REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF
THE VOTE
of the Extraordinary General Meeting of
Shareholders
of Open Joint Stock Company “Vimpel-Communications”
10 Ulitsa 8 Marta, bldg. 14, Moscow, 127083, Russian
Federation
(Protocol ¹ 43
of December 17, 2009)
The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (hereinafter,
the “Extraordinary General Meeting” or the “Meeting”) of Open Joint
Stock Company “Vimpel-Communications” (hereinafter, “VimpelCom” or
the “Company”) was held on December 17, 2009 by the Unanimous
written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company made on
November 2, 2009.
The Extraordinary General Meeting was conducted in the form of a
meeting (voting may be effected by sending completed voting ballots
to VimpelCom).
The Meeting was held at 4, Krasnoproletarskaya Ulitsa, Moscow,
Russian Federation.
The total number of votes cast by the shareholders that
participated in the Meeting was 47 528 548 constituting 82.36% of
the total number of voting shares.
The Meeting had a quorum.
Chairman of the Meeting – Mr. Leonid R. Novoselsky.
Secretary of the Meeting – Secretary of the Board of Directors –
Mr. Jeffrey D. McGhie.
The agenda of the Meeting:
1. Allocation of profits and losses resulting from
operations during the nine months ending on September 30, 2009,
including adoption of the decision on payment of dividends to
holders of common registered shares, and payment of dividends to
holders of preferred registered shares of type “A” based on the
results of the nine months ending on September 30, 2009.
The following decisions were made by the Meeting on the agenda
Item:
Item ¹ 1: Allocation of profits and losses resulting from
operations during the nine months ending on September 30, 2009,
including adoption of the decision on payment of dividends to
holders of common registered shares, and payment of dividends to
holders of preferred registered shares of type “A” based on the
results of the nine months ending on September 30, 2009.
The results of the vote on the first item:
The number of votes in respect of this Item held by persons
included in the list of those entitled to participate in the
Meeting is 57 707 622.
The number of votes held by persons who participated in the
Meeting is 47 528 548.
Quorum on the item put for voting was present.
The number of votes cast in favor of each voting option on this
Item:
| For |
Against |
Abstained |
| 47 523 451 |
3 084 |
1 513 |
The decision taken:
To pay in cash dividends to holders of common registered shares
based on operating results for the nine months ending on September
30, 2009 in the amount of 190.13 rubles per common share (for a
total of 9,750,060,712.86 rubles for all common registered shares
in the aggregate) within 60 days from the date of the adoption of
this decision; and to pay in cash dividends to holders of preferred
registered shares of type “A” based on operating results for the
nine months ending on September 30, 2009 in the amount of 0.075
kopeck per preferred share within 60 days from the date of the
adoption of this decision; and to invest the remaining profits
resulting from operating results for the nine months ending on
September 30, 2009 (after payment of dividends) into the
business.
In accordance with Art. 56(1) of the Federal Law "On Joint Stock
Companies" ZAO National Registry Company (located at: 6 Veresaeva
Str., Moscow 121357) was charged with the functions of the Counting
Commission. The following authorized persons are members of the
Counting Commission formed by ZAO National Registry Company (Order
No. 539 dated December 15, 2009): Eliseev Evgeniy Alexandrovich
(chairman), Galkina Svetlana Anatolyevna (secretary), Smirnov
Nikolay Egorovich (member).
Ñhairman of the Meeting /signed/ Leonid R.
Novoselsky
Secretary of the Meeting /signed/ Jeffrey D.
McGhie
December 17, 2009