AGM Information • Apr 14, 2023
AGM Information
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Ferrexpo plc 2023 Notice of Annual General Meeting
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If you are in any doubt as to the action you should take, you are recommended to seek advice from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant, fund manager or other professional adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 if you are in the United Kingdom, or from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser if you are in a territory outside the United Kingdom.
If you have sold or transferred all of your shares in Ferrexpo plc, please send this document and accompanying Form of Proxy at once either to the purchaser or transferee, or to the person who arranged the sale or transfer, so that they can pass these documents to the person who now holds the shares.
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14 April 2023
Ferrexpo plc Registered in England and Wales Company number: 5432915
Registered office: 55 St James's Street London SW1A 1LA
Dear Shareholder,
On behalf of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Ferrexpo plc (the "Company") I am delighted to issue the notice of the sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the Company (the "AGM"). The AGM will be held at 11.00am on Thursday, 25 May 2023 at the offices of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2EG.
As explained in the 2022 Annual Report & Accounts, it is important to acknowledge the devastating impacts which the Russian invasion of Ukraine is having on Ukraine and the people, communities and businesses within the country. Now more than ever strong governance is essential to help see the Company through this very challenging time. Protecting the Group's workforce is a key priority, as well as taking steps to protect the business and thereby the stakeholders of the business. This will remain a key priority during 2023 and the Board will continue to focus on exercising strong governance during these difficult times.
In view of Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine, the Board has decided not to recommend a final dividend in conjunction with the Group's full year results for 2022. The Board will continue to assess the situation in Ukraine, and when appropriate, will make a decision in relation to shareholder returns.
Ann-Christin Andersen will not stand for re-election at the AGM. I would like to thank Ann-Christin for her services and contribution to the Company.
The AGM is an important event in the Company's calendar providing the opportunity for shareholders and the Board to engage on resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, on pages 2 to 11 of this circular.
To ask a question before the meeting, shareholders are invited to submit their questions in advance by e-mail to: [email protected] marked for the attention of the Company Secretariat by 18 May 2023. I strongly encourage you to submit any questions in advance of the meeting.
Shareholders and their proxies or corporate representatives attending the AGM in person will have the ability to ask questions at the meeting.
Your participation and votes matter. I encourage your participation by submitting your votes by proxy form ahead of the AGM or voting online in advance or at the AGM. Shareholders are advised to appoint the Chair of the meeting as their proxy.
To Vote by Proxy, I would ask you to complete, sign and return the enclosed Form of Proxy to register your vote.
To Vote online before the meeting, I would ask you to submit your proxy electronically by logging on to the website www.sharevote.co.uk. You will need your unique voting reference numbers shown on your Form of Proxy (the Voting ID, Task ID and Shareholder Reference Number).
CREST members may also choose to use the CREST voting service in accordance with the procedures set out in the notes on page 11.
The deadline for the receipt of proxy appointments and votes is 11.00am on Tuesday, 23 May 2023.
Voting on all resolutions will be held by way of a poll and the voting results will be announced through a Regulatory Information Service and will be published on our website (www.ferrexpo.com) as soon as practicable after the AGM.
The formal Notice of AGM is attached to this letter. The Notice contains the resolutions to be proposed at this year's AGM together with explanatory notes on the resolutions provided on pages 4 to 11 of this document.
The Board considers that the resolutions described in the Notice are likely to promote the success of the Company and are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole. The Directors recommend that shareholders vote in favour of each of the resolutions, as they intend to do in respect of their own shareholdings.
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The AGM remains an important event for the Company's shareholders to communicate with their Board and I look forward to meeting you on 25 May 2023.
Yours sincerely,
LUCIO GENOVESE CHAIR
The sixteenth Annual General Meeting of Ferrexpo plc (the "Company") will be held at 11.00am on Thursday, 25 May 2023 at the offices of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2EG to transact the following business:
To consider and, if thought fit, pass Resolutions 1 to 10 as ordinary resolutions.
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions of which Resolution 11 will be proposed as an ordinary resolution and Resolutions 12, 13 and 14 will be proposed as special resolutions.
