Notice of AGM

RNS Number : 7299D

Polymetal International PLC

21 May 2012

 

Release time	IMMEDIATE
Date	21 May 2012

Polymetal International Plc

Notice of AGM and extension of currency election date for dividend payment      

Polymetal International Plc (LSE: POLY) (the "Company") announces that its Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 13 June 2012 at 11 am (BST) at  Le Hocq Suite, Radisson Blu Hotel, Rue de l'Etau, St Helier, JE2 3WF, Jersey, Channel Islands.

In connection with this, the following documents have been posted or made available to shareholders on Friday, 18 May:

-     Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2011;

-     Notice of Annual General Meeting ("Notice");

-     Proxy Form;

-     Deemed Consent Letter;

-     Dividend Mandate; and

-     Currency Election Form.

Copies of the Notice and Proxy Form have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and are available at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Copies of all the above documents are also available on the Company's website at www.polymetalinternational.com.

The Company further announces that the last date for making a dividend currency election has been extended to 29 May 2012. Shareholders are reminded that the default currency for payment of the final dividend of US$0.20 per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2011 is pounds sterling, converted at the US$/GBP spot exchange rate on 30 May 2012.

Shareholders who wish to receive the dividend in US dollars must make an election in the form provided by 29 May 2012 themselves or contact their depositories or brokers without delay.

Enquiries

Media		Investor Relations
College Hill Leonid Fink Tony Friend	[phone]	Polymetal  Pavel Danilin  Maxim Nazimok	[phone]
Joint Corporate Brokers
Morgan Stanley Edward Knight Sandip Patodia	[phone]	Canaccord Genuity  John Prior  Roger Lambert	[phone]
Registrar
Computershare Investor Services PLC	[phone]

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS RELEASE MAY INCLUDE STATEMENTS THAT ARE, OR MAY BE DEEMED TO BE, "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS".  THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS SPEAK ONLY AS AT THE DATE OF THIS RELEASE.  THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE USE OF FORWARD-LOOKING TERMINOLOGY, INCLUDING THE WORDS "TARGETS", "BELIEVES", "EXPECTS", "AIMS", "INTENDS", "WILL", "MAY", "ANTICIPATES", "WOULD", "COULD" OR "SHOULD" OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS OR, IN EACH CASE THEIR NEGATIVE OR OTHER VARIATIONS OR BY DISCUSSION OF STRATEGIES, PLANS, OBJECTIVES, GOALS, FUTURE EVENTS OR INTENTIONS.  THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ALL INCLUDE MATTERS THAT ARE NOT HISTORICAL FACTS.  BY THEIR NATURE, SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS BEYOND THE COMPANY'S CONTROL THAT COULD CAUSE THE ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COMPANY TO BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM FUTURE RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.  SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON NUMEROUS ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE COMPANY'S PRESENT AND FUTURE BUSINESS STRATEGIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE COMPANY WILL OPERATE IN THE FUTURE. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEES OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE.  THERE ARE MANY FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY'S ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE EXPRESSED IN SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION OR UNDERTAKING TO DISSEMINATE ANY UPDATES OR REVISIONS TO ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN THE COMPANY'S EXPECTATIONS WITH REGARD THERETO OR ANY CHANGE IN EVENTS, CONDITIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES ON WHICH ANY SUCH STATEMENTS ARE BASED

 

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