Acron Holds Annual General Meeting on 31 May 2018

1 June 2018

Acron Holds Annual General Meeting on 31 May 2018

The shareholder meeting approved PJSC Acron 2017 Annual Report, accounting (financial) statements and profit and loss distribution. Acron’s RAS net profit for 2017 was RUB 7,627,901,000. The shareholders resolved to declare 2017 dividends in cash at the rate of RUB 185 per outstanding ordinary share. The total amount to be distributed as dividends is RUB 7,498,790,000. The record date for persons entitled to dividends is set for 14 June 2018.

The shareholders elected Acron’s Board of Directors as follows:

1. Nikolai Arutyunov
2. Vladimir Gavrikov
3. Georgy Golukhov
4. Alexander Dynkin
5. Yury Malyshev
6. Alexander Popov

7. Vladimir Sister

           
Three independent directors will sit on the elected Board of Directors: Yury Malyshev, Vladimir Sister and Nikolai Arutyunov, who was named senior independent director. The general meeting also set the amount of remuneration to independent members of Acron’s Board of Directors.

The shareholder meeting also approved:

• Crowe Russaudit as the auditor to approve accounting (financial) statements prepared in accordance with accounting laws of the Russian Federation
• KPMG as the auditor to approve financial statements prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

The general meeting elected the Internal Audit Team consisting of Valentina Aleksandrova, Irina Dudicheva, Elena Zubrilova, Elena Potapova and Tatiana Khrapova.

The general meeting resolved on Acron’s participation in associations of commercial entities:

• Stroybusinessinvest Self-Regulatory Organisation of Builders of the Novgorod Region Association
• Guild of Design Engineers of the Novgorod Region, Self-Regulatory Organisation Association
• StroyIzyskaniya, Field Engineers Association.

At the meeting of the elected Board of Directors following the general meeting, Alexander Popov was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vladimir Gavrikov was elected Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Vladimir Kunitsky was appointed CEO. The Board of Directors also formed the Managing Board consisting of Vladimir Kunitsky (Chairman of the Managing Board), CEO Adviser Ivan Antonov, Senior Vice President Oscar Valters, Finance Director Alexey Milenkov, Vice President for HR and Special Projects Irina Raber and Vice President Overseas Dmitry Khabrat.

Media contacts:

Sergey Dorofeev
Anastasiya Gromova
Tatiana Smirnova
Public Relations
Phone: +7 (495) 777-08-65 (ext. 5196)

Investor contacts:
Ilya Popov
Investor Relations
Phone:  +7 (495) 745-77-45 (ext. 5252)

Background Information

Acron Group is a leading vertically integrated mineral fertiliser producer in Russia and globally, with chemical production facilities in Veliky Novgorod (Acron) and the Smolensk region (Dorogobuzh). The Group owns and operates a phosphate mine in Murmansk region (North-Western Phosphorous Company, NWPC) and is implementing a potash development project in Perm Krai (Verkhnekamsk Potash Company, VPC). It has a wholly owned transportation and logistics infrastructure, including three Baltic port terminals and distribution networks in Russia and China. Acron’s subsidiary, North Atlantic Potash Inc. (NAP), holds mining licenses for 13 parcels of the potassium salt deposit at Prairie Evaporite, Saskatchewan, Canada. Acron also holds a minority stake (19.8%) in Polish Grupa Azoty S.A., one of the largest chemical producers in Europe.

In 2017, the Group sold 7.3 million tonnes of various products to 65 countries, with Russia, Brazil, Europe and the United States as key markets.

In 2017, the Group posted consolidated IFRS revenue of RUB 94,342 million (USD 1,617 million) and net profit of RUB 14,260 million (USD 244 million). Acron’s shares are on the Level 1 quotation list of the Moscow Exchange and its global depositary receipts are traded at the London Stock Exchange (ticker AKRN). Acron employs approximately 11,000 people.

For more information about Acron Group, please visit www.acron.ru/en.