JSC National Atomic Company Kazatomprom (“Kazatomprom” or “the Company”) announces today the in-absentia voting results on the issue of the agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (“EGM”), summed up on 01 November 2022 at 18:00 local time (GMT+6).
At the time of the EGM, a total of 259,356,608 shares were outstanding; according to the shareholder register and information on the owners of shares in nominal holding as of 30 September 2022, the total number of voting shares was 213,703,047. Shareholders and their authorized representatives, holding a total of 212,060,159 shares (representing 99.23% of the total number of voting shares of the Company) submitted their votes. Shareholders voted on the issue on the EGM agenda and the following decision was made.
Decisions |
For |
% |
Against |
% |
Abstained |
% |
1. On the composition of the Board of Directors of Kazatomprom |
212,060,159 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0,00% |
On the composition of Kazatomprom’s Board of Directors
Based on the voting results of the EGM, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Mr. Yerzhan Mukanov, was elected to the Board of Directors of Kazatomprom.
Previously, on 14 September 2022, Kazatomprom’s Board of Directors appointed Mr. Mukanov as CEO and Chair of the Company's Management Board. He has more than 23 years of experience in various positions in the nuclear industry, starting as an engineer of the laboratory of special methods of enrichment and Hydrometallurgy at the Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He has been working in the Kazatomprom group of companies since 2006, starting as a process engineer at JV KATCO LLP, coordinator for production development of AREVA Mines in Paris, and he has held various senior positions in subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company including JV KATCO LLP, Kazatomprom-SaUran LLP, Karatau LLP and Semizbay–U LLP. Before his appointment to CEO, he had been Chief Operating Officer since March 2022 and became Acting CEO in July 2022.
For more information, please contact:
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Inquiries
Assem Mukhamedyarova, Corporate Secretary
Tel.: +7 7172 45 81 63
Email: amukhamedyarovakazatomprom.kz
Kazatomprom Investor Relations Inquiries
Cory Kos, International Adviser, Investor Relations
Botagoz Muldagaliyeva, Director, Investor Relations
Tel.: +7 7172 45 81 80 / 69
Email: irkazatomprom.kz
Kazatomprom Public Relations and Media Inquiries
Sabina Kumurbekova, Director, Government and Public Relations
Gazhaiyp Kumisbek, Chief Expert, Government and Public Relations
Tel.: +7 7172 45 80 22
Email: prkazatomprom.kz
A copy of this announcement is available at www.kazatomprom.kz.
About Kazatomprom
Kazatomprom is the largest uranium producer in the world with natural uranium production in proportion to the Company's participatory interest in the amount of about 24% of the total global primary uranium production in 2021. The group has the largest uranium reserve base in the industry. Kazatomprom, together with subsidiaries, affiliates and joint organizations, is developing 26 deposits combined into 14 uranium-mining enterprises. All uranium mining enterprises are located on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and when mine uranium use in-situ recovery technology, paying particular attention to best HSE practices and means (ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certified).
Kazatomprom's securities are listed on the London Stock Exchange, the Astana International Exchange and the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange. Kazatomprom is the National Atomic Company of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the main customers of the group are operators of nuclear generating capacities, and the main export markets for products are China, South and East Asia, North America and Europe. The Group sells uranium and uranium products under long-term and short-term contracts, as well as on the spot market directly from its corporate centre in Astana, Kazakhstan, as well as through a trading subsidiary in Switzerland, Trading House KazakAtom (THK).
For more information, please, visit our website http://www.kazatomprom.kz
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