30 Aug 2018 17:24
Vedanta Resources plc (the 'Company')
Notice of 2018 Annual General Meeting
30 August 2018
Further to the release of the Company's preliminary results on 23 May 2018, the Company has today posted or otherwise made available the following documents to shareholders:
· Annual Report and Accounts FY2018
· Notice of 2018 Annual General Meeting
· Form of Proxy
The Annual Report and Accounts FY2018 and Notice of the 2018 Annual General Meeting can be viewed at or downloaded from the Company's website at www.vedantaresources.com/agm
In accordance with the requirements of Rules 4.1 and 6.3.5 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Directors' Responsibility Statement is set out in the Appendix to this announcement. The Company's Preliminary Results announcement released on 23 May 2018 contained all other information required by DTR 6.3.5 to be communicated to the media in full unedited text through a Regulated Information Service.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, copies of the Annual Report and Accounts FY2018 and Notice of the 2018 Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection from the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The Company's 2018 Annual General Meeting will be held at 3.00 p.m. on 1 October 2018 at The Lincoln Centre, 18 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3ED.
For further information, please contact:
Communications | Finsbury |
Arun Arora Head, Corporate Communications Tel: +91 124 459 3000 gc@vedanta.co.in | Daniela Fleischmann Tel: +44 20 7251 3801 |
Investors |
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Rashmi Mohanty Director - Investor Relations
Sunila Martis Associate General Manager - Investor Relations
Veena Sankaran Manager - Investor Relations | Tel: +44 20 7659 4732 Tel: +91 22 6646 1531 ir@vedanta.co.in |
About Vedanta Resources
Vedanta Resources plc ("Vedanta") is a London listed diversified global natural resources company. The group produces aluminium, copper, zinc, lead, silver, iron ore, oil & gas and commercial energy. Vedanta has operations in India, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Ireland and Australia. With an empowered talent pool globally, Vedanta places strong emphasis on partnering with all its stakeholders based on the core values of trust, sustainability, growth, entrepreneurship, integrity, respect and care. For more information on Vedanta Resources, please visit www.vedantaresources.com
Appendix
Directors' Responsibility Statement
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Directors are required to prepare the Group financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union and Article 4 of the IAS Regulation and have elected to prepare the parent Company financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law), including FRS 101 'Reduced Disclosure Framework'. Under company law, the Directors must not approve the accounts unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the profit or loss of the Company for that period.
In preparing the parent Company financial statements, the Directors are required to:
· select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
· make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
· state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
· prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
In preparing the Group financial statements, International Accounting Standard 1 requires that Directors:
· properly select and apply accounting policies;
· present information, including accounting policies, in a manner that provides relevant, reliable, comparable and understandable information;
· provide additional disclosures when compliance with the specific requirements in IFRSs are insufficient to enable users to understand the impact of particular transactions, other events and conditions on the entity's financial position and financial performance; and
· make an assessment of the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Group and parent Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Group and parent Company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Directors are also responsible for preparing a Directors' Report, Directors' Remuneration Report and Corporate Governance Statement that comply with that law and those regulations. The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the Company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Responsibility Statement
Each of the Directors confirms that to the best of his/her knowledge:
· the financial statements, prepared in accordance with the relevant financial reporting framework, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole;
· the Strategic Report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face; and
· the Annual Report and financial statements, taken as a whole, are fair, balanced and understandable and provide the information necessary for shareholders to assess the Company's performance, business model and strategy.
This responsibility statement was approved by the Board of Directors on 22 May 2018 and is signed on its behalf by:
Navin Agarwal G.R. Arun Kumar
Executive Vice Chairman Chief Financial Officer
22 May 2018 22 May 2018