Evraz Plc Result of AGM (6191I)

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RNS Number : 6191I

Evraz Plc

20 June 2017

EVRAZ plc (the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Tuesday 20 June 2017 at 11.00am (London time). At the Meeting, the ordinary and special resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 15 May 2017 (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           %       VOTES        %      VOTES           % of     VOTES 
                            FOR                     AGAINST             TOTAL           ISC      WITHHELD 
                                                                                        VOTED 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To receive 
        the Directors' 
        report and 
        the accounts 
        for the 
        Company 
        for the 
        year ended 
        31 December 
 1      2016               1,085,383,802   99.74    2,876,530   0.26   1,088,260,332    75.99      300,849 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To approve 
        the Annual 
        Remuneration 
        Report set 
        out on pages 
        125 to 129 
        of the Annual 
        Report and 
        Accounts 
 2      2016.              1,066,790,366   98.00   21,770,261   2.00   1,088,560,627    76.01          554 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To approve 
        the Directors' 
        Remuneration 
        Policy Report 
        set out 
        on pages 
        121 to 124 
        of the Annual 
        Report and 
        Accounts 
 3      2016.              1,056,318,861   97.29   29,439,227   2.71   1,085,758,088    75.82    2,803,093 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Alexander 
        Abramov 
 4      as a Director.     1,041,479,314   98.00   21,232,991   2.00   1,062,712,305    74.21   25,848,875 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Alexander 
        Frolov as 
 5      a Director.        1,061,052,565   99.84    1,659,741   0.16   1,062,712,306    74.21   25,848,875 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Eugene Shvidler 
 6      as a Director.     1,059,206,730   99.67    3,505,576   0.33   1,062,712,306    74.21   25,848,875 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Eugene Tenenbaum 
 7      as a Director.     1,061,050,565   99.84    1,661,741   0.16   1,062,712,306    74.21   25,848,875 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Karl Gruber 
 8      as a Director.     1,088,224,198   99.97      336,983   0.03   1,088,561,181    76.01            0 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Karl Gruber 
 8*     as a Director.       182,736,782   99.82      336,983   0.18     183,073,765    34.77            0 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Deborah 
        Gudgeon 
 9      as a Director.     1,087,882,203   99.94      678,978   0.06   1,088,561,181    76.01            0 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Deborah 
        Gudgeon 
 9*     as a Director        182,394,787   99.63      678,978   0.37     183,073,765    34.77            0 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Alexander 
        Izosimov 
 10     as a Director.     1,087,882,203   99.94      678,978   0.06   1,088,561,181    76.01            0 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Alexander 
        Izosimov 
 10*    as a Director.       182,394,787   99.63      678,978   0.37     183,073,765    34.77            0 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Sir Michael 
        Peat as 
 11     a Director.        1,061,474,512   99.89    1,215,703   0.11   1,062,690,215    74.21   25,870,966 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Sir Michael 
        Peat as 
 11*    a Director.          155,987,096   99.23    1,215,703   0.77     157,202,799    29.85   25,870,966 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
        Ernst & 
        Young LLP 
        as auditors 
 12     of the Company.    1,088,307,562   99.99       85,122   0.01   1,088,392,684    76.00      168,497 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Audit 
        Committee 
        of the Company 
        to fix the 
        remuneration 
 13     of the auditors    1,088,476,259   99.99       84,922   0.01   1,088,561,181    76.01            0 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to allot 
 14     shares             1,060,737,047   97.44   27,824,058   2.56   1,088,561,105    76.01            0 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to disapply 
        statutory 
        pre-emption 
        rights in 
        respect 
        of 5% of 
        the Company's 
        issued share 
 15     capital            1,062,709,099   97.63   25,852,006   2.37   1,088,561,105    76.01            0 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to disapply 
        statutory 
        pre-emption 
        rights in 
        respect 
        of an additional 
        5% of the 
        Company's 
        issued share 
 16     capital            1,062,138,081   97.57   26,423,024   2.43   1,088,561,105    76.01            0 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to buy back 
 17     shares             1,087,182,186   99.97      373,545   0.03   1,087,555,731    75.94    1,005,374 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to call 
        a general 
        meeting 
        other than 
        an annual 
        general 
        meeting 
        on not less 
        than 14 
        clear days' 
 18     notice             1,053,481,462   96.78   35,079,642   3.22   1,088,561,104    76.01            0 
----  ------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ----------- 
 

* 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 20 June 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.

   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 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:

 
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