That the Directors be generally and they are hereby and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "2006 Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company ("Rights") up to an aggregate nominal amount of £19,935,910, such authority to expire at the end of the next annual general meeting after the passing of this resolution or on 25 August 2024, whichever is the earliest, but so that before this authority expires the Company may make offers and enter into agreements which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted after the authority expires, and the Directors may allot shares and grant Rights in pursuance of such offers or agreements as if this authority had not expired; and all unexercised authorities previously granted to the Directors to allot shares and grant Rights be and are hereby revoked.
That the Directors be and they are hereby authorised pursuant to section 570 and section 573 of the 2006 Act: (a) subject to the passing of Resolution 11, to allot equity securities (as defined by section 560 of the 2006 Act) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 11 above; and (b) to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(3) of the 2006 Act) for cash and by way of sale of treasury shares; in each case free of the restriction in section 561(1) of the 2006 Act, such power to be limited:
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such power to expire at the end of the next annual general meeting after the passing of this resolution or on 25 August 2024 whichever is the earliest, but so that the Company may, before this power expires, make offers and enter into agreements which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted after it expires, and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offers or agreements as if this power had not expired.
That, in accordance with the 2006 Act, the Company be and is hereby authorised generally and unconditionally to make market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the 2006 Act) of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may from time to time determine, provided that:
The authority conferred by this resolution shall expire at the end of the next annual general meeting after the passing of this resolution or on 25 August 2024 whichever is the earliest, unless renewed before that time (except that the Company shall be entitled, at any time prior to the expiry of this authority, to make contracts of purchase which would or might be executed wholly or partly after such expiry and to purchase shares in accordance with any such contract as if the authority conferred had not expired).
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That a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
By order of the Board
MARK GREGORY GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY 14 April 2023
Resolutions 1 to 11 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and will be passed if more than 50% of shareholders' votes cast are in favour.
The Directors are required to present the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2022 (the "Annual Report") to shareholders at the Annual General Meeting. The Annual Report was sent to shareholders on 14 April 2023 together with this Notice of Annual General Meeting.
The Directors' Remuneration Report is set out in the Annual Report on pages 106 to 127. Resolution 2 is an ordinary resolution to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, Resolution 2 is an advisory resolution and does not affect the future remuneration paid to any Director.
The Directors' Remuneration Report details the Directors' remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2022. The report also includes a statement from the Chair of the Remuneration Committee providing details of the Remuneration Committee's activities. The Company's auditor has audited those parts of the remuneration report which are required to be audited and their report is issued in the Annual Report.
The Directors' Remuneration Policy was approved by shareholders at the 2021 annual general meeting and is not therefore required to be put to shareholders again until the annual general meeting in 2024.
The Company is required to appoint auditors at each general meeting at which the Annual Report and Accounts are to be laid before the Company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next such meeting. The Audit Committee has reviewed the effectiveness, independence and objectivity of the external auditor, MHA MacIntyre Hudson, on behalf of the Board which now proposes their reappointment as auditor of the Company. Resolution 4 authorises the Audit Committee of the Board, in accordance with standard practice, to negotiate and agree the remuneration of the auditors.
In accordance with the recommendations of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the "Code") and in keeping with the Board's aim of following best corporate governance practice, all of the Directors will retire and seek re-election at the AGM. Directors' biographies are summarised at the end of these explanatory notes on pages 7 to 9 and appear on pages 82 and 83 of the Annual Report. Following the internal evaluation of the Board during 2022 and subsequent Board discussions thereafter, the Board believes that each of the Directors who were in post as at 14 March 2023 (being the date of approval of the Annual Report) continue to be effective and demonstrate commitment to his or her role.
In accordance with provision 18 of the Code a summary of the skills, experience and contribution of each Director proposed for re-election, which in the Board's view illustrates why each Director's contribution is, and continues to be, important to the Company's long-term sustainable success, can be found together with the Directors' biographies at the end of these explanatory notes on pages 7 to 9.
At the 2022 annual general meeting the resolutions to re-elect Ann-Christin Andersen, Vitalii Lisovenko and Fiona MacAulay as Directors of the Company (Resolutions 6, 9 and 10) each received a significant vote against. Vitalii Lisovenko and Fiona MacAulay are seeking re-election at this year's AGM. As noted in the Company's full year 2022 financial results announcement on 15 March 2023, Ann-Christin Andersen is not standing for re-election at this year's AGM.
During the year, we consulted with shareholders on a number of important issues, one of them being the significant votes against at the 2022 annual general meeting.
