Evraz Plc Results of the General Meeting (9620F)

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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 
---  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
      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 
---  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  -----  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 

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: [phone]             London: [phone] 
  Moscow: [phone]              Moscow: [phone] 
  [e-mail]                      [e-mail] 
 

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