EGM results
Global Ports Investments PLC (“Global Ports” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, the “Group”; LSE ticker: GLPR) today announces the results of the Company’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held under the chairmanship of Mr. Artemis Thomaides.
The EGM was held at BG WAYWIN PLAZA, Office 302, 62 Agiou Athanasiou Avenue, 4102, Limassol, Cyprus on 16 December 2019 at 10-00am (Cyprus time) and had a quorum with 422,713,415 ordinary shares of the Company, which constitutes 100% of the issued share capital of the Company entitled to participate in this meeting and vote on the matters of the agenda.
The EGM adopted the following resolutions:
- To elect Mr. Ivan Besedin as a Director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2020, with no remuneration.
Annex to the Announcement: Brief biography of Ivan Besedin
Ivan Besedin has extensive experience in the Russian railway industry where he worked for more than 35 years. He held a number of high-level managerial positions at the Russian Railways and within the Ministry of the Railway Transport and was Head of the Moscow Metro between 2011 and 2014. Today Mr. Besedin holds the position of adviser to the President of Delo Group, a role that he has fulfilled since April 2019.
Mr. Besedin has served on several Boards, most notably having been Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Transcontainer and Chairman of the road freight operator OJSC Railtransavto.
He is a graduate of Moscow Institute of Engineers of Railway Transport and holds a PhD in Technical Science. Adding to his distinguished academic career, he was Head of the All-Russia Research Institute of Railway Transport of the Ministry of Railways between 2003 and 2006.
He has received multiple awards for his contribution to the railways industry of the USSR and the Russian Federation.
These changes in renumeration were proposed to reflect market benchmarks, the remuneration of other Independent Directors and Mr. Lampros Papadopoulos’ membership of the Strategy Committee