Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7250H

Polymetal International PLC

21 May 2014

 

Release time	IMMEDIATE
Date	21 May 2014

Polymetal International plc

Result of AGM

Polymetal International plc (LSE, MOEX: POLY, ADR: AUCOY) (together with its subsidiaries - "Polymetal", the "Company", or the "Group") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company ("AGM") held today at 11 am (BST), all resolutions contained within the notice of the meeting were duly passed.

Resolution*	Vote type	Voted	Voted %	% of Issued Share Capital
01, ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS	For Against Votes Withheld**	238,686,027 90 118,687	100.00 0.00 -	61.28 0.00 -
02, REMUNERATION REPORT	For Against Votes Withheld**	238,310,278 494,526 0	99.79 0.21 -	61.19 0.13 -
03, REMUNERATION POLICY	For Against Votes Withheld**	238,263,983 540,821 0	99.77 0.23 -	61.18 0.14 -
04, FINAL DIVIDEND	For Against Votes Withheld**	238,804,804 0 0	100.00 0.00 -	61.31 0.00 -
05, REELECT B GODSELL	For Against Votes Withheld**	237,658,727 522,426 623,651	99.78 0.22 -	61.02 0.13 -
06, REELECT V NESIS	For Against Votes Withheld**	238,467,961 336,806 37	99.86 0.14 -	61.23 0.09 -
07, REELECT K YANAKOV	For Against Votes Withheld**	235,458,533 2,837,322 508,949	98.81 1.19 -	60.46 0.73 -
08, REELECT M GRÖNBERG	For Against Votes Withheld**	235,458,071 2,837,784 508,949	98.81 1.19 -	60.46 0.73 -
09, REELECT JP DUVIEUSART	For Against Votes Withheld**	235,090,194 3,205,661 508,949	98.65 1.35 -	60.36 0.82 -
10, REELECT J BEST	For Against Votes Withheld**	236,781,551 2,023,216 37	99.15 0.85 -	60.80 0.52 -
11, REELECT R SKIRROW	For Against Votes Withheld**	238,803,177 1,590 37	100.00 0.00 -	61.31 0.00 -
12, REELECT L HOMENIUK	For Against Votes Withheld**	230,111,875 8,069,278 623,651	96.61 3.39 -	59.08 2.07 -
13, REAPPOINT AUDITORS	For Against Votes Withheld**	238,280,222 523,569 1,013	99.78 0.22 -	61.18 0.13 -
14, AUDITORS' REMUNERATION	For Against Votes Withheld**	238,804,635 132 37	100.00 0.00 -	61.31 0.00 -
15, AMEND RULES TO LTIP	For Against Votes Withheld**	238,273,240 531,527 37	99.78 0.22 -	61.18 0.14 -
16, ALLOT EQUITY SECURITIES	For Against Votes Withheld**	238,399,512 2,476 402,816	100.00 0.00 -	61.21 0.00 -
17, DISAPPLY PREEMP RIGHTS	For Against Votes Withheld**	238,801,601 2,566 637	100.00 0.00 -	61.31 0.00 -
18, PURCHASE OWN SHARES	For Against Votes Withheld**	238,802,704 2,100 0	100.00 0.00 -	61.31 0.00 -

* Resolutions numbered 1 to 16 (inclusive) are ordinary resolutions and resolutions numbered 17 and 18 are special resolutions.

** A "vote withheld" is not a 'vote' under Jersey law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution.

A copy of resolutions passed as special business at the AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The total number of ordinary shares of no par value eligible to be voted at the AGM was 389,472,865. The scrutineer of the polls was Computershare Investor Services PLC.

A webcast replay of the AGM is available on the Company's website www.polymetalinternational.com

Enquiries

Media		Investor Relations
Instinctif Partners Leonid Fink Tony Friend	[phone]	Polymetal Maxim Nazimok Evgenia Onuschenko Elena Revenko	[e-mail] [phone] (Russia) [phone] (UK)
Joint Corporate Brokers
Morgan Stanley Bill Hutchings Sam McLennan	[phone]	RBC Europe Limited Stephen Foss Jonny Hardy	[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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