Result of EGM
February 02 2009 - 11:41AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMEVR
RNS Number : 6615M
Evraz Group S.A.
02 February 2009
for immediate release
RESULTS of EGM
February 2, 2009 - Evraz Group (LSE: EVR) ("Evraz" or the "Company") announces
that, further to the Company's announcement of 17 December 2008, the
Extraordinary General Meeting convened on Friday has duly passed all the
resolutions. The shareholders have resolved to acknowledge the modification of
the method of payment of the announced 2008 interim dividends as follows:
1. the dividend of US$6.00 for 1 share / US$2.00 for 1 GDR which has been paid on
18 December 2008 to the shareholders of record of the Company as of 18 September
2008; and
2. Euro equivalent of the remaining dividend of US$2.25 for 1 share / US$0.75 for
1 GDR shall be either (a) paid in cash to the shareholders who voted against or
abstained from voting; or (b) exchanged for new shares to be issued by the
Company.
The voluntary partial scrip dividend alternative was voted for in respect
of 97,553,473 shares representing 79.63% of Evraz's share capital, entitling the
holders to subscribe to 9,755,347 new shares issued at a price of US$22.50 per
share (US$7.50 per GDR). Article 5 al.1 of the Company's Articles will be
amended to reflect the share capital increase. The new shares will rank pari
passu with the existing ordinary shares of Evraz Group.
The Company's major shareholder, Lanebrook Limited, subscribed to 8,510,152
shares, and BNY Nominees Limited subscribed to 1,245,195 shares.
Copies of the resolutions will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and
will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document
Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
UK Listing Authority
Financial Services Authority
25 The North
Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
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For further information:
Evraz Group
Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations
Alexey Ivanov
Tel: +7 495 232 1370
IR@evraz.com
Evraz Group S.A. is a large vertically integrated steel, mining and vanadium
business with operations in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Europe, USA, Canada
and South Africa. Evraz produced 16.4 million tonnes of crude steel in 2007,
ranking it among the 17 largest steel producers in the world by volume. Its
mining operations cover 93% of iron ore and over 100% of coking coal internal
consumption. Evraz's total consolidated revenues for the year ended 31 December
2007 were US$12,808 million and consolidated EBITDA was US$4,254 million. For 1H
2008 the consolidated revenues were US$10,726 million and EBITDA - US$3,700
million. For further information visit www.evraz.com
This information is provided by RNS
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