Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6191I

Evraz Plc

20 June 2017

 

EVRAZ  plc (the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Tuesday 20  June 2017 at 11.00am (London time). At the Meeting, the ordinary and special resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 15 May 2017 (the "Notice of AGM"), were proposed and passed by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.

Full details of the poll results are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website www.evraz.com.

No	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the year ended 31 December 2016	1,085,383,802	99.74	2,876,530	0.26	1,088,260,332	75.99	300,849
2	To approve the Annual Remuneration Report set out on pages 125 to 129 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2016.	1,066,790,366	98.00	21,770,261	2.00	1,088,560,627	76.01	554
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy Report set out on pages 121 to 124 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2016.	1,056,318,861	97.29	29,439,227	2.71	1,085,758,088	75.82	2,803,093
4	To re-elect Alexander Abramov as a Director.	1,041,479,314	98.00	21,232,991	2.00	1,062,712,305	74.21	25,848,875
5	To re-elect Alexander Frolov as a Director.	1,061,052,565	99.84	1,659,741	0.16	1,062,712,306	74.21	25,848,875
6	To re-elect Eugene Shvidler as a Director.	1,059,206,730	99.67	3,505,576	0.33	1,062,712,306	74.21	25,848,875
7	To re-elect Eugene Tenenbaum as a Director.	1,061,050,565	99.84	1,661,741	0.16	1,062,712,306	74.21	25,848,875
8	To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director.	1,088,224,198	99.97	336,983	0.03	1,088,561,181	76.01	0
8*	To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director.	182,736,782	99.82	336,983	0.18	183,073,765	34.77	0
9	To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director.	1,087,882,203	99.94	678,978	0.06	1,088,561,181	76.01	0
9*	To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director	182,394,787	99.63	678,978	0.37	183,073,765	34.77	0
10	To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director.	1,087,882,203	99.94	678,978	0.06	1,088,561,181	76.01	0
10*	To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director.	182,394,787	99.63	678,978	0.37	183,073,765	34.77	0
11	To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director.	1,061,474,512	99.89	1,215,703	0.11	1,062,690,215	74.21	25,870,966
11*	To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director.	155,987,096	99.23	1,215,703	0.77	157,202,799	29.85	25,870,966
12	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company.	1,088,307,562	99.99	85,122	0.01	1,088,392,684	76.00	168,497
13	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors	1,088,476,259	99.99	84,922	0.01	1,088,561,181	76.01	0
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	1,060,737,047	97.44	27,824,058	2.56	1,088,561,105	76.01	0
15	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of 5% of the Company's issued share capital	1,062,709,099	97.63	25,852,006	2.37	1,088,561,105	76.01	0
16	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 5% of the Company's issued share capital	1,062,138,081	97.57	26,423,024	2.43	1,088,561,105	76.01	0
17	To authorise the Company to buy back shares	1,087,182,186	99.97	373,545	0.03	1,087,555,731	75.94	1,005,374
18	To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	1,053,481,462	96.78	35,079,642	3.22	1,088,561,104	76.01	0

* Result of poll of independent shareholders only.

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 20 June 2017 is 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares, The Company holds 74,473,951 ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights attaching to the ordinary shares of the Company is therefore 1,432,053,343.

4.    The scrutineer of the poll was Computershare Investor Services PLC.

5.    All percentages are rounded to two decimal points.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy  of the resolution passed at the Meeting will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism which can be accessed at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

For further information:

Media Relations:	Investor Relations:
Mariya Starovoyt Director, External communications London: [phone] Moscow: [phone] [e-mail]	Irina Bakhturina Director, Investor Relations London: [phone] Moscow: [phone] [e-mail]
Company Secretary:
Prism Cosec Limited London: [phone] [e-mail]

 

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