Based on the feedback received, the Board understands that the votes against arose as a result of concerns over corporate governance and potential over-boarding. Actions taken in response included:
For the reasons set out above, we request your support to re-elect Vitalli Lisovenko and Fiona MacAulay as Directors of the Company at the AGM.
The Directors whom the Board has determined are independent for the purpose of the Code are Vitalii Lisovenko, Graeme Dacomb, Fiona MacAulay and Natalie Polischuk.
Because the Company has a controlling shareholder (i.e. a shareholder who controls more than 30% of the votes at a General Meeting of the Company), under rule 13.8.17 of the UK Listing Rules this Notice is required to state certain information concerning any independent Director proposed for election or re-election, and under rule 9.2.2E of the UK Listing Rules such election or re-election must be approved by a majority vote of both: the independent shareholders (i.e. shareholders of the Company who are entitled to vote on the election of Directors and who are not controlling shareholders); and the shareholders as a whole.
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In order to determine this, the Company will arrange for the number of votes cast by the independent shareholders to be counted separately, and will announce the results of the voting on both bases. If a majority vote is not achieved on both bases, the Company may under the Listing Rules put the matter to a second vote, this time a single vote of the shareholders as a whole at the meeting, to be held between 90 and 120 days after the AGM. Pending the second vote, the relevant Director or Directors will be deemed to have been re-elected only for the period from the date of the AGM until the earlier of (a) the conclusion of any second vote, (b) the date 120 days after the AGM and (c) the date of any announcement by the Board that it does not intend to hold a second vote. If the independent Director's (re-)election is approved by a majority vote of all shareholders at the second general meeting, the Director will then be (re-)elected until the next annual general meeting.
The Listing Rule requirements for companies with a controlling shareholder also require (in rule 13.8.17 of the UK Listing Rules) additional disclosures about the independent directors' relationships, independence, effectiveness and appointments. This information is set out below.
The Company has received confirmation from each of the independent Directors that there are no existing or previous relationships, transactions or arrangements between any of the independent Directors and the Company, its Directors, any controlling shareholder or any associate of a controlling shareholder.
The background and experience of each of the independent Directors are set out in the biographical information on pages 82 and 83 of the Annual Report. Pages 95 and 96 of the Annual Report outline details of the internal Board evaluation process which was undertaken during 2022, which concluded that overall the Board is well-balanced in terms of Board dynamics. The Board believes that each independent Director shows the proper commitment to his or her role, has sufficient time to undertake his or her responsibilities on behalf of the Company, and makes an effective contribution, drawing on his or her own expertise and experience.
The Board has carefully considered the guidance criteria on the independence of Directors given in the Code, and believes that each of the independent Directors remains independent in character and judgement, and that there are no circumstances which are likely to impair, or could appear to impair, his or her independence.
As disclosed in the Nominations Committee Report on pages 105 to 109 of the Annual Report, the Board uses executive search consultants in the search for new independent Directors. The preferred candidate is subsequently interviewed by each member of the Board before being appointed. The search consultants used in relation to the appointment of Graeme Dacomb (appointed June 2019) and Fiona MacAulay (appointed August 2019) were the Savannah Group; in relation to the appointment of Vitalii Lisovenko (appointed November 2016) the search consultants were Odgers Berndtson; and in relation to the appointment of Natalie Polischuk (appointed December 2021) the search consultants were Boyden International.
As explained on page 85 of the Annual Report, the Board Chair was not independent on appointment and his tenure has exceeded nine years, which is not in compliance with the Code.
The Board is satisfied that Mr Genovese is fully independent from all the Company's shareholders and has been during his entire tenure as a Non-executive Director. Additionally, upon his appointment as Chair the members of the Nominations Committee were comfortable based on their own experiences that Mr Genovese conducts himself with professional and personal integrity with an independent mind set and brings valuable challenge to the Board based on his in-depth understanding of the key drivers and challenges faced by the Group.
The Board is satisfied that Mr Genovese's continuance as Board Chair adds considerable value to the business given his experience, leadership qualities and detailed knowledge of the Group. He has more than 30 years' experience of Ukraine together with in-depth knowledge of the sociopolitical and economic environment. He has specific iron ore mining knowledge coupled with solid experience of UK plc corporate governance matters. These qualities enable him to provide sound leadership to the Board based on his personal experience and knowledge which facilitates constructive discussions and Board decisions.
