Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6484C

Evraz Plc

18 June 2019

 

EVRAZ  plc (the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Tuesday 18 June 2019 at 11.00am (London time). At the Meeting, the ordinary and special resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 3 May 2019 (the "Notice of AGM"), were proposed and passed by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.

Full details of the poll results are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website www.evraz.com.

No	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	TOTAL VOTES	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the year ended 31 December 2018	1,179,677,802	99.86	1,644,619	0.14	1,181,322,421	81.36	347,138
2	To approve the Annual Remuneration Report set out on pages 120 to 127 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2018	1,128,595,317	95.51	53,060,034	4.49	1,181,655,351	81.39	14,208
3	To re-elect Alexander Abramov as a Director.	1,134,381,221	96.00	47,274,040	4.00	1,181,655,261	81.39	14,298
4	To re-elect Alexander Frolov as a Director.	1,174,615,272	99.40	7,039,990	0.60	1,181,655,262	81.39	14,298
5	To re-elect Eugene Shvidler as a Director.	1,152,861,499	97.56	28,793,763	2.44	1,181,655,262	81.39	14,298
6	To re-elect Eugene Tenenbaum as a Director.	1,172,688,883	99.24	8,966,379	0.76	1,181,655,262	81.39	14,298
7	To elect Laurie Argo as a Director	1,181,607,220	100.00	48,042	0.00	1,181,655,262	81.39	14,298
7*	To elect Laurie Argo as a Director	317,528,948	99.98	48,042	0.02	317,576,990	54.03	14,298
8	To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director.	1,177,056,904	99.61	4,598,357	0.39	1,181,655,261	81.39	14,298
8*	To re-elect Karl Gruber as a Director.	312,978,632	98.55	4,598,357	1.45	317,576,989	54.03	14,298
9	To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director.	1,180,046,855	99.86	1,608,407	0.14	1,181,655,262	81.39	14,298
9*	To re-elect Deborah Gudgeon as a Director	315,968,583	99.49	1,608,407	0.51	317,576,990	54.03	14,298
10	To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director.	1,137,934,204	96.30	43,721,057	3.70	1,181,655,261	81.39	14,298
10*	To re-elect Alexander Izosimov as a Director.	273,855,932	86.23	43,721,057	13.77	317,576,989	54.03	14,298
11	To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director.	1,139,814,114	96.47	41,750,040	3.53	1,181,564,154	81.38	105,405
11*	To re-elect Sir Michael Peat as a Director.	275,735,842	86.85	41,750,040	13.15	317,485,882	54.01	105,405
12	To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company.	1,180,896,162	99.95	627,322	0.05	1,181,523,484	81.38	146,074
13	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors	1,179,270,785	99.80	2,385,120	0.20	1,181,655,905	81.39	13,654
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	1,172,242,120	99.20	9,413,786	0.80	1,181,655,906	81.39	13,654
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares wholly for cash.	1,178,475,893	99.73	3,178,298	0.27	1,181,654,191	81.39	15,369
16	To authorise the Directors to allot shares wholly for cash and used only for financing acquisitions or capital investments.	1,178,086,024	99.70	3,568,166	0.30	1,181,654,190	81.39	15,369
17	To authorise the Company to buy back shares.	1,167,252,998	98.95	12,423,380	1.05	1,179,676,378	81.25	1,993,181
18	To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	1,168,066,142	98.85	13,589,764	1.15	1,181,655,906	81.39	13,654

* Result of poll of independent shareholders only.

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 2019 is 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares. The Company holds 54,619,521  ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights attaching to the ordinary shares of the Company is therefore 1,451,907,773.

4.    The scrutineer of the poll was Computershare Investor Services PLC.

5.    All percentages are rounded to two decimal points.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy  of the resolutions passed at the Meeting will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism which can be accessed at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

 

For further information:

Media Relations:	Investor Relations:
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