Evraz Plc Results of the General Meeting of shareholders (8455R)

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RNS Number : 8455R

Evraz Plc

19 June 2018

EVRAZ plc

Results of the General Meeting of shareholders

Proposal to provide a guarantee of the obligations of its indirect wholly owned subsidiary MC EVRAZ Mezhdurechensk LLC ("EVRAZ Mezhdurechensk") is approved

EVRAZ plc (the "Company") announces that at the General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company held on Tuesday 19 June 2018 at 9.30a.m. (London time) at Chelsea Football Club, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London SW6 1HS, the ordinary resolution set out in the circular to shareholders dated 29 May 2018 (the "Shareholder Circular") relating to the recommended proposal for the Company and its indirect subsidiary, JSC EVRAZ ZSMK, to provide a guarantee of the obligations of its indirect wholly owned subsidiary EVRAZ Mezhdurechensk under certain management contracts, was proposed and passed by way of a poll.

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           %        VOTES 
                               FOR                     AGAINST             VOTES           of       WITHHELD 
                                                                                           ISC 
                                                                                           VOTED 
---  ----------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ---------- 
      To approve 
       the proposed 
       guarantee 
       of the obligations 
       of the Company's 
       indirect wholly 
       owned subsidiary 
       EVRAZ Mezhdurechensk 
       under certain 
       management 
 1     contracts              1,262,581,084   98.76   15,820,049   1.24   1,278,401,133    88.57      22,589 
---  ----------------------  --------------  ------  -----------  -----  --------------  -------  ---------- 
 

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 the Company as at 15 June 2018 is 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares. The Company holds 63,176,475 ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights attaching to the ordinary shares of the Company is therefore 1,443,350,819.

   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:

 
 Media Relations:           Investor Relations: 
 London: [phone]   Irina Bakhturina 
  Moscow: [phone]    Director, Investor Relations 
  [e-mail]            London: [phone] 
                             Moscow: [phone] 
                             [e-mail] 
 

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