VEON Ltd. — Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements 2014

Jul 28, 2014

6-K 1 d765550d6k.htm FORM 6-K Form 6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of July 2014

Commission File Number 1-34694

VimpelCom Ltd.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

The Rock Building, Claude Debussylaan 88, 1082 MD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant)
Date: July 28, 2014
By:	/s/ Jeffrey David McGhie
Name:	Jeffrey David McGhie
Title:	Group General Counsel & Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

VimpelCom shareholders elect Supervisory Board

Amsterdam (July 28, 2014), “VimpelCom Ltd.”(“VimpelCom”, “Company” or “Group”) (NASDAQ: VIP) , a leading global provider of telecommunications services, announces that VimpelCom shareholders approved all agenda items at its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) held today in Amsterdam.

In particular, the Company’s shareholders elected the 9 members of the Supervisory Board, out of 11 nominees. The new Board consists of the following members: Jon Fredrik Baksaas, Mikhail Fridman, Andrei Gusev, Sir Julian Horn-Smith, Kjell Morten Johnsen, Leonid Novoselsky, Alexey Reznikovich, Ole Bjorn Sjulstad and Trond Ø Westlie.

The Resolution to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants NV as the Company’s auditor was also approved.

Holders of approximately 93.4% of the Company’s shares were represented at the AGM.

For more information about the Company’s Supervisory Board and related biographies, please see VimpelCom’s web site www.vimpelcom.com in the “Corporate Profile/Leadership” section.

About VimpelCom

VimpelCom is one of the world’s largest integrated telecommunications services operators providing voice and data services through a range of traditional and broadband mobile and fixed technologies in Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Algeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic and Canada. VimpelCom’s operations around the globe cover territory with a total population of approximately 754 million people. As of March 31, 2014 VimpelCom had 218 million mobile customers. VimpelCom Ltd. is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and listed as ADS on the NASDAQ Global Stock Market under the symbol “VIP”. For more information visit: http://www.vimpelcom.com .

Contact information

Investor Relations VimpelCom Ltd. Gerbrand Nijman ir@vimpelcom.com Tel: +31 20 79 77 200 (Amsterdam) Media and Public Relations VimpelCom Ltd. Bobby Leach/Artem Minaev pr@vimpelcom.com Tel: +31 20 79 77 200 (Amsterdam)

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