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TCS Group Holding PLC / AGM Statement
TCS Group Holding PLC Announces Results of 2017 AGM
29-May-2017 / 11:56 CET/CEST
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TCS Group Holding PLC Announces Results of 2017 AGM
Limassol, Cyprus - 29 May 2017. TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS LI) (the
"Company"), Russia's leading provider of online retail financial services,
including Tinkoff Bank and Tinkoff Insurance, announces the results of its
Annual General Meeting of shareholders (AGM) held earlier today.
The AGM was held at the registered office of the Company in Limassol,
Cyprus and had a quorum of 963,271,402 votes present, corresponding to
95.19% in number of the votes carried or conferred by the shares giving a
right to be present and vote at the meeting. The AGM was chaired by Mr
Constantinos Economides, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
The AGM passed all the proposed resolutions, in particular:
- Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited as auditor of the
Company.
- The Board of Directors was authorised to determine the remuneration of
the auditor.
- Re-election of Mr. Martin Cocker and Mr. Philippe Delpal to the Board of
Directors.
- The Board of Directors was granted authority to buy back class A shares
or interests in class A shares including global depositary receipts, up to
the maximum (10% of subscribed capital) permitted by Cyprus law.
The Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors remains Mr.
Martin Cocker: the composition of the Audit and Remuneration Committees is
unchanged.
The Meeting also received and accepted the Company's Annual Report for
2016.
The Minutes of the AGM will be available for viewing at the registered
office of the Company and available on the National Storage Mechanism of
the UK Listing Authority, located at [ 1 www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.]
For enquiries:
Tinkoff Bank
Darya Ermolina
Head of PR
+ 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2009)
2 d.ermolina@tinkoff.ru
About the Group
TCS Group Holding PLC is an innovative provider of online retail financial
services operating in Russia through a high-tech branchless platform. The
Group has also developed a "smart courier" network covering almost all
cities and towns in Russia which allows next day delivery to many
customers.
Tinkoff Bank's product range includes daily banking (credit and debit
cards, payments, money transfers), savings, investments, loyalty
programmes, travel services, SME services, mortgage platform, and
insurance. With its special focus on mobile business, the bank offers
mobile applications both for its customer base (Mobile Bank) and beyond it
(Traffic Fines, MoneyTalk, Card 2 Card instant money transfers).
Tinkoff is transitioning to become an online financial marketplace,
Tinkoff.ru, which offers an entire range of both own brand and partner
retail financial services via mobile and desktop.
As at 1 March 2017, the bank was the second largest player in the Russian
credit card market, with a market share of 10.6%. The FY2016 IFRS net
income of the parent company, TCS Group Holding PLC, which includes
Tinkoff Bank and the insurance company Tinkoff Insurance, amounted to RUB
11 bn, ROE stood at 43%.
Banki.ru, Russia's largest financial news portal, named Tinkoff Bank the
Bank of the Year 2016. In October 2016 Tinkoff Bank was named the largest
independent global direct bank by Frost & Sullivan. In 2015 and 2016, the
Global Finance magazine named Tinkoff Bank as the Best Consumer Digital
Bank in Russia. In 2016, the bank also won Global Finance's Best
Integrated Consumer Bank Site award and was named the Best Digital Bank in
the CEE by Euromoney. The bank's mobile application was recognised as the
best in Russia by Markswebb Rank & Report for three consecutive years in
2014, 2015 and 2016, and by Deloitte for four consecutive years from 2013
to 2016.
Forward-looking statements
Some of the information in this announcement may contain projections or
other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future
financial performance of the Group and Tinkoff Bank. You can identify
forward looking statements by terms such as "expect", "believe",
"anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "will", "could," "may" or "might", the
negative of such terms or other similar expressions. The Group and Tinkoff
Bank wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and
that actual events or results may differ materially. The Group and Tinkoff
Bank do not intend to update these statements to reflect events and
circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence
of unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to
differ materially from those contained in projections or forward-looking
statements of the Group and Tinkoff Bank, including, among others, general
economic conditions, the competitive environment, risks associated with
operating in Russia, rapid technological and market change in the
industries the Group operates in, as well as many other risks specifically
related to the Group, Tinkoff Bank and their respective operations.
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Language: English
Company: TCS Group Holding PLC
2nd Floor, Sotiri Tofini 4, Agios Athanasios
4102 Limassol
Cyprus
Phone: +7 495 648-10-00
Fax: +7 495 645-59-09
E-mail: media@tinkoff.ru
Internet: https://www.tinkoff.ru
ISIN: US87238U2033
Listed: Foreign Exchange(s) London, Moscow
Category Code: AGM
TIDM: TCS
LEI Code: 549300XQRN9MR54V1W18
Sequence No.: 4241
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