RHI Magnesita N.V. Result of AGM

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RHI Magnesita N.V.

02 May 2024

 

RHI Magnesita N.V.

("RHI Magnesita" or the "Company")

 

Result of the Annual General Meeting 2024 ("AGM")

 

Following the AGM held today, 2 May 2024, RHI Magnesita announces that each of the voting resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting to Shareholders, dated 21 March 2024, were passed by the requisite majority. A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed. The results of the poll, incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting, are set out below:

 

Resolutions	Votes for	% of votes cast	Votes against	% of votes cast	Total votes validly cast	Total votes cast as a % of the relevant shares in issue	Number of votes withheld
Resolution 3 To adopt the annual accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2023	37,752,469	100.00	15	0.00	37,891,031	80.38	138,547
Resolution 4 To declare a final dividend of €1.25 per share for the financial year ended 31 December 2023	37,890,681	100.00	0	0.00	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 5 To release the directors from liability for the exercise of their respective duties during the financial year 2023	37,816,221	100.00	0	0.00	37,891,031	80.38	74,810
Resolution 6. a. To re-elect S. Borgas	37,571,797	99.16	318,884	0.84	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 6. b. To re-elect I. Botha	37,835,155	99.85	55,526	0.15	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 7. a. To re-elect H. Cordt	34,562,949	91.32	3,285,698	8.68	37,891,031	80.38	42,384
Resolution 7. b.  To re-elect J. Ramsay	37,765,403	99.67	125,278	0.33	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 7. c. To re-elect J. Ashdown	37,531,786	99.05	358,895	0.95	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 7. d.  To re-elect D. Schlaff	37,454,838	98.85	435,843	1.15	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 7. e.  To re-elect S.O.L.B Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein- Berleburg	37,454,838	98.85	435,843	1.15	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 7. f.  To re-elect J. Brown	37,868,463	99.94	22,218	0.06	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 7. g.  To re-elect K. Sevelda	37,785,823	99.72	104,858	0.28	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 7. h.  To re-elect M-H. Ametsreiter	37,866,368	99.94	24,313	0.06	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 7. i.  To re-elect W. Ruttenstorfer	35,583,587	93.91	2,307,094	6.09	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 7. J. To elect A.K. Lindström	37,888,430	99.99	2,251	0.01	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 8 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. as the Company's auditor for the financial year 2024.	37,823,824	99.82	66,857	0.18	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 9 To approve, as an advisory vote, the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the period ended 31 December 2023.	37,532,647	99.06	358,034	0.94	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 10 To adopt the Directors' Remuneration Policy, which takes effect from 1 January 2024.	36,838,330	97.22	1,052,351	2.78	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 11 To establish the proposed remuneration of the Non-Executive Directors.	37,890,681	100.00	0	0.00	37,891,031	80.38	350
Resolution 12 Authority to issue ordinary shares or grant rights to acquire ordinary shares.	37,804,468	99.77	86,563	0.23	37,891,031	80.38	0
Resolution 13 Limited disapplication of pre-emption rights.	37,863,199	99.93	27,832	0.07	37,891,031	80.38	0
Resolution 14 Authority to limit or exclude pre-emptive rights.	37,776,741	99.70	114,290	0.30	37,891,031	80.38	0
Resolution 15 Authority to acquire shares in the Company or depositary receipts of such shares.	37,816,763	99.82	68,952	0.18	37,891,031	80.38	5,316
Resolution 16 Authority to cancel any or all shares held in treasury or to be acquired.	37,891,031	100.00	0	0.00	37,891,031	80.38	0

 

Notes:

1.   Resolutions 1 and 2 were non-voting resolutions and are therefore not included in the table above.

2.   The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote was 47,137,206.

3.   A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the % of shares voted "For" or "Against" a resolution.

4.   In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of any resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

5.   These results will also shortly be available on the Company's website at https://ir.rhimagnesita.com/

 

For further enquiries, please contact:

 

Sally Caswell, Company Secretary

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E-mail: [e-mail]

 

Chris Bucknall, Head of Investor Relations

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About RHI Magnesita

RHI Magnesita is the leading global supplier of high-grade refractory products, systems and solutions which are critical for high-temperature processes exceeding 1,200°C in a wide range of industries, including steel, cement, non-ferrous metals and glass. With a vertically integrated value chain, from raw materials to refractory products and full performance-based solutions, RHI Magnesita serves customers around the world, with around 16,000 employees in 47 production sites, 8 recycling facilities and more than 70 sales offices. RHI Magnesita intends to build on its leadership in terms of revenue, scale, product portfolio and diversified geographic presence to expand further in high growth markets.

The Group maintains a premium listing on the Official list of the London Stock Exchange (symbol: RHIM) and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index, with a secondary listing on the prime segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange (Wiener Börse). For more information please visit: www.rhimagnesita.com.

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