired and
       held at the time GDRs (Treasury shares):

    

                                                               Number of GDRs
                          Number of                % share in
                          shares/underlying shares the capital (1 GDR = 5
                                                               shares)
   Subscribed capital of
   HMS Group (ordinary    117,163,427              100.00      -
   shares)
   Maximum number of
   shares/GDRs to be      7,029,805                6.00        1,405,961
   purchased

    

    3. GDRs will be repurchased at the prevailing market price at the date of
       such purchase; due to large spreads for purchase/sale, as well as to
       the practice of issuing to the broker of irrevocable orders for the
       "quiet periods", the purchase price may differ significantly from the
       price of the previous transaction.
    4. Any purchase of GDRs will be conducted on the London Stock Exchange
       and/or on over-the-counter markets;
    5. The Buyback will be carried out by the way of on-market purchases and
       all shareholders will be treated equally;
    6. Purchases will be carried out by the Company with the assistance of
       Renaissance Capital or any other independent broker, determined by the
       Board of Directors after the approval of the Buyback (if obtained) at
       the AGM;
    7. The amount and timing of repurchases will be determined by HMS Group
       based on its evaluation of business opportunities, market and the
       Company's financial conditions, and according to market practices;

   The Buyback program will end as soon as the total amount of acquired
   securities has reached the maximum amount specified (1,405,961 GDRs) or,
   if earlier, on 29 June 2021

    

    

   For more information, please, contact:

   Alexander Rybin, Head of Capital markets, on telephone: +7 (495) 730-6601,
   or email: rybin@hms.ru

    

   Inna Kelekhsaeva, Deputy Head of Capital markets, on telephone: +7 (495)
   730-6601, or email:  1 kelekhsaeva@hms.ru

    

   About HMS Group

   HMS Group is the leading pump and compressor manufacturer, as well as
   provider of flow control solutions and related services for the oil and
   gas, petrochemistry, nuclear and thermal power generation, water and
   wastewater sectors in Russia and the CIS headquartered in Moscow, Russia.
   HMS Group's products are mission-critical elements of projects across a
   diverse range of industries. HMS has a listing on the London Stock
   Exchange in the form of global depositary receipts (LSE: HMSG).

    

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   ISIN:           US40425X4079
   Category Code:  RAG
   TIDM:           HMSG
   LEI Code:       254900DDFETNLASV8M53
   OAM Categories: 2.2. Inside information
                   3.1. Additional regulated information required to be
                   disclosed under the laws of a Member State
   Sequence No.:   72492
   EQS News ID:    1081283


    
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