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Ferrexpo PLC

AGM Information Jun 15, 2022

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15 June 2022

Ferrexpo plc ("Ferrexpo", "the Company" or the "Group")

Results of Annual General Meeting and General Meeting

The results of voting at Ferrexpo's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") and a General Meeting ("GM") of the Company both held today, 15 June 2022, are set out below. All Resolutions at the AGM and the GM were voted by way of a poll.

As stated in the Company's AGM Notice and under Listing Rule 9.2.2E, a resolution to elect or re-elect an Independent Director must be passed by both a majority of the independent shareholders and a majority of all shareholders (including the majority shareholder). In order to determine this, votes cast by the independent shareholders were counted separately in respect of the re-election of Graeme Dacomb, Vitalii Lisovenko, Fiona MacAulay, Ann-Christin Andersen and the election of Natalie Polischuk and the results of that separate count are set out below.

Voting Results of AGM

All ordinary and special resolutions were passed:

For/Discretion Against Votes
withheld1
Resolution No. of votes % of
votes
cast2
No. of votes % of votes
cast2
No. of votes No. of votes
1. To receive the 2021 Report and Accounts. 495,997,416 100.00 1,117 0.00 495,998,533 321,518
2. To approve the Remuneration Report (apart from
the remuneration policy)
492,319,964 99.20 3,994,530 0.80 496,314,494 5,557
3. To approve the 6.6 US cents final dividend 496,284,144 99.99 35,563 0.01 496,319,707 344
4. To re-appoint MHA MacIntyre Hudson as the
Company's auditors
496,086,139 99.96 194,713 0.04 496,280,852 39,199
5. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine
the auditors remuneration
496,268,271 99.99 48,842 0.01 496,317,113 2,938
6. To re-elect Ann-Christin Andersen as a director 448,897,871 90.46 47,346,709 9.54 496,244,580 75,471
152,819,927 76.35 47,346,709 23.65 200,166,636 75,471
7. To re-elect Graeme Dacomb as a director 486,648,519 98.06 9,649,141 1.94 496,297,660 22,391
190,570,575 95.18 9,649,141 4.82 200,219,716 22,391
8. To re-elect Lucio Genovese as a director 405,262,105 81.66 91,035,555 18.34 496,297,660 22,391
9. To re-elect Vitalii Lisovenko as a director 405,926,051 81.79 90,371,609 18.21 496,297,660 22,391
109,848,107 54.86 90,371,609 45.14 200,219,716 22,391
10. To re-elect Fiona MacAulay as a director 448,996,025 90.47 47,301,635 9.53 496,297,660 22,391
152,918,081 76.38 47,301,635 23.62 200,219,716 22,391
11. To elect Natalie Polischuk 495,752,422 99.89 542,038 0.11 496,294,460 25,591
199,674,478 99.73 542,038 0.27 200,216,516 25,591
12. To re-elect Kostyantin Zhevago as a director 314,137,679 63.59 179,890,562 36.41 494,028,241 2,291,810
13. To elect Jim North as a director 493,564,729 99.45 2,732,931 0.55 496,297,660 22,391
14. To authorise the directors to allot shares 492,346,117 99.21 3,938,007 0.79 496,284,124 35,927
15. To empower the directors to disapply pre
emption rights
492,644,002 99.26 3,648,517 0.74 496,292,519 27,532
16. To authorise the Company to make market
purchases of its own shares
489,884,922 98.92 5,358,079 1.08 495,243,001 1,077,050
17. To approve a 14 clear days' notice period for a
general meeting other than an AGM
492,443,944 99.22 3,875,572 0.78 496,319,516 535
  1. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes validly cast for or against a resolution

  2. Excluding votes withheld

Significant Votes Against Resolutions

Although all the resolutions were passed, the Board of Ferrexpo notes that there were a significant proportion (more than 20%) of votes cast against resolutions to re-elect four of our directors based on the outcome of either the votes of all shareholders or the votes of independent shareholders.

The Board believes that all these directors bring considerable experience and expertise to the Board. The Board will consult and engage with independent shareholders to better understand the reasons behind these votes and will publish an update of its shareholder engagement within six months of today's AGM. In particular, the Board understands that certain of these voting outcomes arose due to a shareholder expressing concerns regarding the number of directorships that certain directors hold. The Board is comfortable that each of the directors is able to devote sufficient time to their roles.

Voting Results of GM

The Special Resolution was passed:

For/Discretion Against Total votes
cast
Votes
withheld1
Resolution No. of votes % of
votes
cast2
No. of votes % of votes
cast2
No. of votes No. of votes
1.
Authorise the appropriations of distributable
profits of the Company to the payment of
the Relevant Distributions (as defined in the
Notice of General Meeting), each by
reference to the same record date as the
original accounting entry for the Relevant
Distribution; waive and release any and all
claims which the Company has or may
have against each of its shareholders who
appeared on the register of shareholders on
the relevant record date for the Relevant
Distributions arising out of or in connection
with the payment of the Relevant
Distribution; and waive and release any and
all claims which the Company has or may
have against each of its directors and
former directors arising out of or in
connection with the approval, declaration or
payment of the Relevant Distributions.
197,686,143 99.99 22,724 0.01 197,708,867 3,775

Further Disclosures

As at 15 June 2022, the Company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) consisted of 588,624,142 Ordinary Shares carrying one vote each. Therefore, the total number of voting rights as at 15 June 2022 was 588,624,142.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, Ferrexpo plc has submitted a copy of the resolutions dealing with the special business put to shareholders at the AGM today to the National Storage Mechanism, which will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

For further information, please contact:

Ferrexpo:
Rob Simmons [email protected] +44 207 389 8305
Tavistock:
Jos Simson [email protected] +44 207 920 3150
Gareth Tredway +44 7785 974 264

Notes to Editors:

Ferrexpo is a Swiss headquartered iron ore company with assets in Ukraine. It has been mining, processing and selling high quality iron ore pellets to the global steel industry for over 40 years. In 2020, the Group produced 11.2 Mt of iron ore pellets, a 7% increase on the prior year. The Company is ranked as the world's 3rd largest exporter of pellets to the global steel industry with a market share of approximately 9%. Ferrexpo has a diversified customer base supplying steel mills in Austria, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Vietnam and America. Ferrexpo has a premium listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker FXPO. For further information, please visit www.ferrexpo.com.

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