In the light of recent developments, and in the interests of preserving shareholder value, the Board and the Special Committee have decided to consider all possible options available for divestment of JSC Polymetal and its subsidiaries.
25 April 2022
Polymetal announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company (“AGM”) held today at 9.00 am (BST), all resolution proposed by directors in the Notice of the AGM dated 21 March 2022 were passed except for the Resolution 3 – Final Dividend, which was withdrawn.
Voting results
|
Resolution* |
Vote type |
Voted |
Voted % |
% of Issued Share Capital |
|
01, ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS |
For |
146,200,729 |
98.10 |
30.87 |
|
Against |
2,830,452 |
1.90 |
0.60 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
227,989 |
- |
- |
|
|
02, REMUNERATION REPORT |
For |
133,449,786 |
89.55 |
28.18 |
|
Against |
15,572,678 |
10.45 |
3.29 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
236,706 |
- |
- |
|
|
03, FINAL DIVIDEND (Withdrawn) |
For |
|
|
|
|
Against |
|
|
|
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
|
|
|
|
|
04, RE-ELECT VITALY NESIS |
For |
144,793,634 |
97.76 |
30.57 |
|
Against |
3,321,646 |
2.24 |
0.70 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
1,143,890 |
- |
- |
|
|
05, RE-ELECT KONSTANTIN YANAKOV |
For |
144,752,420 |
97.74 |
30.56 |
|
Against |
3,352,828 |
2.26 |
0.71 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
1,153,922 |
- |
- |
|
|
06, RE-ELECT GIACOMO BAIZINI |
For |
120,961,667 |
81.67 |
25.54 |
|
Against |
27,155,245 |
18.33 |
5.73 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
1,142,258 |
- |
- |
|
|
07, ELECT JANAT BERDALINA |
For |
145,821,714 |
98.06 |
30.79 |
|
Against |
2,879,333 |
1.94 |
0.61 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
558,123 |
- |
- |
|
|
08, ELECT STEVEN DASHEVSKY |
For |
141,061,764 |
94.87 |
29.78 |
|
Against |
7,632,444 |
5.13 |
1.61 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
564,962 |
- |
- |
|
|
09, ELECT EVGUENI KONOVALENKO |
For |
141,048,817 |
94.86 |
29.78 |
|
Against |
7,642,479 |
5.14 |
1.61 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
567,874 |
- |
- |
|
|
10, ELECT RICCARDO ORCEL |
For |
134,951,134 |
91.28 |
28.49 |
|
Against |
12,894,456 |
8.72 |
2.72 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
1,413,580 |
- |
- |
|
|
11, ELECT PAUL J. OSTLING |
For |
138,341,234 |
93.03 |
29.21 |
|
Against |
10,367,206 |
6.97 |
2.19 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
550,730 |
- |
- |
|
|
12 ADJUST PSP MEASURES |
For |
133,958,458 |
89.92 |
28.28 |
|
Against |
15,014,251 |
10.08 |
3.17 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
286,461 |
- |
- |
|
|
13, AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES |
For |
131,969,712 |
88.57 |
27.86 |
|
Against |
17,025,327 |
11.43 |
3.59 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
264,131 |
- |
- |
|
|
14, PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS |
For |
134,628,648 |
90.66 |
28.43 |
|
Against |
13,873,194 |
9.34 |
2.93 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
757,328 |
- |
- |
|
|
15, PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS, ADDITIONAL FIVE PER CENT |
For |
131,746,377 |
88.74 |
27.82 |
|
Against |
16,716,947 |
11.26 |
3.53 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
795,846 |
- |
- |
|
|
16, MARKET PURCHASES |
For |
134,237,023 |
90.03 |
28.34 |
|
Against |
14,863,882 |
9.97 |
3.14 |
|
|
Votes Withheld** |
158,265 |
- |
- |
* Resolutions numbered 1 to 13 (inclusive) are ordinary resolutions and resolutions numbered 14 to 16 are special resolutions.
** A “vote withheld” is not a ‘vote’ under Jersey law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes ‘For’ and ‘Against’ the resolution.
A copy of resolutions passed as special business at the AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The total number of ordinary shares of no par value eligible to be voted at the AGM was 473,626,239. The scrutineer of the polls was Computershare Investor Services Limited.
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Evgeny MonakhovTel. +7.7172.476.655
Kirill Kuznetsov