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Evraz Plc
23 May 2017
 

 

EVRAZ plc

 

Results of the General Meeting of independent shareholders

Disposal of Joint Stock Company EVRAZ Nakhodka Trade Sea Port is approved

 

EVRAZ plc (the "Company") announces that at the General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the independent shareholders of the Company held on Tuesday 23 May 2017 at 10.00am (London time) at the offices of Clifford Chance LLP, 10 Upper Bank Street, London E14 5JJ the ordinary resolution set out in the circular relating to the recommended proposal for the Disposal of Joint Stock Company EVRAZ Nakhodha Trade Sea Port to Lanebrook Limited dated 3 May 2017 (the "Shareholder Circular"), was proposed and passed by way of a poll. Completion of the transaction is expected to occur by 15 June 2017.

 

 

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 ELIGBLE SHARES VOTED

VOTES
WITHHELD

1

To approve the transaction, on the terms as set out in the Transaction Agreements as defined in the circular to shareholders dated 3 May 2017

304,179,836

92.27

25,493,123

7.73

329,672,959

62.61

1,603,625

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 1 May 2017 is 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares. The Company holds 74,473,951 ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights attaching to the ordinary shares of the Company is therefore 1,432,053,343. Of this total Lanebrook Limited, a related party under the Listing Rules, holds 905,487,416 ordinary shares, so the number of voting rights attached to the shares held by  independent shareholders is 526,565,927.

4.    Under the Listing Rules, Lanebrook Limited, the directors of the Company who own shares in Lanebrook Limited and their respective associates were not permitted to vote at the Meeting and accordingly did not vote on the resolution.

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

6.    All percentages are rounded to two decimal points.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy  of the resolution passed at the Meeting will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism which can be accessed at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

For further information:

Media Relations:

Investor Relations:

 

Mariya Starovoyt
Director, External communications

London: +44 207 832 8998 Moscow: +7 495 937 6871

media@evraz.com

Irina Bakhturina

Director, Investor Relations

London: +44 207 832 8990 Moscow: +7 495 232 1370

ir@evraz.com

 


This information is provided by RNS
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