26.06.2014 18:13

Moscow Exchange held its AGM on 26 June 2014

The shareholders approved the annual report, annual accounting statements, and profit distribution, including dividends for 2013.

As recommended by the Supervisory Board, shareholders voted to pay a dividend of RUB 5,423,154.9, or 46.83% of consolidated IFRS net profit, for 2013. This means a dividend of RUB 2.38 per ord with a nominal value of RUB 1.  Dividends will be paid no later than 15 August this year. The record date will be 11 July.

The shareholders also approved a new composition for the Supervisory Board, which now contains 15 directors, of which five are independent.

The Supervisory Board now comprises:

  1. Alexander Afanasiev, CEO, Executive Board Chairman, Moscow Exchange.
  2. Nicola Lane Beattie, Senior Executive Director, NBXC (independent director).
  3. Mikhail Bratanov, Head of Societe Generale Securities Services for Russia and CIS, Head of Depository Department at Rosbank (independent director).
  4. Wang Yuan, Chief Economist, China Development Bank Corporation (independent director).
  5. Sean Glodek, Director, Russian Direct Investment Fund.
  6. Andrey Golikov, Board of Directors Co Chairman, National Securities Market Association.
  7. Valery Goreglyad, Chief Auditor, Bank of Russia.
  8. Yury Denisov, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, National Clearing Center.
  9. Bella Zlatkis, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Sberbank.
  10. Anatoly Karachinsky, President, IBS Group (independent director).
  11. Sergei Kozlov, Senior Vice President, Investment Department Deputy Director, VTB24.
  12. Alexey Kudrin, Supervisory Board member, Sberbank.
  13. Sergei Lykov, Executive Board Deputy Chairman, Vnezheconombank.
  14. Reiner Riess, independent consultant (independent director).
  15. Kirill Shershun, Executive Board First Deputy Chairman, Centrocredit.

Shareholders approved new versions of Moscow Exchange"s charter, and provisions relating to: the Supervisory Board; the Executive Board; the Revision Commission; and remuneration and expense reimbursement for Supervisory Board members. In addition, remuneration for Supervisory Board and Revision Commission members based on work in 2013 were approved.

The shareholders determined the composition of the Revision Commission, which comprises three members:

  1. Tatiana Sannikova, Deputy Director of Financial Market Operations Facilitation and Control, Bank of Russia.
  2. Vyacheslav Ulupov, Internal Control Service Director, Vnezheconombank.
  3. Olga Romantsova, Head of Financial Market Operations Audit, Sberbank.

Ernst & Young Vneshaudit was again appointed as independent auditor for 2014.

A number of interested party transactions were approved.

The shareholders voted to terminate the company"s participation in the Russian Exchange Union.

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