7th Jan 2014 12:30
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
7 January 2014
Kazakhmys PLC ("Kazakhmys" or the "Company")
RESULT OF GENERAL MEETING
Kazakhmys announces that at its General Meeting held today, the Resolution put to Shareholders was duly passed on a poll. The poll result showing the number of votes received for and against the Resolution is shown below.
The poll votes received for the Resolution represent approximately 58 per cent. of the total number of Ordinary Shares eligible to vote. In accordance with the Listing Rules, Samruk-Energo and its associates have not voted their interest in approximately 0.8 per cent. of Ordinary Shares in respect of the Resolution.
The Company currently holds 11,701,830 Ordinary Shares in treasury which do not carry voting rights.
Full details of the Resolution passed, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the Shareholder Circular including the Notice of General Meeting dated 13 December 2013 which is available on the Company's website at www.kazakhmys.com.
The Resolution was proposed as an ordinary resolution.
Resolution | For/Discretion | Against | Total | Vote Withheld* |
To approve the sale of 50 per cent. of the issued share capital of Ekibastuz LLP and 100 per cent. of the issued share capital of Kazhydro to Samruk-Energo | 256,468,662 (99.99%) | 18,279 (0.01%) | 256,486,941
| 1,284,970 |
* 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2 of the UK Listing Authority, Kazakhmys has submitted a copy of the Resolution passed at its General Meeting to the National Storage Mechanism which will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings given in the Shareholder Circular including the Notice of General Meeting dated 13 December 2013.
For further information please contact:
Kazakhmys |
|
|
John Smelt | Corporate Communications | Tel: +44 (0)20 7901 7882 |
Robert Welch | Company Secretary | Tel: +44 (0)20 7901 7831 |
College Hill |
|
|
David Simonson |
| Tel: +44 (0)20 7457 2031 |
Anca Spiridon |
| Tel: +44 (0)20 7457 2842 |
REGISTERED OFFICE
6th Floor, Cardinal Place, 100 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5JL, United Kingdom.
Related Shares:
KAZ.L