8th Jun 2011 15:01
This is a correction to RNS announcement 0887I. The changes are to correct errors in the spelling of Mr Abdraman Yedilbayev and Mr Eduard Utepov in the second paragraph. All other details in the release remain the same. The full text of the amended announcement is set out below:
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC
Results of the Annual General Meeting and Changes to the Board
London - Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC ('ENRC') today announces the results of its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held at 11.00 (London time) on Wednesday, 8 June 2011.
This morning, ahead of the AGM, both Mr Abdraman Yedilbayev and Mr Eduard Utepov did not put their names forward for re-election to the Board. Accordingly resolutions 14 and 15 were withdrawn.
The Chairman, Dr Johannes Sittard, announced that the Group has initiated a comprehensive review of its corporate governance. This review will be conducted over the next three months, with the intention of establishing a Board structure that can best support the Group whilst complying with UK corporate governance best practice. At the conclusion of the corporate governance review any changes to the composition of the Board will be announced to the Market.
The Chairman also stated: "Overall, our confidence for the business in 2011 remains unchanged from the position we stated in our Interim Management Statement of 12 May, 2011."
Each of the resolutions as laid out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting of 18 April 2011 were voted on by way of a poll, with the exception of resolutions 14 and 15 that were withdrawn ahead of the AGM. The voting results are detailed below.
Resolutions approved: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.
Resolutions not approved: 10, 12.
Mr Kenneth Olisa, Sir Richard Sykes, Mr Eduard Utepov and Mr Abdraman Yedilbayev have left the Board with immediate effect.
VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES TOTAL | VOTES ABSTAIN | |
Resolution 1 | 844,087,266 | 99.95 | 435,150 | 0.05 | 844,522,416 | 337,177,064 |
Resolution 2 | 846,771,010 | 100.00 | 26,252 | 0.00 | 846,797,262 | 334,902,218 |
Resolution 3 | 763,142,510 | 91.12 | 74,352,105 | 8.88 | 837,494,615 | 344,204,864 |
Resolution 4 | 845,758,941 | 99.87 | 1,115,083 | 0.13 | 846,874,024 | 334,825,456 |
Resolution 5 | 841,738,848 | 99.42 | 4,874,813 | 0.58 | 846,613,661 | 334,827,488 |
Resolution 6 | 846,187,638 | 99.92 | 686,033 | 0.08 | 846,873,671 | 334,825,809 |
Resolution 7 | 1,167,654,281 | 98.86 | 13,413,585 | 1.14 | 1,181,067,866 | 631,462 |
Resolution 8 | 831,569,537 | 98.19 | 15,302,452 | 1.81 | 846,871,989 | 334,827,491 |
Resolution 9 | 829,871,695 | 98.13 | 15,802,132 | 1.87 | 845,673,827 | 336,025,652 |
Resolution 10 | 139,805,855 | 16.53 | 705,867,619 | 83.47 | 845,673,474 | 336,026,005 |
Resolution 11 | 835,242,068 | 99.02 | 8,226,287 | 0.98 | 843,468,355 | 338,231,124 |
Resolution 12 | 137,423,054 | 16.23 | 709,448,935 | 83.77 | 846,871,989 | 334,827,491 |
Resolution 13 | 845,964,373 | 99.89 | 909,298 | 0.11 | 846,873,671 | 334,825,806 |
Resolution 16 | 845,952,953 | 99.89 | 920,718 | 0.11 | 846,873,671 | 334,825,809 |
Resolution 17 | 845,958,113 | 99.89 | 915,908 | 0.11 | 846,874,021 | 334,825,459 |
Resolution 18 | 846,721,431 | 99.98 | 152,730 | 0.02 | 846,874,161 | 334,825,319 |
Resolution 19 | 846,236,704 | 99.94 | 534,040 | 0.06 | 846,770,744 | 334,928,567 |
Resolution 20 | 844,764,729 | 99.78 | 1,852,624 | 0.22 | 846,617,353 | 335,082,126 |
Resolution 21 | 846,761,074 | 100.00 | 33,835 | 0.00 | 846,794,909 | 334,904,571 |
Resolution 22 | 846,370,648 | 99.99 | 42,582 | 0.01 | 846,413,230 | 335,286,250 |
Resolution 23 | 835,524,623 | 98.67 | 11,245,984 | 1.33 | 846,770,607 | 334,928,523 |
Resolution 24 | 824,226,421 | 97.38 | 22,206,921 | 2.62 | 846,433,342 | 335,266,137 |
Notes:
1. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
2. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
3. Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 11.00 (London time) on 6 June 2011 was 1,287,750,000.
Full details of the resolutions, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website www.enrc.com
A copy of resolutions passed as special business will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
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For further information, please contact:
ENRC: Investor Relations | |
Mounissa Chodieva | +44 (0) 20 7389 1879 |
James S Johnson | +44 (0) 20 7389 1862 |
Charles Pemberton | +44 (0) 20 7104 4015 |
Marianna Adams | +44 (0) 20 7389 1886 |
ENRC: Press Relations | |
Julia Kalcheva | +44 (0) 20 7389 1861 |
M: Communications (Press Relations Advisor to ENRC): | |
Hugh Morrison | +44 (0) 20 7920 2334 |
Charlotte Kirkham | +44 (0) 20 7920 2331 |
Andrew Benbow | +44 (0) 20 7920 2344 |
About ENRC
ENRC is a leading diversified natural resources group, performing integrated mining, processing, energy, logistics and marketing operations. The operations comprise: the mining and processing of chrome, manganese and iron ore; the smelting of ferroalloys; the production of iron ore concentrate and pellet; the mining and processing of bauxite for the extraction of alumina and the production of aluminium; the production of copper and cobalt; coal extraction and electricity generation; and the transportation and sales of the Group's products. The Group's production assets are largely located in the Republic of Kazakhstan; other assets, notably the Other Non-ferrous Division, are mainly located in Africa; the Group also has iron ore assets in Brazil. The Group's entities in 2010 employed on average 74,098 (2009: 70,322) people. In 2010, the Group accounted for approximately 4% of Kazakhstan's GDP. The Group currently sells the majority of its products to Russia, China, Japan, Western Europe and the United States. For the year ended 31 December 2010, the Group had revenue of US$6,605 million (2009: US$3,831 million) and profit attributable to equity shareholders of the Group of US$2,185 million (2009: US$1,045 million). ENRC has six operating Divisions: Ferroalloys, Iron Ore, Alumina and Aluminium, Other Non-ferrous, Energy and Logistics. ENRC is a UK company with its registered office in London. ENRC's shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange ('LSE') and the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange ('KASE'). For more information on ENRC visit the Group's website at www.enrc.com.
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