Evraz Plc Results of the General Meeting (5858K)

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RNS Number : 5858K

Evraz Plc

17 April 2015

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EVRAZ plc (the "Company")

Results of the General Meeting

A General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Friday 17 April 2015 at 11.30 a.m. (London time). At the Meeting, the special resolution set out in the Notice of General Meeting dated 1 April 2015 (the "Notice of General Meeting"), was proposed and passed by way of a poll.

Accordingly, the Company has obtained the necessary approvals required to undertake the Tender Offer (details of which were set out in the Circular to Shareholders published by the Company on 1 April 2015). The Company expects to announce the results of the Tender Offer on 20 April 2015.

The poll voting figures are shown below.

 
                                                                                                Total votes as % of 
 No    Special Resolution       Votes for       %       Votes against   %      Votes withheld   issued share capital 
       To authorise the 
        Company to buy back 
 1      shares                  1,126,486,066   99.97         376,663   0.03        2,619,767                   74.80% 
 

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 15 April 2015 is 1,506,527,294 ordinary shares.

   4.         The scrutineer of the polls was Computershare Investor Services PLC. 
   5.         All percentages are rounded to two decimal points. 

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