Lenta: EGM results

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Lenta Ltd
22 October 2019
 

 

22 October 2019

Lenta Ltd. (the "Company")

Results of voting at the Company's Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM")

The Company today announces the results of the poll votes on the resolutions put to the shareholders at the Company's EGM held on 22 October 2019. All of the resolutions proposed at the EGM were passed by the shareholders by the requisite majority in the manner indicated in the table below:


FOR

%

AGAINST

%

WITHHELD

1. Special Resolution to approve the proposed continuation of the Company into the Republic of Cyprus.

80,740,609

99.71%

233,121

0.29%

0

2. Special Resolution to approve that, if such continuation of the Company is granted by the Registry under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus and subject to the Par Value Amendment (as defined below) first being effected and upon the Continuation occurring:

(a)    the Company continue its incorporation in the Republic of Cyprus and discontinue its incorporation under the laws of the British Virgin Islands;

 

(b)    the Company's registered office be changed to Karaiskaki street, 6, CITY HOUSE, 3032, Limassol, Cyprus;

 

(c)     the Company take the form of a public limited liability company under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus;

 

(d)    the Company's memorandum and articles of association be amended in their entirety and replaced by the Continuation M&A, with such further consequential amendments (effective immediately prior to such continuation) as the directors of the Company may in their absolute discretion deem necessary or appropriate in connection with the continuation pursuant to Clause 14(a) of the Company's Memorandum of Association;

 

(e)     the Company's official company name be changed to "Lenta PLC";

 

(f)     Crystalserve Secretarial Limited (address - CRYSTALSERVE BUSINESS CENTER, 65 Spyrou Kyprianou, Mesa Geitonia, 4003, Limassol) be appointed as the new corporate secretary of the Company who will maintain the registers of members and directors and other corporate records of the Company, immediately after the Continuation (of the Company in the Republic of Cyprus);

 

(g)     the directors of the Company be and hereby are authorised to do any and all things necessary to effect the registration of the continuation of the Company into the Republic of Cyprus; and

 

(h)    the registered agent of the Company, in the British Virgin Islands, Tricor Services (BVI) Limited, be and is hereby authorised to do any and all things necessary to give effect to the foregoing resolutions including the filing required by the laws of the British Virgin Islands to be made at the Registry of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands.

80,973,730

100%

0

0%

0







3. Special Resolution to approve the Par Value Amendment and to authorise and instruct the registered agent of the Company to immediately make all such filings with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands to reflect the Par Value Amendment (either by filing notice of the Par Value Amendment pursuant to Section 13(1)(a) of the Act or an amended and restated version of the Company's memorandum and articles pursuant to Section 13(1)(b) of the Act).

80,973,730

100%

0

0%

0







4. Ordinary Resolution to adopt the Disapplication of Preemptive Rights Resolution.

76,531,689

94.51%

4,442,041

5.49%

0







5. Ordinary Resolution to re-elect, with effect from the moment the Continuation M&A come into force, each current Director (i.e., Alexey Mordashov, Alexey Kulichenko, Tomas Korganas, Roman Vasilkov, Michael Lynch Bell, Steve Johnson, Rud Pedersen, Julia Solovieva and Herman Tinga) to the Board of Directors until the next Annual General Meeting.

80,785,176

99.77%

188,554

0.23%

0

 

The results of voting at the EGM can also be viewed on the Company's website at www.lentainvestor.com. In accordance with Listing Rule 14.3.6, an electronic copy of this announcement has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Withheld votes are not counted in the calculation of votes for or against any resolution.

The total number of ordinary shares in the Company eligible to be voted at the EGM was 96,675,410.

For further information, please contact:

Mr. Albert Avetikov
Director for Investor Relations
112B Savushkina Street
Saint Petersburg
Russia 197374

Telephone: +7 812 363 28 44


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