Mr Genovese is committed to having a diverse and inclusive Board and workforce. He has overseen the design and implementation of succession plans to facilitate increased independence and diversity. The Board considers that Mr Genovese continues to demonstrate objective judgement and provides constructive challenge, and believes that his continued appointment is appropriate without fixing a time limit to his service.
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Examples of the changes Mr Genovese has overseen during the last year include:
Mr Genovese led the Board through the COVID-19 pandemic ensuring continuity of the Board agenda and meetings together with ongoing corporate initiatives and the establishment of a COVID-19 Response Fund to support our local community in Ukraine and most recently has led the Board through the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the establishment of the Ferrexpo Humanitarian Fund to support the communities in Ukraine as the humanitarian crisis quickly unfolded.
The Board believes Mr Genovese is the right person to continue to Chair the Board. To provide continuity of his sound leadership, we request your support to re-elect Mr Genovese at the AGM.
As well as the ordinary business of the meeting outlined above, a number of special matters will be dealt with at the AGM. Resolution 11 will be proposed as an ordinary resolution and will be passed if more than 50% of shareholders' votes cast are in favour. Resolutions 12, 13 and 14 will be proposed as special resolutions. For these resolutions to be passed, at least 75% of shareholders' votes cast must be in favour.
At the 2022 annual general meeting held on 15 June 2022, the Directors were given authority to allot shares in the Company, and Resolution 11 seeks to renew this authority for a period until the date of the next annual general meeting or, if earlier, 25 August 2024. This resolution would give the Directors authority to allot ordinary shares, and grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company, up to an aggregate nominal value of £19,935,910. This amount represents approximately one-third (33.33%) of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company, exclusive of treasury shares, as at 11 April 2023, the last practicable date prior to the publication of this document. The Directors have no present intention to allot new shares other than in connection with employee share and incentive plans. As at the date of this Notice, 15,830,814 ordinary shares are held by the Company as treasury shares representing approximately 2.6% of the total issued share capital.
If directors of a company wish to allot shares in the Company, or to sell treasury shares, for cash (other than in connection with an employee share scheme) the 2006 Act requires that these shares are offered first to shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings.
The purpose of Resolution 12 is to authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares in the Company, or sell treasury shares, for cash (i) in connection with an offer to existing shareholders on a pre-emptive basis (that is, including a rights issue or an open offer); and, otherwise, (ii) up to a nominal value of £3,069,839, equivalent to 5% of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 11 April 2023 without the shares first being offered to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings.
The Directors do not intend to issue more than 7.5% of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis within any rolling three-year period without prior consultation with shareholder groups. The authority contained in Resolution 12 will end upon the expiration of the authority to allot shares conferred by Resolution 11 (that is, at the end of the next annual general meeting or, if earlier, 25 August 2024).
Under the 2006 Act, the Company requires authorisation from shareholders if it wishes to purchase its own shares. Resolution 13 seeks to renew the existing authority given at the 2022 annual general meeting. The resolution specifies the maximum number of shares that may be purchased (approximately 10% of the Company's issued share capital excluding treasury shares) and the highest and lowest prices at which they may be bought.
The Company can hold the shares which have been repurchased as treasury shares and either resell them for cash, cancel them, either immediately or at a point in the future, or use them for the purposes of its employee share schemes. The Directors believe that it is desirable for the Company to have this choice and therefore expect that, should Resolution 13 be passed, they would hold any shares purchased pursuant to this authority as treasury shares. Holding the repurchased shares as treasury shares will give the Company the ability to re-sell or transfer them in the future, and so provide the Company with additional flexibility in the management of its capital base. However, in order to respond properly to the Company's capital requirements and prevailing market conditions, the Directors will need to reassess at the time of any actual purchase whether to hold the shares in treasury or cancel them.
The Directors have no present intention of exercising this authority. The Directors intend to keep under review the Company's potential to buy back its shares, taking into account the financial resources of the Company, the Company's share price and other investment and funding opportunities. The authority will only be used if, in the opinion of the Directors, this will result in an increase in earnings per share and is otherwise in the best interests of shareholders generally. No dividends will be paid on, and no voting rights will be exercised in respect of, treasury shares. As at the latest practicable date prior to publication of this Notice, other than options granted under the Company's employee shares schemes there were no outstanding warrants or options to subscribe for ordinary shares.
