21st May 2012 15:30
HMS Hydraulic Machines & Systems Group plc
(the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries, the "HMS Group")
Resolutions of the Annual General and Extraordinary Meetings of Shareholders
HMS Group (LSE: HMSG)(the "Group"), the leading pump manufacturer and provider of flow control solutions and related services in Russia and the CIS, today announces that the following resolutions have been approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders held on May 21th , 2012:
1) Annual Report, Consolidated and Stand-alone Financial Statements of the Group for the year ending 31 December 2011 have been adopted;
2) Mr. Kirill Molchanov and Mr. Yury Skrynnik have been re-elected as Executive Directors, Mr. Andreas Petrou has been re-elected as an Non-Executive Director;
3) Price Waterhouse Coopers Limited (Cyprus) has been appointed as the Group's auditors;
4) The dividend payment of 1 499 692 000 RUB, corresponding to 12.8 RUB per one GDR, with the Record Date May 18th, 2012 and the Payment Date June 28th, has been approved.
In accordance to the decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, held on May 21th, 2012, the buyback program has been approved by the Company's shareholders with the parameters stipulated by the unanimous resolution of the Company's Board of Directors, held on April 19th, 2012.
The HMS Group is the leading pump manufacturer and provider of flow control solutions and related services to the oil and gas, nuclear and thermal power generation and water utilities sectors in Russia and the CIS. The HMS Group's products are mission-critical elements of projects across a diverse range of industries. It has participated in a number of large-scale infrastructure projects in Russia, including providing pumps and modular equipment to the Vankor oil field and pumping stations on recent trunk pipelines projects linking Russia's core oil producing areas to export ports on the Pacific Ocean and Baltic Sea. The Group reported revenues of RUB 27.5 billion, adjusted EBITDA of RUB 5.5 billion and profit for the period of RUB 3.4 billion for the twelve month ended December 31, 2011. The HMS Group's global depositary receipts ("GDRs") are listed under the symbol "HMSG" on the London Stock Exchange.
For further information, please contact:
| Sergey Klinkov Head of IR Tel: +7 (495) 730-66-01, ext. 1302 | Nozima Karimova Head of Press Service Tel: +7 (495) 730-66-10 |
DISCLAIMER
THIS COMMUNICATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF, OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY OR SUBSCRIBE FOR, GDRs OR OTHER SECURITIES TO ANY PERSON IN ANY JURISDICTION TO WHOM OR IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS UNLAWFUL AND, IN PARTICULAR, IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER FOR SALE OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"). THE HMS GROUP HAS NOT REGISTERED AND DOES NOT INTEND TO REGISTER ANY PORTION OF ANY OFFERING IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC OFFERING OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS COMMUNICATION IS ONLY BEING DISTRIBUTED TO AND IS DIRECTED ONLY AT (I) PERSONS WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM OR (II) INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (THE "ORDER") AND (III) HIGH NET WORTH ENTITIES, AND OTHER PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED, FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2) OF THE ORDER (ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS"). THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ARE ONLY AVAILABLE TO, AND ANY INVITATION, OFFER OR AGREEMENT TO SUBSCRIBE, PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE SUCH SECURITIES WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH, RELEVANT PERSONS. ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT A RELEVANT PERSON SHOULD NOT ACT OR RELY ON THIS DOCUMENT OR ANY OF ITS CONTENTS.
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