HMS Group (HMSG)
HMS Group: Resolutions of the AGM of Shareholders
29-Jun-2020 / 17:46 MSK
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HMS Hydraulic Machines & Systems Group plc
(the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries, the "HMS Group")
Moscow, Russia
June 29, 2020
Resolutions of the Annual General Meetings of Shareholders
Moscow, Russia - HMS Hydraulic Machines & Systems Group PLC (LSE: HMSG)
today announces that the following resolutions have been approved by the
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 29, 2020:
1) Annual Report, Consolidated Financial of the Group and Standalone
Financial Statements of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2019
have been adopted;
2) Mr. Vladimir Lukyanenko has been re-elected as a Non-Executive
Director;
3) Mr. Kirill Molchanov has been re-elected as an Executive Director;
4) Mr. Yury Skrynnik has been re-elected as an Executive Director;
5) Deloitte Limited, Cyprus has been appointed as the Group's auditors,
while the Group's Directors have been authorized to agree on the auditor's
remuneration;
6) The dividend distribution for the financial year ended December 31,
2019 of Rub 3.41 per one ordinary share, amounting to total dividend of
Rub 399,527,286.19, have been adopted. The record date on June 19, 2020
and the Payment date on June 30, 2020 for the purposes of dividend
distribution have been adopted;
7) The prolongation of the buyback program of the Company with respect to
global depositary receipts on the conditions, determined by the Board of
Directors at the meeting held on April 23, 2020, has been approved by the
way of the Special Resolution;
BUY-BACK PROGRAM
1) The Buyback period will be 1 year from 29 June 2020 if the program will
be approved at the AGM, i.e. from 29 June 2020 through 29 June 2021
2) Maximum number of GDRs (each representing five ordinary shares in the
share capital of the Company) which can be repurchased - 6% of the
subscribed capital of HMS Group, including previously acquired and held at
the time GDRs (Treasury shares):
Number of % share in the Number of GDRs
shares/underly capital
ing shares
(1 GDR = 5
shares)
Subscribed capital 117,163,427 100.00 -
of HMS Group
(ordinary shares)
Maximum number of 7,029,805 6.00 1,405,961
shares/GDRs to be
purchased
3) GDRs will be repurchased at the prevailing market price at the date of
such purchase; due to large spreads for purchase/sale, as well as to the
practice of issuing to the broker of irrevocable orders for the "quiet
periods", the purchase price may differ significantly from the price of
the previous transaction.
4) Any purchase of GDRs will be conducted on the London Stock Exchange
and/or on over-the-counter markets;
5) The Buyback will be carried out by the way of on-market purchases and
all shareholders will be treated equally;
6) Purchases will be carried out by the Company with the assistance of
Renaissance Capital or any other independent broker, determined by the
Board of Directors after the approval of the Buyback (if obtained) at the
AGM;
7) The amount and timing of repurchases will be determined by HMS Group
based on its evaluation of business opportunities, market and the
Company's financial conditions, and according to market practices;
The Buyback program will end as soon as the total amount of acquired
securities has reached the maximum amount specified (1,405,961 GDRs) or, if
earlier, on 29 June 2021
For more information, please, contact:
Alexander Rybin, Head of Capital markets, on telephone: +7 (495) 730-6601,
or email: rybin@hms.ru
Inna Kelekhsaeva, Deputy Head of Capital markets, on telephone: +7 (495)
730-6601, or email: kelekhsaeva@hms.ru
About HMS Group
HMS Group is the leading pump and compressor manufacturer, as well as
provider of flow control solutions and related services for the oil and gas,
petrochemistry, nuclear and thermal power generation, water and wastewater
sectors in Russia and the CIS headquartered in Moscow, Russia. HMS Group's
products are mission-critical elements of projects across a diverse range of
industries. HMS has a listing on the London Stock Exchange in the form of
global depositary receipts (LSE: HMSG).
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ISIN: US40425X4079
Category Code: RAG
TIDM: HMSG
LEI Code: 254900DDFETNLASV8M53
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