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The minimum notice period required by the 2006 Act for general meetings of listed companies is 21 clear days, unless shareholders approve a shorter notice period, which cannot however be less than 14 clear days. Annual general meetings must always be held on at least 21 clear days' notice. At the 2022 annual general meeting, shareholders authorised the calling of general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on a minimum of 14 clear days' notice, and it is proposed that this authority be renewed. The approval will be effective until the Company's next annual general meeting, when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed. The Company will also need to meet the requirement to provide electronic voting for shareholders in order to be able to call a general meeting on less than 21 clear days' notice. The flexibility afforded by this resolution will be used where, taking the circumstances into account, the Directors consider this to be appropriate in relation to the business to be considered at the meeting and in the interests of the Company and shareholders as a whole.
(A=Audit Committee, H=Health, Safety, Environment & Community Committee, I=Committee of Independent Directors, N=Nominations Committee, R=Remuneration Committee)
Appointed: 10 June 2019
Graeme contributes to Ferrexpo plc over 43 years' experience of which he was a partner at Ernst & Young for 26 years where, for his last 12 years, he was a lead partner in the extractive industry, responsible for coordinating the provision of a full suite of services to multinational mining and oil and gas clients including Xstrata, Fresnillo, and BP across a broad range of countries including emerging markets. In addition to audit services, he provided critical advice for his clients on corporate governance structures, risk management, acquisitions, disposals and financial systems and controls.
Graeme brings extensive knowledge of the extractive industry and his financial expertise gained as lead audit partner provides a solid foundation for his role as Chair of the Audit Committee. He also brings an invaluable perspective and insights from his extensive international career.
Currently, he serves as a non-executive director of Ecora Resources PLC (formerly Anglo Pacific Group PLC) since 2019.
Previously, he was a Member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel from 2011–2018 and an audit partner of Ernst & Young LLP for 26 years.
Graeme is the Chair of the Audit Committee, where he acts as its Financial Expert and a member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees and the Committee of Independent Directors.
Appointed: 13 February 2019 (as Non-independent Non-executive Director); 24 August 2020 (as Chair)
Lucio contributes to Ferrexpo plc over 35 years' of commercial experience in the metals and mining industry. He worked at Glencore International AG where he held several senior positions including the CEO of the CIS region.
Lucio brings a deep knowledge across the Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Mining sector, including iron ore. He has extensive experience of operating in emerging markets, specifically in the CIS states. As a previous Board member (from 2007 to 2014) and as a Board member of Ferrexpo AG, Lucio has in-depth knowledge of the Group which is extremely valuable to the Company at Board level.
Currently, he serves as chief executive officer of Nage Capital Management AG, a Swiss based investment and advisory firm, since 2004; Director of Nevada Copper Inc since 2016; as chair of CoTec Holdings, listed on NEX Board of the TSVX, since 2021; and as a director of Audley Capital GmbH since 2022.
Previously, he was non-executive director of Mantos Copper SA, 2015-2022; chair of Firestone Diamonds Plc, 2012–2020; an Independent Nonexecutive Director of Ferrexpo plc, 2007–2014; independent non-executive director of Ferrous Resources Limited, 2014–2019; Investment officer of InCentive Asset Management, 2000–2003; Senior executive officer, Copper Division, Glencore International, 1996–1999 and chief executive officer, CIS Operations, Glencore International, 1992–1998.
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Lucio is the Chair of the Nominations Committee.
Non-executive Director designate for workforce engagement
Appointed: 28 November 2016
Vitalii contributes to Ferrexpo plc over 25 years' experience in government finance. In 2005, he served as the head of the Trade and Economic Mission at the Ukrainian Embassy in London.
Vitalii brings extensive experience in the field of Ukrainian government finance together with a deep understanding of geopolitical developments in Ukraine which is valuable to the Group.
Vitalii was appointed Non-executive Director designate for workforce engagement on 18 February 2021. Vitalii is located in Ukraine and speaks Ukrainian, which is the language most widely spoken by the majority of our workforce.
Currently he serves as a non-executive adviser to the Minister of Finance of Ukraine, having previously served as an executive counsellor to the Minister of Finance. He also serves as a non-executive director of the Supervisory Board of National Depositary of Ukraine since 2014 and is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Kyiv State Economic University.
