18 May 2018 11:28
18 May 2018
Vedanta Resources plc
Result of General Meeting
Vedanta Resources plc ("Vedanta" or the "Company") announces that at its General Meeting held today, Friday 18 May 2018, the resolution put to shareholders in relation to the proposed acquisition of a majority interest in Electrosteel Steels Limited (the "Acquisition") was duly passed on a poll.
Full details of the resolution passed, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the shareholder circular and Notice of General Meeting dated 1 May 2018 which is available on the Company's website at www.vedantaresources.com.
The resolution was proposed as an ordinary resolution.
The poll results showing the number of votes received 'for' and 'against' the resolution are shown below.
Resolution
| Type of resolution | For | Against | Total votes cast | Votes withheld1 | |||
Special/ Ordinary | No. of votes | % | No. of votes | % | No. of votes | % of ISC voted | No. of votes | |
To approve the Acquisition as described in the circular and Notice of General Meeting dated 1 May 2018. | Ordinary | 222,604,062 | 99.98 | 41,200 | 0.02 | 222,645,262 | 79.04 | 200 |
1' A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'for' and 'against' the resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R of the UK Listing Authority, Vedanta has submitted a copy of the resolution passed at its General Meeting to the National Storage Mechanism which will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Deepak Kumar
Company Secretary