6th Sep 2016 12:18
Vedanta Resources plc
Result of General Meeting
Vedanta Resources plc ("Vedanta" or the "Company") announces that at its General Meeting held today, Tuesday 6 September, the resolution put to shareholders in relation to the proposed merger of Vedanta Limited and Cairn India Limited (the "Merger") was duly passed on a poll.
Full details of the resolution passed, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the shareholder circular and Notice of General Meeting dated 19 August 2016 which is available on the Company's website at www.vedantaresources.com.
The resolution was proposed as an ordinary resolution
The poll results showing the number of votes received 'for' and 'against' the resolution are shown below.
Resolution
| Type of resolution | For | Against | Total votes cast | Votes withheld1 | |||
Special/ Ordinary | No. of votes | % | No. of votes | % | No. of votes | % of ISC voted | No. of votes | |
To approve the Merger as described in the circular and Notice of General Meeting dated 19 August 2016. | Ordinary | 225,984,316 | 100 | 1,174 | 225,985,490 | 83.70 | 303,748 | |
1' A vote 'witheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'for' and 'against' the resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R of the UK Listing Authority, Vedanta 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Deepak Kumar
Company Secretary
For further information, please contact:
Communications | Finsbury |
Roma Balwani President - Group Communications, Sustainability and CSR Tel: +91 22 6646 1000
| Daniela Fleischmann Tel: +44 20 7251 3801 |
Investors | |
Ashwin Bajaj Director - Investor Relations
Radhika Arora Associate General Manager - Investor Relations
Ravindra Bhandari Manager - Investor Relations | Tel: +44 20 7659 4732 Tel: +91 22 6646 1531 |
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