Results of the Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 5929Q

Evraz Plc

18 June 2015

 



EVRAZ plc (the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Thursday 18 June 2015 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 18 May 2015 (the "Notice of AGM"), were proposed and passed by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 16 to 18 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 report of the Directors and the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2014	1,014,431,945	99.80	2,075,743	0.20	1,016,507,688	67.47%	1,103,615
02	To approve the Annual Remuneration Report section of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2014	997,715,786	98.14	18,920,641	1.86	1,016,636,427	67.48%	974,876
03*	To elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director	125,979,109	99.82	222,084	0.18	126,201,193	14.17%	785,980
03	To elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director	1,016,603,239	99.98	222,084	0.02	1,016,825,323	67.49%	785,980
04	To re-elect Alexander Abramov as a Director	1,012,044,658	99.53	4,780,415	0.47	1,016,825,073	67.49%	786,230
05*	To re-elect Duncan Antony Hilder Baxter as a Director	125,050,552	99.24	961,443	0.76	126,011,995	14.15%	975,178
05	To re-elect Duncan Antony Hilder Baxter as a Director	1,015,674,682	99.91	961,443	0.09	1,016,636,125	67.48%	975,178
06	To re-elect Alexander Frolov as a Director	1,016,327,506	99.95	497,567	0.05	1,016,825,073	67.49%	786,230
07*	To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director	125,799,756	99.68	401,187	0.32	126,200,943	14.17%	786,230
07	To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director	1,016,423,886	99.96	401,187	0.04	1,016,825,073	67.49%	786,230
08*	To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director	124,994,165	99.04	1,206,778	0.96	126,200,943	14.17%	786,230
08	To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director	1,015,618,295	99.88	1,206,778	0.12	1,016,825,073	67.49%	786,230
09*	To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director	125,615,580	99.69	396,770	0.31	126,012,350	14.15%	974,823
09	To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director	1,016,239,710	99.96	396,770	0.04	1,016,636,480	67.48%	974,823
10	To re-elect Olga Pokrovskaya as a Director	944,138,579	93.20	68,875,224	6.80	1,013,013,803	67.24%	4,597,500
11	To re-elect Eugene Shvidler as a Director	1,012,395,528	99.69	3,156,288	0.31	1,015,551,816	67.41%	2,059,487
12	To re-elect Eugene Tenenbaum as a Director	1,014,843,516	99.93	708,300	0.07	1,015,551,816	67.41%	2,059,487
13	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company	1,014,707,152	99.81	1,926,953	0.19	1,016,634,105	67.48%	977,198
14	To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors	1,016,705,922	99.99	119,203	0.01	1,016,825,125	67.49%	786,178
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	1,013,347,179	99.65	3,534,002	0.35	1,016,881,181	67.50%	730,122
16	To authorise the Directors to allot shares wholly for cash	1,014,142,372	99.73	2,738,809	0.27	1,016,881,181	67.50%	730,122
17	To authorise the Directors to buy back shares	1,016,818,375	99.99	63,056	0.01	1,016,881,431	67.50%	729,872
18	To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice	996,544,603	98.00	20,336,828	2.00	1,016,881,431	67.50%	729,872

* 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 18 June 2015 is 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares.

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	[phone]
Moscow	[phone]
E-mail	[e-mail]
Company Secretary:
TMF Corporate Administration Services Limited
London	[phone]
E-mail	[e-mail]

EVRAZ is a vertically integrated steel, mining and vanadium business with operations in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, USA, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy and South Africa. EVRAZ is among the top steel producers in the world based on crude steel production of 15.5 million tonnes in 2014. A significant portion of the company's internal consumption of iron ore and coking coal is covered by its mining operations. The company's consolidated revenues for the year ended 31 December 2014 were US$13,061 million, and consolidated EBITDA amounted to US$2,325 million.

 

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