Directorate Change

RNS Number : 0706S

Evraz Plc

15 March 2016

 

Changes to the Board of Directors and Board Committees

15 March 2016 - EVRAZ plc (LSE: EVR) announces that Ms. Olga Pokrovskaya and Mr. Duncan Baxter have stepped down from the Board as directors, with an effective date of 14 March 2016.

Commenting on this decision, Mr. Alexander Abramov, Chairman, said:

"On behalf of the Board I would like to thank them for their considerable efforts and many years of successful service"

Additionally, the following changes were made to the composition of the Board's Committees, with an effective date of 14 March 2016:

•           Mr. Alexander Izosimov will become Chairman of the Remuneration Committee (succeeding Duncan Baxter)

•           Deborah Gudgeon will join the Remuneration Committee

•           Sir Michael Peat will join the Remuneration Committee

•           Mr. Karl Gruber will step down from the Remuneration Committee and will join the Audit Committee 

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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 14.3 million tonnes in 2015. 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 2015 were US$8,767 million, and consolidated EBITDA amounted to US$1,438 million.

 

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