Evraz Plc Results of the General Meeting (9620F)
May 23 2017 - 5:42AM
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RNS Number : 9620F
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 % VOTES % TOTAL % of VOTES
FOR AGAINST VOTES ELIGBLE WITHHELD
SHARES
VOTED
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To approve
the transaction,
on the terms
as set out
in the Transaction
Agreements
as defined
in the circular
to shareholders
dated 3 May
1 2017 304,179,836 92.27 25,493,123 7.73 329,672,959 62.61 1,603,625
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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 Irina Bakhturina
Director, External communications Director, Investor Relations
London: +44 207 832 8998 London: +44 207 832 8990
Moscow: +7 495 937 6871 Moscow: +7 495 232 1370
media@evraz.com ir@evraz.com
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