Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4306B

RHI Magnesita N.V.

06 June 2019

 

RHI Magnesita N.V.

("RHI Magnesita" or the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting 2019 ("AGM")

Following the AGM held today, 6 June 2019, RHI Magnesita N.V. announces that each of the voting resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting to Shareholders, dated 25 April 2019, were passed by the requisite majority. A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed. The results of the poll, incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting, are set out below:

Resolutions	Votes for	% of votes cast	Votes against	% of votes cast	Total votes validly cast	Total votes cast as a % of the relevant shares in issue	Number of votes withheld
Resolution 4 To adopt the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018	38,115,558	100.00	0	0.00	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 5 Approval of a final dividend of €1.50 per share for the financial year ended 31 December 2018.	38,156,819	100.00	0	0.00	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 6 To release the directors from liability.	38,098,419	100.00	0	0.00	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 7. a. To re-elect S. Borgas	38,077,786	99.75	93,970	0.25	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 7. b. To elect I. Botha	37,962,529	99.45	209,227	0.55	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 8. a. To re-elect H. Cordt	36,283,116	95.05	1,888,640	4.95	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 8. b.  To re-elect W. Ruttenstorfer	38,019,212	99.60	152,544	0.40	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 8. c. To re-elect S.O.L.B Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein- Berleburg	38,065,836	99.72	105,920	0.28	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 8. d.  To re-elect D.A. Schlaff	37,696,839	98.76	474,917	1.24	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 8. e.  To re-elect K. Sevelda	38,094,925	99.80	76,831	0.20	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 8. f.  To re-elect C.F. Baxter	38,057,547	99.70	114,209	0.30	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 8. g.  To re-elect J.W. Leng	38,057,547	99.70	114,209	0.30	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 8. h.  To re-elect J. Ramsay	38,094,925	99.80	76,831	0.20	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 8. i.  To re-elect A. J. Hosty	38,019,212	99.60	152,544	0.40	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 8. j.  To elect J. Ashdown	38,019,500	99.69	116,399	0.31	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 8. k.  To elect F. Paulus	38,171,756	100.00	0	0.00	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 9  To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. as the Company's auditor	38,134,609	99.90	37,147	0.10	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 10  To approve the remuneration report	38,161,284	99.97	10,472	0.03	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 11 Authority to issue ordinary shares or grant rights to acquire ordinary shares.	37,683,424	98.72	488,332	1.28	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 12 Limited disapplication of pre-emption rights.	38,156,819	99.96	14,937	0.04	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 13 Limited disapplication of pre-emption rights (financing an acquisition or other capital investment).	37,716,341	98.81	455,415	1.19	38,171,756	77.15%	0
Resolution 14 Authority to acquire shares in the Company or depositary receipts of such shares.	38,043,129	99.76	91,480	0.24	38,171,756	77.15%	0

Notes:

1.    Resolutions 1, 2 and 3 were non-voting resolutions and are therefore not included in the table above

2.    The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote was 49,477,705.

3.    A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the % of shares voted "For" or "Against" a resolution.

4.   In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism website and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

5.    These poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website at www.rhimagnesita.com.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Jacqueline Knox, Executive VP General Counsel & Company Secretary

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E-mail: [e-mail]

Guy Marks, Head of Investor Relations

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About RHI Magnesita

RHI Magnesita is the leading global supplier of high-grade refractory products, systems and solutions which are indispensable for industrial high-temperature processes exceeding 1,200°C in a wide range of industries, including steel, cement, non-ferrous metals and glass. With a vertically integrated value chain, from raw materials to refractory products and full performance-based solutions, RHI Magnesita serves customers in nearly all countries around the world. The Company has a high level of geographic diversification with more than 14,000 employees in 35 main production sites and more than 70 sales offices around the world. RHI Magnesita intends to leverage its global leadership in terms of revenue, scale, product portfolio and diversified geographic presence to target strategically those countries and regions benefitting from more dynamic economic growth prospects. 

Its shares have a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: RHIM) and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. For more information please visit: www.rhimagnesita.com

 

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