Previously, he was an executive director of Ukreximbank (Ukraine), 2006–2010; an executive director of Alfa Bank Ukraine, 2010–2014; a nonexecutive director of Amsterdam Trade Bank, 2013–2014; a non-executive alternate director, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (Greece) 2014-2019; and since 1994 held various positions in the Finance Ministry of Ukraine.
Vitalii is the Chair of the Committee of Independent Directors and a member of the Audit, Nominations and Remuneration Committees.
Vitalii was Senior Independent Director until February 2022.
Appointed: 12 August 2019
Fiona contributes to Ferrexpo plc over 35 years' experience in the upstream oil and gas sector including key roles in a number of leading oil and gas firms across the large, mid and small cap space including Mobil, BG Group, Amerada Hess, Echo Energy and Rockhopper.
Fiona brings a strong focus on health, safety, climate change and culture with a deep understanding of the factors influencing the management for safe, efficient and commercial operations. She has extensive operational experience in emerging energy which enables her to bring positive insight on a broad range of issues to Board and Committee discussions.
Currently, Fiona serves as non-executive director of Costain Group Plc since April 2022 and non-executive director of Chemring Group plc since 2020; and non-executive director of AIM listed IOG plc since 2018 where she serves as chair.
Fiona has informed the Board that she will not be standing for re-election as director and chair of IOG plc at its next annual general meeting expected to be held in May 2023, which will reduce the number of external non-executive directorships held by Fiona.
Previously, she was non-executive director of AIM listed Coro Energy 2017–2022; chief executive officer of Echo Energy plc 2017–2018 and a nonexecutive director 2018–2019 and chief operating officer of Rockhopper Exploration plc, 2013–2017.
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Fiona is the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees and Committee of Independent Directors. Fiona was the Chair of the Health, Safety, Environment & Community Committee until February 2022. Fiona was appointed Senior Independent Director on 11 February 2022.
Appointed: 14 February 2022 Chief Executive Officer (served as Acting Chief Executive Officer from 28 May 2020); appointed Executive Director 5 July 2020.
Jim joined the Company in November 2014 and since then he has successfully managed our operations, enhancing operating efficiency by introducing world class operating practices. Over the past eight years, Jim has developed the strategic organic growth programme to expand and increase production through incremental brownfield expansions to FPM processing facilities significantly reducing the capital intensity required.
Jim is a capable Executive Director. He brings multiple commodity experience across the resources value chain and extensive experience to bear in managing the Company.
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Previously, Jim was Chief Operating Officer of London Mining PLC, where he was accountable for setting the company's operational and investment strategy around the world. He has wide-ranging operational mining experience at a senior level with Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Mount Isa Mines in Africa, South America and Australia covering commodities including iron ore, coal, base metals and aluminium.
Jim is a member of the Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee.
Appointed: 29 December 2021
Natalie brings over 25 years of private equity experience in Eastern Europe, having held a number of senior roles at private equity funds in the region and having acted as an independent advisor on a number of M&A and due diligence projects in Ukraine.
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Currently, Natalie serves as non-executive director of Dobrobut (Ukraine) since 2018.
Previously, she was non-executive director and treasurer of Lycée Français Anne de Kyiv, 2014–2020.
Natalie is a member of the Audit, Committee of Independent Directors and Health, Safety, Environment & Community Committees.
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Please note that if shareholders either provide the personal data of a proxy, or send a proxy to a meeting in their place, the Company requires the shareholder to communicate this privacy information to such proxy.
The Company and any third party to which it discloses the data (including the Company's registrar) may process such data for the purposes of maintaining the Company's records, meeting management, managing corporate actions, fulfilling the Company's obligations to shareholders, fulfilling the Company's legal obligations and communicating with shareholders.
The Company's lawful bases for the processing described above, for the purposes described above, is that the processing is necessary in order for the Company to: (1) fulfil its legitimate interests; and (2) comply with its legal obligations.
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All of this data will be processed in accordance with the Company's privacy notice which can be accessed at www.ferrexpo.com.
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The Company's Ordinary Share register is maintained by:
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Telephone: +44 (0) 371 384 2866
Lines are open 8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.
(Calls to this number are charged at 8p per minute plus network extras. For shareholders calling from overseas, Equiniti's helpline number is +44 121 415 7047.)
Website: www.equiniti.com
Shareholder enquiries on matters such as change of address, change of ownership or dividend payments should be directed to Equiniti at the address and telephone number above.
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