Ozon Holdings PLC (NASDAQ and MOEX: “OZON”, thereafter referred to as “Ozon” or the “Company”), a leading Russian e-commerce platform, held its 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”) on Thursday, December 23, 2021. According to the voting results, all of the agenda items proposed for consideration at the AGM have been approved.
The AGM notice was provided to the Company’s shareholders on record and, through depositary, BNY (Nominees) Limited, to all registered holders of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) as of November 23, 2021. The total number of ordinary shares indicated in the received proxies was 216,312,158, out of which the voting rights were exercised in relation to 179,921,862 shares. All of the two Class A shareholders submitted their votes and properly voted on the election of the Non-Executive Directors in accordance with Regulations 75A and 75B of the Company's Articles of Association.
The following is a brief description of the AGM agenda voted at the Company’s AGM held on December 23, 2021:
1. Approval of the Company’s audited consolidated and standalone financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, together with the respective independent auditors’ reports and the management reports therein.
2. Appointment of KPMG International, represented by KPMG Limited, an independent registered public accounting firm in Cyprus, and KPMG JSC, an independent registered public accounting firm in Russia (the “Auditors”), as the Company’s auditors from this AGM until the following Annual General Meeting, and authorization to the Board of Directors to set the remuneration of the Auditors.
3. Election of Directors:
- 3a. To re-elect Ms. Lydia Jett, as Independent Director
- 3b. To elect Mr. Nilesh Lakhani, as Independent Director
- 3c. To re-elect Mr. Charles Ryan, as Independent Director
- 3d. To re-elect Mr. Peter Sirota, as Independent Director
- 3e. To re-elect Ms. Elena Ivashentseva, as Non-Executive Director
- 3f. To re-elect Mr. Vladimir Chirakhov, as Non-Executive Director
- 3g. To re-elect Mr. Dmitry Kamensky, as Non-Executive Director
- 3h. To re-elect Mr. Alexey Katkov, as Non-Executive Director
- 3i. To re-elect Mr. Alexander Shulgin, as Executive Director
4. Approval of Directors’ remuneration as set out in the Notice of the AGM
Regarding approval of the Company’s audited consolidated and standalone financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, together with the respective independent auditors’ reports and the management reports therein, the final voting results were as follows:
Regarding the appointment of the Auditors as the Company’s auditors and authorization to the Board of Directors to set the remuneration of the Auditors, the final voting results were as follows:
Regarding election of Directors, the final voting results were as
follows:
The following Director was re-elected as Independent Director:
The following Director was elected as Independent Director:
The following Director was re-elected as Independent Director:
The following Director was re-elected as Independent Director:
The following Director was re-elected as Non-Executive Director*:
The following Director was re-elected as Non-Executive Director*:
The following Director was re-elected as Non-Executive Director*:
The following
Director was re-elected as Non-Executive Director*:
The following Director was re-elected as Executive Director:
Regarding approval of Directors’ remuneration as set out in the
AGM Notice, the final voting
results were as follows:
*Pursuant to Regulations 75A and 75B
of the Articles of Association of the Company, only Class A shareholders were
entitled to exercise the voting right on this particular agenda item.
Contacts
Investor Relations
Maryia Berasneva-McNamara, Head of Investor Relations, OZON
Press Office
Maria Zaikina, Director of Public &
Industry Relations, OZON
About Ozon Holdings
PLC
Ozon is a leading multi-category e-commerce platform and one of the
largest internet companies in Russia. Its fulfillment infrastructure and
delivery network have some of the widest coverage among e-commerce players in
the country, enabling Ozon to provide Russian population with fast and
convenient delivery via couriers, pick-up points, and parcel lockers. Its
extensive logistics footprint and fast-developing marketplace platform allow
thousands of entrepreneurs to sell their products across Russia’s 11 time zones
and offer millions of customers one of the widest selections of goods across
multiple product categories. Ozon actively seeks to expand
its value-added services
such as fintech and other new verticals such as Ozon Express online
grocery delivery. For more information, please visit https://corp.ozon.com/
Disclaimer
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contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that reflect the current views of Ozon
Holdings PLC (“we”, “our” or “us”, or the “Company”) about future events and
financial performance. All statements contained in this press release that do
not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking
statements.
These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations.
However, it is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors
on our business or the extent to which
any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual
results to differ
materially from those contained in any forward- looking statements we may make.
These statements are neither promises nor guarantees but involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors and circumstances that
may cause Ozon’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially
different from its expectations expressed or implied by the forward- looking
statements, including conditions in the U.S. capital markets, negative global
economic conditions, potential negative developments in the COVID-19
pandemic, other negative
developments in Ozon’s
business or unfavorable legislative or regulatory developments. We caution you therefore against
relying on these
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and we qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.
These and other important factors could
cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-
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cause its views
to change. These forward-looking statements should not be relied
upon as representing Ozon’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press
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